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Register Now: BioNetwork BioForum Organic Grapes (BioForum)

Join us for this exciting online seminar where you will learn about topics such as organic grape growing philosophy, propagation techniques and vineyard production/installation cost estimates.

BioNetwork develops an outreach product targeted towards advanced manufacturing careers. (BioEd Center)

Future Factory is an exciting and entertaining casual educational game, designed in the style of the popular time management genre.

A New Certificate Program in Viticulture & Enology Technology is now available through the BioNetwork BioAg Center (BioAg Center)

The viticulture and Enology Certificate Program is designed to prepare individuals for various careers in the grape growing and wine making industry.

Making Science Fun! (BioNetwork)

Sarah Schober, NC BioNetwork, BioBusiness Center's Natural Products Testing and Production Coordinator was featured on WLOS News (Asheville).

Transforming the Face of Science Education (BioNetwork/Mobile Launch Pad)

The NC Community College System is working with Industry partners, government and education to reach students in K-12 schools with details on career pathways in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).

Register now for BioNetwork Pharmaceutical Center 2010 Summer/Fall Classes. (BioNetwork)

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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More Genes Implicated in Type 2 Diabetes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - SUNDAY, June 27 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have located 12 new genes that seem to be linked with a predisposition for type 2 diabetes, bringing the total number of genetic locations implicated in the condition to 38.

U.S. appeals court reinstates stem cell suit (Reuters)

Reuters - A U.S. appeals court on Friday reinstated a lawsuit that challenges an Obama administration policy for federal funding of some human embryonic stem cell research.

Stem Cell Therapeutics to cut senior jobs, stock drops (Reuters)

Reuters - Stem Cell Therapeutics, a Canadian biotechnology company, said on Friday it would remove its senior executives to save money after the lead study of a stroke treatment failed to meet targets.

Stem-cell corneas last up to a decade: study (Reuters)

Reuters - Italian doctors reported long-term success on Wednesday with a technique of fixing burn-related eye damage using corneas grown from stem cells.

Ten years on, genomic revolution only just starting (Reuters)

Reuters - The 10-year-old Human Genome Project has only just begun to bring to fruition its promise to transform medicine, its founders said on Thursday.

Stem Cell Technique Restores Sight to Burn-Injured Eyes (HealthDay)

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, June 23 (HealthDay News) -- A new Italian study describes a technique that doctors can use to restore vision to some patients with severe burns to their eyes.

Scientists herald 10-year anniversary of human genome (AFP)

AFP - The decade since the human genome was first sequenced has ushered in great leaps in understanding of the origins and evolution of mankind, although medical applications thusfar have been limited.

Research project takes genetics to African roots (Reuters)

Reuters - A $37 million international collaboration by major research bodies in the United States, Britain and Africa wants to take the fruits of the genetic revolution to a continent it has largely bypassed until now.

Supreme Court overturns ban on GM crop (AFP)

AFP - In a landmark first ruling on genetically modified crops, the US Supreme Court overturned Monday a four-year ban on alfalfa seeds engineered by biotech giant Monsanto to resist weed killer.

Medical Ethics: Prenatal Dexamethasone Use Questioned (Time.com)

Time.com - Bioethicists question medical practices surrounding a widely prescribed prenatal drug treatment to fix sex-organ deformities in babies with a congenital disorder

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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5 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork	6 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork	7 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	8 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	9 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	10 BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair	11 North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair
12 North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair	13 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair Operations in Biotechnology Processes: An Overview	14 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Operations in Biotechnology Processes: An Overview BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair HPLC Basics and Troubleshooting Organic Grapes	15 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Operations in Biotechnology Processes: An Overview BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair Empower 2 Software	16 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification Empower 2 Software North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Operations in Biotechnology Processes: An Overview BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair	17 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Operations in Biotechnology Processes: An Overview BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair	18 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair
19 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Mobile Launch Pad at the Mountain State Fair	20 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	21 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	22 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Process Validation for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing	23 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Process Validation for Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing GMP Basics I	24 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina HPLC in Theory and Practice Mobile Launch Pad - Aviation Program for NC Community Colleges GMP Basics II	25 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork HPLC in Theory and Practice BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina
26 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification North Carolina Science Festival BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	27 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina	28 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork BioWork Natural Products Topics: Growing Ginseng and Goldenseal in Western North Carolina Fundamentals of Gas Chromatography Riboprinter Microbial Characterization Hands-On Approach to Cleaning Validation Natural Products Business: Growing Herbs and Native Plants Mobile Launch Pad - MAHEC	29 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification Fundamentals of Gas Chromatography BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Riboprinter Microbial Characterization BioWork Hands-On Approach to Cleaning Validation Mobile Launch Pad - Career Outreach	30 BioWork: Bioprocessing Technician Certification Fundamentals of Gas Chromatography BioWork - Distance Hybrid Class BioWork BioWork Riboprinter Microbial Characterization BioWork Mobile Launch Pad - Career Outreach Introduction to Computer Validation Natural Products Business: Sourcing Quality Herbal Material

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