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Tift County High Students Can Now Take Biotech Course
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Tift County High School is now offering a course that helps prepare students for careers in medicine and agriculture.
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5 Georgia Technical Colleges Form Bioscience Training Partnership
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
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.
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Georgia Science Teachers Association, Georgia Bio Form First Ever Partnership for Biotech Education
Thursday, May 13, 2010
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.
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Cobb County Student Wins Georgia Bio Science Fair Award
Monday, May 03, 2010
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.
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Florida, Louisiana Students Win SE BioGENEius Regional Finals
Tuesday, March 09, 2010
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.
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Georgia, NC Students Win SE BioGENEius Regional Finals
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
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.
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Perdue Announces New Work Ready Regions Grants, Including Two Bioscience Grants
Friday, January 23, 2009
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.