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6 IMPACT
BEYOND BOUNDARIES

BIFP PARTNER PROFILE
STEM comes alive for BIFP Fellows at North Carolina’s Joint School of Nanoscience and
Nanoengineering (JSNN), where bioscience research is being reinvented with interdisciplinary
industry collaborations. Inside the nanobioelectronics cleanroom and nanobiology labs, Fellows
explore new Nano applications in genomics, hydroponics and microscopy.

“As a teacher, learning how biotechnology is being used and where new research
is headed deepened my understanding of how important bioscience and
technology are locally, nationally and globally.”

S hadowing scientists at top North Carolina research institutions BIOSCIENCE INDUSTRY FELLOWS 2014-2019

exposes Fellows to the pace of new discoveries, future research

directions and the impact of advanced technology in driving new
applications of bioscience.
The diversity of their site visits signals the rapidly expanding use of
bioscience in tandem with other technologies and disciplines to heal, feed
and fuel the world. They reinforce the need for well-trained, interdisciplinary
STEM employees with critical thinking skills to create new solutions for the
world’s complex problems.

BIFP Fellows are invigorated by the passion of the scientific professionals
who teach them, as well as their own growing knowledge of new
developments and future opportunities that they can share with their
students and peers.

BIFP PARTNER PROFILE
Scientists at the Wake Forest
Institute for Regenerative
Medicine have successfully
grown replacement organs for
patients using laboratory
regeneration and new
bioprinting technologies.

Partnerships are the new currency in education.
Without the outstanding BIFP partners we would not
be able to create educators that can capitalize on
industry experiences to develop the next batch of
bio-workers in such a short time frame.
Dr. Alan Murdock, Vice President,
Economic & Workforce Development,
Forsyth Technical Community College