Welcome our newest group of Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) Certified Evaluators

Jul 21, 2025 | training

Welcome our newest group of Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) Certified Evaluators! Extra special thank you to Kristylea Ojeda and Dean Amy Stinnett White at Virginia Western Community College for graciously hosting us this week. Welcome to the BCSI national...

Retooling the Definition of the Skilled Technical Workforce

Jul 1, 2025 | STEM

Why don’t job classification systems recognize what skills today’s occupations really require? In the early twentieth century, stonecutters relied on hand tools such as chisels, hammers, and mallets to shape and carve stones precisely. These methods demanded a high...

Oscar Ramirez

Sep 17, 2024 | STEM, Biopharmaceuticals

Microbiologist, friendly co-worker, rock climber Oscar Ramirez is on the fast track in his young biopharmaceutical manufacturing career and is a great example of how you do not necessarily need a college degree to succeed in the STEM world. Click here to continue...

BioBuilder Launches Skills Training Curriculum to Prepare Students for Careers in Biotechnology

Jun 14, 2024 | biotech

To continue to provide opportunities for students without a college degree to embrace careers in STEM, the BioBuilder Education Foundation has launched BioTechBuilder. The off-the-shelf curriculum offers lessons and lab trainings as a complete solution for educating a...

Biotech Training is a Challenge

Jun 14, 2024 | Biopharmaceuticals

One of the ongoing challenges in the biomanufacturing industry is an ongoing labor shortage. The National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals (NIIMBL) is a public–private partnership that was founded in 2017 to study, highlight, and address...