Biotechnology Education

Business success in the biotechnology era.

Factors Related to the Intent of Agricultural Educators to Adopt Integrated Agricultural Biotechnology Curriculum

Recent legislation encourages the integration of academic content in agricultural education. In North Carolina, high school agricultural education programs can now choose to offer a state adopted integrated biotechnology curriculum. Empirical evidence was needed to identify and describe factors related to the intent of agricultural educators to adopt this curriculum in order to assist teachers ...

Detection of Helicobacter Pylori Infection by Imported IgG ELISA Kits in Comparison with Iranian Home Made Kit

Yeganeh Talebkhan1, Marjan Mohammadi2, Ghader Khalili3, Arghavan Sheykholeslami4, Naser Rakhshani5, Fereidoun Mahboudi6, Sadegh Massarrat7 1 Researcher, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran-National Biotechnology Network, Ministry of Health and Medical Education 2 Assistant Professor, Biotechnology Research Center, Pasteur Institute of Iran-National Biotechnology Network, Mi...

The Impact of Founder Professional Education Background on the Adoption of Open Science by For-Profit Biotechnology Firms

This paper investigates the effect of founder professional education background on the adoption of the open-science technology management strategy by a sample of 512 young biotechnology firms. One major finding of the paper is that after controlling for founder prior work experience and other organizational and environmental factors, biotechnology firms with proportionally more Ph.D.-holding en...

Summer Research and Creativity Grants

By Georgina Anderson Agricultural Biotechnology In recent years, agricultural biotechnology has been viewed in a very negative light by the general public. A lack of education about important advances in this field is partially responsible for the public’s opinions. How easily are people reassured of the safety of agricultural biotechnology’s contribution to the nation’s food supply? This resea...

Preparing Science-Trained Professionals for the Biotechnology Industry: A Ten-Year Perspective on a Professional Science Master's Program.

The biotechnology industry has a need for business-savvy scientists; however, this is not the way scientists are traditionally trained at universities and colleges. To address this need, universities have developed Professional Science Master's (PSM) degree programs that offer advanced training in a technical field along with professional skills development through team-based projects and inter...