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"Pipetting" eLearning course wins Best of Show at International Showcase

The new Pipetting eLearning tool was exhibited at SolutionFest 2013, an annual showcase of eLearning solutions developed by organizations from across the world. Pipetting was voted Best of Show in the Non-Vendor category!

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Enjoy this complimentary quarterly publication showcasing the synergy between industry, economic development, education, and nonprofits in NC life sciences.

You've just been hired as a quality assurance inspector for a research testing company. Your job is to talk to employees in the aliquoting department and identify pipetting-related CAPA, Corrective and Preventative Actions that your company should take.

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BioNetwork has published 5 new lab demonstration videos to its YouTube channel. The goal of these videos is to enhance hands-on training by exposing students to the lab procedures prior to participating in an on-campus laboratory experience. Visit http://youtube.com/ncbionetwork to view these and other instructional videos.

BioNetwork's latest interactive e-learning tool features a 3D bioreactor that students can explore prior to participating in an on-campus laboratory exercise. The result is that students enter the lab better prepared to use the equipment. Check out the 3D BioFlow bioreactor at http://ncbionetwork.org/bioflow.

The North Carolina Community College System offers a wide variety of life science educational and industrial training opportunities throughout the state. Search the following categories to find the opportunity that best fits your needs.

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Interactive E-Learning Tools

Try your hand at operating a virtual centrifuge, gowning for the cleanroom, or practice lab safety through these exciting and interactive e-learning tools. Read more...

Instructional Videos

BioNetwork's YouTube channel features over 70 videos to help learners prepare for a hands-on lab experience. Watch the procedure, then do it yourself! Read more...

UK tries out new model for gene testing in cancer patients

By Kate Kelland LONDON (Reuters) - Britain launched a research program on Monday that should eventually allow all cancer patients to have access to the kind of genetic analysis that led Hollywood star Angelina Jolie to decide to undergo a double mastectomy. The project, involving the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London, the U.S. gene sequencing firm Illumina, geneticists and cancer doctors, aims to find a way to allow more cancer genes be tested in more people. Researchers announcing the 2. ...

Affymetrix CFO Barabe to retire in June

Affymetrix Chief Financial Officer Tim Barabe is planning to retire from his post next month. The genetic testing instrument business said Monday that it is promoting Gavin Wood to the position. Barabe's ...

Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos

NEW YORK (AP) — Scientists have finally recovered stem cells from cloned human embryos, a longstanding goal that could lead to new treatments for such illnesses as Parkinson's disease and diabetes.

Scientists Report First Success in Cloning Human Stem Cells

It’s been 17 years since Dolly the sheep was cloned from a mammary cell. And now scientists applied the same technique to make the first embryonic-stem-cell lines from human skin cells.

Scientists create human stem cells through cloning

By Sharon Begley NEW YORK (Reuters) - After more than 15 years of failures by scientists around the world and one outright fraud, biologists have finally created human stem cells by the same technique that produced Dolly the cloned sheep in 1996: They transplanted genetic material from an adult cell into an egg whose own DNA had been removed. The result is a harvest of human embryonic stem cells, the seemingly magic cells capable of morphing into any of the 200-plus kinds that make up a person. ...

FDA approves Roche diagnostic for gene mutation in lung cancer

(Reuters) - U.S. health regulators on Tuesday approved a test developed by Roche for a specific gene mutation present in about 10 percent of non-small cell lung cancers, and said the company's drug Tarceva could be used as an initial treatment in patients with the mutation whose cancer has spread beyond the lungs. This marks the first companion diagnostic that detects epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) gene mutations to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency said. The diagnostic is called the Cobas EGFR Mutation Test. ...

FDA approves genetic test for lung cancer drug

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a genetic test from Roche to help doctors identify patients who can benefit from a lung cancer drug made by the company's Genentech unit. The diagnostic ...

Idaho spud giant bets on biotech potatoes

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A dozen years after a customer revolt forced Monsanto to ditch its genetically engineered potato, an Idaho company aims to resurrect high-tech spuds.

News Summary: Gene test may help cancer treatment

BREAKTHROUGH: A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help men decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it. PROVIDING ANSWERS: Doctors ...

Gene test may help guide prostate cancer treatment

A new genetic test to gauge the aggressiveness of prostate cancer may help tens of thousands of men each year decide whether they need to treat their cancer right away or can safely monitor it.

BioNetwork supports the mission of the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) aligning world class workforce training and education to the Biotechnology, pharmaceutical and life science industries. BioNetwork trains at all levels of this industry, upgrading the skills of incumbent workers, from entry level to management. Our seven centers, strategically and geographically positioned, develop short and curriculum designed courses to meet the needs of industry. The centers themselves are staffed with highly skilled industry trained experts that are constantly developing workforce training programs that can be delivered anywhere in North Carolina.

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			1 Freeze-Drying Fundamentals Risk Based Approaches to Validation ( Validation Academy ) Good Lab Practices: FDA and EPA Regulations Basic Lab Skills	2 Freeze-Drying Fundamentals Good Lab Practices: FDA and EPA Regulations Basic Lab Skills Instrumentation Calibration Program for the Life Science Industry ( Validation Academy ) Introduction to Medicinal Herbs	3 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs	4 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs
5 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs	6 Preparation & Purification of Biological Samples for HPLC Analysis Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs	7 Preparation & Purification of Biological Samples for HPLC Analysis Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers Blended Learning	8 Preparation & Purification of Biological Samples for HPLC Analysis Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers	9 Preparation & Purification of Biological Samples for HPLC Analysis Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Botanical Dietary Supplements	10 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) for Botanical Dietary Supplements	11 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers
12 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers	13 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers	14 Basic Concepts and Validation ( Validation Academy ) Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Do You Have What it Takes? An Introduction to Entrepreneurship for Holistic Providers	15 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Gas Chromatography-Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (GC-FAME) Analysis for Microbial Identification Steam Sterilization Validation for Autoclaves and SIP Systems ( Validation Academy )	16 Basic Lab Skills Introduction to Medicinal Herbs Gas Chromatography-Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (GC-FAME) Analysis for Microbial Identification Steam Sterilization Validation for Autoclaves and SIP Systems ( Validation Academy )	17 Basic Lab Skills Gas Chromatography-Fatty Acid Methyl Ester (GC-FAME) Analysis for Microbial Identification	18 Basic Lab Skills
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