The University System of Maryland (USM)
Thirteen academic institutions in the State of Maryland involved in education, research and outreach. External funding $900 million; with over $500 million in life sciences.
University of Maryland Baltimore (UMB)
UMB is one of the top ten public academic health centers in the U.S., with medical, pharmacy, nursing, dental, social work, and law schools as well as a Graduate Program in Life Sciences actively involved in research. In addition, the University of Maryland’s Smith School of Business offers MBA programs on-site. UMB’s 1200 scientists conduct cutting-edge research in areas including cancer, vaccine development, genomics, regenerative medicine, vascular biology, neuroscience, HIV/AIDS, nano medicine, and drug delivery. UMB’s clinical partners, the University of Maryland Medical Center, the R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center, and the Baltimore Veterans Affairs Medical Center, boast over 1200 beds. In 2008, UMB collaborated with over 250 biotech and pharmaceutical companies on clinical trials, translational research, and technology commercialization. UMB’s campus includes a research park, the University of Maryland BioPark (www.umbbiopark.com), which is an ideal location for early-stage and mature bioscience companies. External funding: $450 million, with approximately 97% in life sciences.
University of Maryland, College Park (UM)
Located at College Park, the flagship institution offers a Biotech Research and Education Program (www.biotech.umd.edu) that has provided contract services in bioprocessing, manufacturing and education to biotech companies for 20 years. The Maryland Industrial Partnerships program (www.mips.umd.edu) funds joint research projects (budget of $2 million) between Maryland companies and faculty anywhere in the University System of Maryland. Award winning entrepreneurship programs are offered through the Maryland Technology Enterprise Institute (www.mtech.umd.edu). The Maryland Pathogen Research Institute (www.mpri.umd.edu) and Fischell Dept of BioEngineering (www.bioe.umd.edu) collaborate extensively with industry. The Sloan Center for Biotechnology provides research in biotech-related public policy. Total UM external funding: $400 million, with approximately 25% in life sciences.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
UMBC is a mid-sized research university, classified by the Carnegie Foundation as High Research Activity, located outside Baltimore, Maryland. The university has a strong liberal arts and sciences core at the undergraduate level while the graduate programs emphasize selected areas of engineering, science, information technology, public policy, and human services. UMBC is an entrepreneurial campus with an active incubator and research park (www.bwtechumbc.com), and an award winning entrepreneurship program, the ACTiVATE program (www.umbc.edu/activate) for training mid-career women entrepreneurs. There is a history of long standing expertise in the life sciences, including offering advanced degrees in biotechnology, bioengineering and biomanufacturing. The Master in Professional Studies: Biotechnology program provides advanced instruction in the life sciences along with coursework in regulatory affairs and business skills. Total external funding: approximately $90 million.
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute(UMBI)
UMBI is a hub of intensive study in biotechnology from basic research to its application to human health, marine, agricultural, environmental and industrial concerns. Through its four existing centers and two developmental centers, it provides a core of expertise and facilities to advance the State’s scientific and economic development. It is totally devoted to conducting biotechnology research and development activities and is the only campus in the system whose mission includes working with industry for economic development purposes and collaborating on translational research and development problem solving. While UMBI is not a degree granting institution, it utilizes and mentors pre and post
doctoral candidates from academic institutions around the country and provides outstanding K-12 science programs throughout the State(www.umbi.umd.edu/education-and-outreach). UMBI also houses a number of activities that are open for use by companies and institutions including a 10,000 sq. ft. GMP facility for manufacturing of clinical grade materials for Phase I and II clinical trials; 12,000 sq. ft. plant and 9,000 sq. ft. plant and insect research facilities. External funding: approximately $50 million.
Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Medical Institutes(JHMI)
Johns Hopkins University is the first U.S. research university and the nation’s leading hospital, school of public health and biomedical engineering program, and premier medical school with many other highly ranked departments. Three acute care hospitals deliver cutting edge health care including over 820,000 outpatient visits annually. Johns Hopkins leads all U.S. universities in winning federal R&D funding and has a $10 Billion economic impact annually. The faculty includes two Nobel Prize winners, four National Medal of Science winners, five Lasker Award winners and five MacArthur Fellows. More than 45 start-up biotechnology companies have been created with Hopkins-related technologies. The Medical Campus is also home to:
The Johns Hopkins Hospital
The Bloomberg School of Public Health
The School of Nursing
The Department of Biomedical Engineering
Core facilities available include: Spectroscopy & Imaging, High Throughput Biology Center including Microarray Core, Microscope Facility, Flow Cytometry Core Analytic Laboratories, Genetic Resources Core Facility, Mass Spectrometry Laboratory, Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Center, Protein/Peptide/DNA Facility, Minimally Invasive Surgical Training Center, and Vivarium Access on a negotiated fee-for-service basis. Learn more about Johns Hopkins technologies at www.techtransfer.jhu.edu.
Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC)
The Biotechnology Program is designed to provide high quality classroom and laboratory training to meet the demands of the rapidly growing and evolving biotechnology industry. Students may choose to enroll in the Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) or the Certificate Program in Biotechnology in preparation for direct entry into the workforce or transfer to a four-year institution. Graduates of the Biotechnology Program are employed as laboratory technicians and laboratory managers in private, federal and academic laboratories and institutions.
Montgomery College
The mission is to provide state of the art educational opportunities in applied biotechnology/bioscience. The Biotech program has two well equipped laboratories including a dedicated cell culture / biomanufacturing lab with four complete workstations. Each station includes a BSC, automated cell counter, 2.0 liter ATR bioreactor, Millipore TFF system and AKTA FPLC. The second lab is dedicated to teaching protein and nucleic acid biotechnology including immunology. The curriculum is regularly updated with extensive input from experts drawn from regional biotechnology companies and federal labs. All classes include lecture and laboratory components which have been designed to integrate basic laboratory skills, regulatory concepts (GLP and cGMP), and behaviors such as teamwork as they apply to the biotechnology industry. Students completing the program earn an A.A.S. Degree or a Biotechnology or Biomanufacturing certificate and are well prepared for immediate entry into the Biotech workforce. Articulation agreements are in place with several four-year institutions for students who wish to complete a bachelor’s degree. We also offer non-credit workforce training courses for the Biotechnology Industry throughout the year.
Private companies: There are a number of contract research organizations in Maryland to meet any pre-clinical, clinical and manufacturing need. Contact the Center for guidance depending on your need.