Bioscience Resources

The sites provided below are a few of the thousands available. These few were chosen to be linked to our website because they either relate directly to community college biotechnology or something specific in California that connects to community college biotechnology, or they have extensive links themselves for the visitor to explore.

California Community College Biotechnology Initiative
www.cccbiotech.org

General sites

www.bio-link.org
Bio-Link
Excellent site for the nation-wide community college biotechnology effort with the National Science Foundation Advanced Technology Education Center grant. Useful for any community college, technical college, high school, or university persons interested in the practical implementation of biotechnology courses. Sign up for the listserve.

www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Especially good site for genomic information and bioinformatics. Excellent glossary of genetic terms

www.biotechfind.com
Hundreds upon hundreds of links to biotech companies, biotech organizations, journals & magazines, careers and MORE!

www.cato.com
This links on this website provide thousands of additional connections related to biotechnology, including employment and recruitment.

http://biotech.about.com
Hundreds of links including bioinformatics, genetics, genomics, proteomics and careers.

www.saludos.com
Many links. This website may be especially good for bilingual Hispanics.

www.biospace.com
BioSpace, Inc. is a specialized provider of web-based products and information services to the life sciences. One of the most excellent and extensive general sites.

www.csuchico.edu/csuperb - The California State University Program in Education and Research in Biotechnology site. Each year, the California Community Colleges share part of their annual meeting. Check the site for details of this meeting, held in January of each year.

Agricultural Biotechnology

www.nal.usda.gov
A very good agricultural site. Go to their search area and enter biotechnology. Hundreds of links provided. Be sure and click on Biotechnology, Educational Resources in this area.

http://www.cals.cornell.edu/extension/nabc/
National Agricultural Biotechnology Council hosts annual public meetings about the safe, ethical, and efficacious development of agricultural biotechnology products. The California Community College Biotech Initiative is a member of NABC. Free excellent annual reports for the asking.

http://biotech-info.net
Articles and general information on agricultural biotechnology, with more than 1,400 articles and a good search engine.

www.agbiotechnet.com
The online service for agricultural biotechnology, providing easy access to information on subjects such as genetic engineering, in vitro culture, biosafety, intellectual property rights and other key issues in agricultural biotechnology.Specifically educationally related.

 

Industry Organizations for Biotech

www.bio.org
The international Biotechnology Industry Organization site. Hundreds of links to other websites and a career section

http://biocom.org
The regional industry group in San Diego County area with approximately 400 members. Has an educational outreach.

www.socalbio.org
The regional industry group in Los Angeles County area and beyond. Provides access to venture capital with different forums, has an educational committee.

http://www.baybio.org
The Bay Area Bioscience Center is a public-private partnership and forum organized to strengthen the competitiveness of the region as the premier global location for bioscience research, education, and industry.

http://www.sjbiocenter.com
San Jose Biocenter

San Joaquin Biotechnology Center
Gavilan College
5055 Santa Teresa Blvd.
Gilroy, CA 95020
408.848.4828