Tift County High School is now offering a course that helps prepare students for careers in medicine and agriculture.

Five Georgia state technical colleges have formed a partnership to recruit and train workers for the state’s bioscience industry. Supported by Athens, Atlanta, Augusta, Gwinnett, and Valdosta Technical Colleges, the Georgia Bioscience Technology Institute (GBTI) will leverage existing community and industry partnerships to develop a statewide collaborative training network -- sharing curricula, resources and best practices to develop this skilled workforce.

The Georgia Science Teachers Association (GSTA) and Georgia Bio announce a first-ever partnership to highlight biotechnology education at the 2011 GSTA Annual Conference. The conference, scheduled for February 17-19, 2011, at the Hyatt Regency, Atlanta, will feature a special biotechnology program, keynote speakers, hands-on activities and exhibits targeted to integrating biotechnology into the science classroom.

Georgia Bio congratulates Anne Wang, a junior at George Walton Comprehensive High School in Cobb County. Ms. Wang was awarded the Georgia Bio Science Fair Award at the Georgia Science and Engineering Fair held in Athens, Georgia for her project entitled “ Fluorescent Dyes for Screening Ionophoric Antibiotics”. This award, sponsored by Merial, Ltd., is presented to the project exhibiting the most potential to impact human well being through the use of modern biotechnology techniques.

Georgia Bio (GaBio) congratulates Muna Oli of Eastside High School, Gainesville, Florida, and Stephanie Axelson of Airline High School, Bossier City, Louisiana, for winning the Southeast regional competition of the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, conducted by the Arlington, Va.-based Biotechnology Institute.

ATLANTA, GA (April 22, 2009) – Georgia Bio (GaBio) congratulates Johnny Fells III of Northside High School, Warner Robins, GA, and Sajith Wickramasekara of North Carolina School of Science & Mathematics, Raleigh, N.C., for winning the Southeast regional competition of the sanofi-aventis International BioGENEius Challenge, conducted by the Arlington, Va.-based Biotechnology Institute.

ATLANTA – Governor Sonny Perdue today announced $1.6 million in federally-funded grants to four Georgia regions working toward earning Work Ready Region status. These regions bring together their assets and leaders to create regional talent pools targeting existing strategic industries and to increase economic development opportunities.