Your Gateway to Biotechnology, from classroom to career. Where students, research scientists, and biotech professionals learn the latest technology and receive hands-on training.

1. The Biotechnology Program
at Montgomery College
Bioscience Education Center (BEC)
Germantown Campus
Germantown MD
- Credit Program
- BioTrain
- Bio-Trac
- PIC MC

2. • AAS Degree in Biotechnology
• Certificates in
– Biotechnology
– Biomanufacturing
• Industry driven curriculum
– Hands on laboratories using
industry standard equipment
– Emphasis on Regulatory
Environment (GLP and cGMP)
– Over 300 Students Placed in
Biotechnology Jobs
Biotech Credit Program

3. BIOTrain™ Workshops:
Advance your career with professional skills and industry
insights
Gaining Industry Knowledge
• Quality & Quality Management (ASQ)
• Operating in a Regulated Environment
• Downstream Protein Purification
• Drug Development
Building Essential Skills
• Claiming Your Strengths
• Overcoming Speaker Anxiety
• Managing Difficult Conversations
• Countering Stress in the Workplace

4. BIOTrain™ Workshops:
Advance your career with professional skills and industry
insights
Features
• Designed by subject matter experts in the life sciences
industry
• Evening classes offer short commitments of time
• Tuition-free
• Workshops can be offered at your location
• Network with attendees from industry and government

5. • Hands-on biotechnology training workshops
for research scientists featuring the latest
relevant laboratory techniques.
 Serving the scientific community for 35+
years
 Team taught by active researchers from
prestigious institutions
 17,000+ scientists trained - representing
all 50 states and 40 countries worldwide
www.biotrac.com
Private
Industry
Pfizer
Merck
Mayo Clinic
Eli Lily
GlaxoSmithKline
Novartis
Medimmune
AstraZeneca
Academic
Institutions
Harvard
Johns Hopkins
MD Anderson
Yale
Tufts
Cornell
Georgetown
University
Government
Institutions
NIH
FDA
CDC
NIST
USPTO
WRAIR
USDA

6. Bio-Trac BioPanels
Bringing the Scientific Community Together
Upcoming BioPanels - Save the Dates
• Gene Editing with CRISPR – February 20, 2020 – Dr. Serguei Kozlov (NIH/NCI
• Single Cell RNA-Seq – May 7, 2020 – Dr. Michael Kelly (NIH/NCI)
• Exosomes – September 24, 2020 – Dr. Stephen Gould (JHU)

7. Bio-Trac Symposiums & Workshops
Combining Professional Symposiums with
Hands-on Experience
3rd Annual AstraZeneca Multiplexing Symposium & Workshop

8. Bio-Trac
Serving the Scientific Community
• Custom Designed Workshops
• Government, Private Industry and Academic Institutions
• Industry Symposiums
• Government and Industry Retreats
• Annual Scientific Events
• Maryland Science Olympiad

10. Washington, DC
I 270
HCHG
Observation
Dr.
GIC
Germantown Road Rt 118
BEC
Pinkney Innovation Complex for Science and Technology
(PIC MC)
A Hub of Education, Employment,
Research, and Entrepreneurship
– 120,000 sf wet lab available for
pre-leasing
– Bioscience Education Center
(BEC)
– County-owned life sciences
incubator: Germantown
Innovation Center (GIC)
– Holy Cross Germantown
Hospital (HCHG) and Medical
Office Building
– Equipment and lab access
– Student Employment
Designated as a RISE Zone
and Federal Opportunity Zone
PIC MC
120,000 sf wet
lab building for
pre-lease