Courses cover such topics as product development, GLP and cGMP, employer expectations, basic laboratory math and statistics, buffer preparation, handling of equipment and reagents (e.g., enzymes), introduction to experimental design, safety considerations, ethics at the workplace, and introduction to relevant biotech databases available on the web.

Main courses offered by our training partners include:

• Intro to Microbiology: Courses cover an introductory overview of microorganisms emphasizing bacteria, and including the structure, metabolic activities, genetics, and mechanisms of control of microorganisms, as well as the relationships of microorganisms to humans, the environment, disease, and immunity. 
  
  
• Molecular and Cell Biology: Courses consider the molecular basis of cell structure, organization and function.   Topics generally include genetic mechanisms, internal cell organization and activity, cell growth and reproduction and cells in the context of the organism.
  
  
• Intro to Biochemistry: These courses introduce the fundamental concepts of biochemistry and typically include topics such as atomic-molecular theory, properties of elements, bonding and molecular structure, solutions, organic chemistry, proteins and nucleic acids.
  
  
• DNA and RNA Technology: These courses typically include such topics as the structure of DNA and RNA, DNA isolation and sequencing, RNA isolation, an introduction to genomics and bioinformatics, probe design and hybridization, DNA replication, PCR, microarrays, regulation of gene expression, enzymes used in molecular biology, and principles of cloning including the use of vectors for sequencing and expression.