Biomanufacture of Cell and Gene Therapies

  Cell-based and gene therapy products are growing and becoming a major component of the biotechnology industry. A recent initiative funded by NIIMBL brought together a collaborative of six partner institutions and their regional CGT industry partners. The goals of the WEBET project, or Workforce Expansion in Biomanufacturing Emerging Technologies, is to reseacrh the workforce needs of the sector,  identify the technical skills and knowledge needed to development, manufacture, and test these advanced therapies and finally to develop hands-on curriculum that will produce well trained graduates ready to join this important biotechnology sector.

On December 3, 2021, InnovATEBio hosted the first of two WEBET Train-the-Trainer Webinars- view presentations here:

CELL AND GENE THERAPY TRAIN THE TRAINER WEBINAR 1  (Recorded December 3, 2021)

CGT labor market information, technical skill standards, course requirements, and newly developed lab-based curriculum were discussed in the webinar.   (NIIMBL Project 2.2-152)

• Presenters and affiliations: 
• Dr. Maggie Bryans Montgomery County Community College
• Professor Jim Dekloe Solano Community College
• Russ Read Forsyth Technical Community College
• Dr. Barbara Juncosa MiraCosta College
• Professor Isso Bayala Quincy College

• Download Labor Market Report Here:

• LABOR MARKET ANALYSIS FOR CELL AND GENE THERAPY TECHNICIAN WORKFORCE
  PREPARED FOR NIIMBL PROJECT 2.2-152 WEBET: WORKFORCE EXPANSION IN BIOMANUFACTURING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES
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View or Download report here