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The North Carolina Community College System BioNetwork's interactive eLearning tools (IETs) are reusable chunks of training that can be deployed in a variety of courses or training programs. IETs are designed to enhance, not replace hands-on training. Learners are able to enter a hands-on lab...

The North Carolina Community College System's BioNetwork YouTube channel provides high-quality training videos in the areas of chemistry, biotechnology, biology, and life sciences. These training videos can be used both as pre-lab preparation or post-lab reviews. Technical equipment demonstration...

This high school-college level activity screens for cellulase-producing microbes from environmental samples of the students' choice. Students prepare samples, isolate them on selective media, and screen for cellulase activity. Two methods are provided, one focusing on isolation of pure microbial...

This resource contains presentations from the 2014 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2014, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This resource contains presentations from the 2015 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2015, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This resource contains presentations from the 2016 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2016, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This Biotech Careers website from Bio-Link, the Next Generation National Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Life Sciences, features information about the different careers available for students pursuing a biotech degree or certificate from a community...

This page from Bio-Link's career website features agricultural and food technician career and education information. This page includes a brief description of agricultural science technicians, who "develop and follow protocols to store crop and animal samples, operate farm equipment and maintain...

This page from Bio-Link's career website features information about the different jobs in the agricultural biotechnology career area. This page includes a brief description of the agricultural biotechnology field, jobs in the career area, articles on agricultural biotechnology, and related videos...

This page from Bio-Link's career website provides alumni profiles, which feature interviews with community college grads currently working in various biotech careers. Interviews highlight the work of the grad and a typical day on the job. Profiles vary from highlighting the day of a biotechnology...