Dear Bio-1 Community,

Welcome to our “Back to School, Back to Work” issue of the Bio-1 Buzz to connect you to the exciting educational and workforce programs in our region.

Many of the Bio-1 funded programs connecting New Jersey’s talented workforce with  jobs in the biosciences are starting to bear fruit.  We have individuals completing internships in the RVCC Bio-Man program and being placed in full-time positions.  This week we kicked off the Biosciences Bootcamp for workers at Ft. Monmouth affected by the BRAC closing – we had a phenomenal group of engineers and IT professionals learning how to make their skills transferrable to the bioscience industry and coming up to speed on the ABC’s of bioscience.  At the end of October, we are launching the Bio-1 Life Sciences Fellows program to give recent graduates from New Jersey’s colleges and universities the opportunity to gain valuable work experience and training while participating in helping our emerging biotech companies to grow.

Keeping the talent pipeline going is also a high priority for Bio-1.  We are distributing our “Get Growing” Career Awareness brochures to area high schools and colleges.  The Biology Teachers Association of New Jersey have prepared a curriculum guide to accompany the brochure and our career portal contains videos highlighting individuals in New Jersey who are currently employed in the various careers available. http://bio-1.rutgers.edu/careerportal.

As always our Job Matching Website is the place to find New Jersey’s bioscience talent, please post job opportunities and resumes. http://bio-1.rutgers.edu/.

We are continuing to post successful outcomes and deliverables made possible by the WIRED grant http://www.bio-one.org/content/successful_outcomes.html

We look forward to seeing you at the 2009 New Jersey Life Sciences events in October as well!

Sincerely,

Executive Director, WIRED Bio-1

There is Still Time to Become a Bio-1 Fellow Host Company or a Fellow -- Find Out How!
Celebrate New Jersey Life Sciences Week October 20th-28th -- Watch for Updates!
Students Present Promising Research at the Annual RISE Symposium
Students Become Lab Assistants for the Summer at Monmouth University
CONNECT-ED's Professional Learning Communities Are Asking Some Good Questions
Passion for Biosciences Takes Shape of a Student Forum
Bio-1 Governance Board Spotlight on Elizabeth Posillico
Newsmakers from the Bio-1 Community
Introducing Vicki Gaddy, BioNJ's Director of Workforce Development
Connect to BioNJ's Biolines

Networking Reception for Retired and Seasoned Scientists and Technical Professionals
Rush Holt Central New Jersey High Technology Small Business Day
Jersey BioBreak Networking Event
Bizmania Networking and Business Expo
6th Annual Consul Program for New Jersey Life Sciences
Monmouth County's Bizconnect - Job Fair
The Science & Health Fair
Rutgers Women & Gender Studies Lecture Series: The Extinction of Sex
Rutgers Biotechnology Alumni Night
New Jersey Biosciences Forum for High School Students
Entrepreneur Exposé For and About Business Women
Bio-1 Fellowship Kickoff - By invitation for Fellows and Host Companies
Don't Take This Wrong, But You Are Really Good for a Girl, and Other Stories About Being a Woman in Science
Daegu (South Korea) and New Jersey Partnership Signing Ceremony: Building Bioscience Clusters
Coming up in November:
WiSEM Fall 2009 Lecture Series: Dr. Phoebe Leboy, President of AWIS
Click here for more November events:

Trained Graduates Available
Raritan Valley Community College's BioManufacturing Certificate Program Completers are Ready for Hire
Recent Grads from JFK Lab Assistant Training Program Available for Hire
Other Opportunities
Connect on Bio-1's Internship and Job Matching Site
Connect on Bio-1's Online Forum

AVTECH Certified Medical Lab Assistant (CMLA) Program
Biotechnology Workforce Development Grant Courses
Rutgers Mini-MBA: BioPharma Innovation
Prepare for the engineering FE and PE exams with courses from Rutgers University's School of Engineering
Rutgers Advanced Technology Extension provides short courses in technology related subjects
Rutgers Mini MBA: BioPharma Entrepreneurship

This month's articles: Spotlight on Bio-1 Governance Board Member Elizabeth Posillico, Students Present Promising Research at the Annual RISE Symposium, and Students Become Lab Assistants for the Summer at Monmouth University were written by Bio-1 summer intern Julia Milton.  The articles on Passion for Biosciences Takes Shape of a Student Forum was written by Bio-1 intern Rashi Jain.  The article on CONNECT-ED was written by Jean Kutcher, Administrative Director, Teaching & Learning Center at Rider University.  As always, feel free to send news, comments or suggestions to the BIO-1 Buzz Mailbox. Any articles for publication are due by the 1st of the month.

Editor, Bio-1 Buzz