Center of Excellence for
Regenerative Health Biotechnology
Employ Florida BANNER Center for Biotechnology
Florida’s Biotechnology Industry Survey
Industrial Biotechnology Needs Assessment (2007)
Industrial Biotechnology Pipeline Study (2007)
We are excited to have been designated Florida's Biotechnology BANNER training Center by Workforce Florida, Inc. (WFI). This is a state-wide collaborative effort of the University of Florida's Center of Excellence for Regenerative Health Biotechnology (CERHB) working with our partners: UF's Center for Pre-collegiate Education and Training (CPET), Santa Fe Community College (SFCC), Florida Community College at Jacksonville (FCCJ), Indian River Community College (IRCC), Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU), and the International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE).
Biotechnology is a rapidly growing sector of Florida's industry, resulting in an increased demand for trained employees. The mission of our BANNER Center is to:
- Assist in providing a pipeline of workers, entry level to advanced, for biotechnology;
- Ensure that programs within Florida's educational institutions are relevant and meet the biotechnology industry's needs and standards;
- Establish such centers as leaders of industry training and programmatic expertise with consulting capability to direct other Florida institutions to programs and practices of industry responsiveness and relevance;
- Maximize lifelong learning in settings demanded by today's marketplace; i.e., on-campus, virtual and on-site (business) training;
- Allow industry on-going access to research and educational developments
- Promote economic development in the biotechnology industry.
