A place to find knowledge and find each other.

InnovATEBIO Café & Commons. A place to find knowledge and find each other. An elegant blue café-library with bookshelves, biotechnology illustrations, plants, and a shared table.

Come in—the network is open.

Browse the shared library, pull up a chair with colleagues, connect with a regional hub, or bring a question to the network.

InnovATEBIO hosts the space. The community creates the connections.
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A shared space for biotechnology education

Find your way

Where would you like to begin?

Every part of the café is shaped by what the community brings to it—questions, experience, resources, and an open chair.

Start with a question

What can the network help you find?

Explore:

On the shelves · demonstration library

Resources shared by the network

Showing 6 of 6 sample resources

ToolkitPDF + templates

Industry Advisory Board Starter Kit

Agendas, invitation language, role guides, and a first-year meeting cadence for a productive advisory board.

Shared byBay Area Bioscience Education Hub
Case studyWeb guide

Biotechnology Internship Partner Playbook

Practical models for creating meaningful placements with small and mid-sized employers.

Shared byNortheast Biotech Collaborative
CurriculumEditable slides

Cell & Gene Therapy Curriculum Map

A modular two-semester sequence aligned to common entry-level laboratory competencies.

Shared byBiotechnology Faculty Table
TemplateSpreadsheet

Program Outcomes Evaluation Workbook

Track enrollment, persistence, skill attainment, placement, and employer feedback in one reusable workbook.

Shared byMidwest BioNetwork Hub
Recorded webinarVideo · 54 min

NSF Proposal Planning Café

A peer conversation on turning a shared workforce challenge into a clear, fundable project narrative.

Shared byGrant Development Table
Field guidePDF

Faculty Externship Field Notes

Planning prompts, reflection tools, and employer briefing notes for short faculty industry experiences.

Shared bySoutheast Biotech Education Partnership

Community tables

There’s a chair for your perspective.

Drop into an ongoing topic space. These are peer tables—not committees, branches, or ranks.

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Demonstration content

Happening across the network

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Virtual Café: Building Stronger Industry Partnerships

Online · 1:00 PM ET

Hub hosts + guests

Regional Hub Exchange

Online · 2:30 PM ET

Community table

Faculty Resource Share

Online · 12:00 PM ET

Hybrid gathering

Biotechnology Workforce Roundtable

Chicago + livestream

Open conversation · demonstration

How are other colleges creating meaningful biotechnology internships with small employers?

Member & hub spotlights · demonstration

Meet the people making the network.

Distinct voices, shared learning. Each spotlight is a window into work happening across a peer-led community.

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Regional hub

Bay Area Bioscience Education Hub

Industry-aligned lab learning
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Educator

Northeast Biotech Collaborative

Student pathways & internships
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Industry partner

Midwest BioNetwork Hub

Rural workforce connections
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Shared success

Southeast Biotech Education Partnership

Faculty externships

Community bulletin board

A few things worth passing along.

Sample opportunities, requests, and announcements posted by peers across the network.

Funding

Biomanufacturing curriculum mini-grants

Expressions of interest · Oct 12

Collaboration

Partners wanted for lab-skills assessment pilot

Posted by the Evaluation Tools table

Internship

Quality systems internship cohort

12 placements · Northeast region

Ask-the-Network Counter

Bring your question to the café.

Not sure which shelf, table, or hub to visit? Share what you’re working on and the host will help point you toward a useful next connection.

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