EBRC Programs and Activities

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  Community BioFutures

  The EBRC Community BioFutures initiative aims to build bioliteracy and engagement in the U.S. bioeconomy by empowering stakeholders and strengthening local bioeconomies through a national networking and resources infrastructure.

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• EBRsee

  EBRsee is our home for podcasts, videos, and other content on tools, technologies, and careers engineering biology aimed at increasing public awareness and engagement.

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  Student & Postdoc Association

  The EBRC Student & Postdoc Association (SPA) is an organization of graduate students and postdocs from around the world. The SPA facilitates communication between students and postdocs engaged with engineering biology throughout the United States and with EBRC Individual and Institutional Members.

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  Mentorship Program

  The EBRC Student and Postdoc Association established this program to link students and postdocs with EBRC industry and government partners in an effort to provide a fertile research network and promote best practices for responsible innovation. Through this program, graduate students and postdocs are provided with valuable career support and professional guidance, especially those interested in careers outside of academia.

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Education and Outreach Resources

• EBRsee

  EBRsee is our home for podcasts, videos, and other content on tools, technologies, and careers engineering biology aimed at increasing public awareness and engagement.

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  Curriculum Modules

  This initiative aims to build on existing resources to produce valuable teaching materials for course instructors and assistants. We are building up-to-date, agile and adaptable curriculum modules for teaching engineering biology – including dynamic classwork, lab protocols, data analysis and homework, reading and recitation, and quiz and exam materials.

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Working Group

The Education Working Group is responsible for coordinating educational resources, information, and activities among educators and practitioners in engineering biology-related fields. This group develops programs that support education at all levels and works with industry partners to understand workforce needs.

Chair: Mark Styczynski
Staff Director: Emily Aurand

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  Emily Aurand
  EBRC
  Senior Director of Roadmapping and Education
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  James Coker
  Johns Hopkins University
  Center Director
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  Kaitlin Dailey
  University of Rhode Island
  
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  Chloe Franklin
  BioBuilder Educational Foundation
  Director of National Programs
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  Leopold Green
  Purdue University
  Assistant Processor
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  Channabasavaiah Gurumurthy
  University of Nebraska Medical Center
  Professor
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  Terry Johnson
  University of Chicago
  Associate Teaching Professor
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  Ashty Karim
  Northwestern University
  Assistant Professor
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  Cameron Kim
  Duke University
  Assistant Professor of the Practice
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  Natalie Kuldell
  BioBuilder Educational Foundation
  Founder and Executive Director
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  Aditya Kunjapur
  University of Delaware
  Assistant Professor
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  Theresa Loveless
  Rice University
  Assistant Professor
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  Julius Lucks
  Northwestern University
  Associate Professor
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  Tamara Mandell
  University of Florida, Biotility
  Director
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  Michaelle Mayalu
  Stanford University
  Assistant Professor
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  Catherine McCarthy
  Arizona State University
  NISE Network Director
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  Megan McSweeney
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Graduate Student
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  Sara Molinari
  University of Maryland College Park
  Assistant Professor
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  Vincent Noireaux
  University of Minnesota
  Professor
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  Alexandra “Lex” Patterson
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Graduate Student
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• Rosa Santomartino
  Cornell University
  Assistant Professor
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  Aditya Sarnaik
  ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
  Postdoc
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  Stephanie Schroeder
  University of Minnesota
  Build-a-Cell Coordinator
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  Janet Standeven
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Program Director
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  Abigail Stringer
  Northwestern University
  Lecturer
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  Mark Styczynski
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  Associate Professor
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  Lin Su
  Queen Mary University of London
  Lecturer in Engineering Biology
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  Chris Voigt
  Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  Professor
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  Cătălin Voiniciuc
  University of Florida
  Associate Professor of Plant Synthetic Biology
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  R. Clay Wright
  Virginia Tech
  Assistant Professor
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  Eric Young
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Associate Professor
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  Xu Zhang
  Texas A&M University
  Assistant Professor
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