Websites and Contacts
Bio-Link member(s):
Collins Jones
Lori Kelman
Articulation:
Courses transfer to the college(s) listed below:
Where have our graduates been hired?
(Includes internships)
AstraZeneca, BioReliance, Fisher BioServices, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), GlaxoSmithKline, GeneDx, JCVI, KeyGene, Leidos, Thermofisher, Lonza, Macrogenics, National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Novavax, Quality Biological, Seracare, United Therapeutics
Program description:
The Biotechnology Program at Montgomery College trains students for jobs in the biotech industry. Entry-level workers are involved in laboratory work such as:
- Cell culture and upstream processing
- Bio-manufacturing antibody production and isolation
- DNA and RNA isolation and PCR
- Working in a regulatory environment following GXP (GLP and cGMP) requirements
- Toxicology or vaccine sterility testing
- Testing and developing diagnostic and therapeutic agents
- Quality Control and quality assurance
In addition to offering the AAS Biotechnology Degree, Biotechnology and Biomanufacturing Certificates the Biotechnology Program also offers
- intermediate level hands on lab courses and business oriented courses through Bio-Train including a Protein Purification Course and a Clinical Trials Management course
- highly advanced training aimed at active researchers we have BioTrac (https://biotrac.com/) which offers courses in CRISPR, R, FACS, Exosom
Montgomery College - Germantown
20200 Observation Drive
Germantown
MD
20874
Phone:
240-567-1910
See map: Google Maps
Key Links
This program has an industry advisory board
Grant Support:
Perkins Grant
Award Type(s):
Other
CSO or Incubator
Website Link:
Description:
The Innovation Complex provides an integrated academic, business, and research environment.
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