Bio Partners Santa Clara joins partnership to grow biomanufacturing workforce. SCM Staff 09 May 2025 Vitamins and vaccines. Lab-grown meat and 3D-printed organs. Biodegradable plastics. These are just some of what’s produced by biomanufacturing. Santa Clara University is developing a workforce for this rapidly growing field by partnering with Biocom California. The new BioCAD Data Programming for Biomanufacturing Scale-up project, which is also supported by the biotechnology and life sciences firms Genentech and Merck, was funded by a grant from the National Institute for Innovation in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals. SCU and Biocom will offer a series of online learning courses in biomanufacturing analytics for college students and professionals. This work will also be extended through collaborations with community college instructors. Read more: Santa Clara University and Biocom California Institute Partner to Advance Biomanufacturing Workforce Development 3D printed fish and meat are examples of bio manufactured products. Photo courtesy Wikimedia.
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