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announcement: Monday 6/13 – pipetting and gel electophoresis workshop/PD hosted by InnovATEBIO’s Jennifer Lazare at Hillsboro H.S., 9:00am CT
announcement: Wednesday 6/15 – pipetting and gel electrophoresis workshop/PD hosted by InnovATEBIO’s Jennifer Lazare at UTHSC, 9:00am CT
announcement: Honored to support a great TN bioscience educator, Dr. Erica Anderson, and her AP Bio program at new and improved Hillsoboro H.S. in Nashville!
announcement: THE BIG ONE! 3-day CRISPR workshop at Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 20 TN K-12 bioscience instructors June 1-3; call for details 615-491-5419

Supporting BioSTEM education across the State of Tennessee.

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our mission

To provide financial, technical and curricular design support to the growing number of K-14 teachers, students and schools participating in biotechnology education across the state of Tennessee.
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our impact

To empower the next generation of Tennessee health science innovators at companies large and small who can solve world problems, find cures to diseases and invent innovative technologies.
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our vision

A maximally engaged student population, a highly trained, enthused and contented teacher cohort, a scientifically proficient workforce and a broadened economic base that includes biopharmaceutical, diagnostic, medical technology and health data science companies.

Supporting and improving biotechnology, bioSTEM and health sciences education across Tennessee

In a historic first on January 24, 2019, the TN Department of Education implemented bioSTEM education standards which enabled any instructor, any principal, any Director of schools to implement a sophisticated - 4 semester biotechnology cirriculum of study. Educator interest in implementing such programs is exploding in every corner of the state.

These programs however can be expensive and anxiety inducing. The Tennessee Coalition for Health Science and BioSTEM education proposes to provide financial, technical, and curricular design support to educators implementing such programs at both public and private schools.

We propose to establish a partnership among the public & private sectors to support student and teacher development. By offering speakers and internships with commercial and research sectors, we will provide opportunities for students to balance their bioSTEM education with real world experience.

Growth Metrics

+239%
Increase in number of TN K-12 classrooms now performing higher level, DNA/RNA/protein lab assays since new state bioSTEM standards, January 2019.
+75%
Average TN salary in a life sciences job ($81,672) versus TN private sector average salary ($47,618)
* +14
*public schools only; preliminary; revised TN DOE report due 8/15/20
Increase in number of officially launched bioSTEM education programs of study since implementation of the first at Lebanon High School in fall, 2018

Teacher & Student Events

Find upcoming events for BIOSTEM education throughout Tennessee listed below.

Thursday, November 5th4:30pm CT – 4:50pm CT
Tom Sellig, LabConnect CEO; co-sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Biology Teachers (TNABT)
Please join us for a discussion of high-value lab skills possessed by recent LabConnect hires and how TN teachers can create the next-generation workforce with these skills. Join Zoom Meeting  https://labconnect.zoom.us/j/97248117927?pwd=MVpueTB6ZmFuQVZGOGdyWlNzWnBiUT09 Meeting ID: 972 4811 7927 Passcode: 271273 One tap mobile +13017158592,,97248117927#
Thursday, November 12th4:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT
Nikki Wallace, biotech instructor at Crosstown High School, Memphis
Please join us in welcoming Nikki Wallace, Science Chair and biotechnology instructor at Crosstown High School in Memphis for an important discussion of strategies and techniques in contextual teaching of AP Biology and biotechnology in an urban setting.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88283183030?pwd=ck9pRysrbEs1b0d0aHVwUkwwbUhuQT09          
Wednesday, November 18th5:00pm – 7:00pm CT
miniPCR hands-on virtual teacher workshop, "Genes In Space" ; co-sponsored by the Tennessee Association of Biology Teachers (TNABT)
Join us in another “virtual hands on workshop” using their latest classroom equipment (shipped to you) and exploring the latest PCR experimental technique. Mini PCR will provide enough reagent to perform the same experiment with your students when time permits.  Please contact Dr. Katy Martin at miniPCR @ 678-488-7052 for more information. miniPCR’s famous Genes in Space workshop (www.genesinspace.org) empowers high school and middle school instructors and students to mimic DNA research performed on the International Space Station (ISS).  For those simply wishing to spectate, please access the Zoom call at this address https://zoom.us/j/99552221366?pwd=SXkrNmZhbnl5U0RHU3Y0SEdIR25Vdz09
Thursday, December 3rd4:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Dr. Jim Stefansic, Director of Corporate Development at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Jim Stefansic, biopharmaceutical entrepreneur and Director of Corporate development at Cumberland Pharmaceuticals for a conversation about lab skills valued by biopharma employers as well as internship/externship opportunities at Cumberland. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82865085654?pwd=bUdieUI2Q21reGZ6V3pldG4wQ1c2dz09    
Thursday December 3rd6:00pmCT - 8:00pmCT
Williamson County "K-12 AP Bio/Biotech Instructor Appreciation Night" at J.Alexander's, Cool Springs
Creators of the scientists, partners and entrpreneurs of the next generation, YOU DERSERVE THIS and more!  Please join the Coalition and TN Association of Biology Teachers at J. Alexanders in Cool Springs, 1721 Galleria Blvd. Franklin  for an evening of appreciation, camaraderie and – especially – teacher-to-teacher idea exchange.  This will be the second social event we will have sponsored and if it mimics our first event, you truly do not want to miss it.  Please call Dennis Grimaud @615-485-6373 or Kurt Riemenschneider @ 615-491-5419 for more.
Thursday December 17th4:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT
Sergeant Jesus Merino, Bravo Company, Recruiting & Retention Battalion, TN Army National Guard on medcail and bioscience opportunities for TN students
Your Tennessee Army National Guard is recruiting biotechnology specialists, lab & medical technicians and biological & viral defense personnel!  Please join us for a forward looking disussion with TN National Guard recruiter Sergeant Jesus Merino (901-483-5736, jesus.j.merino.mil@mail.mil)  about little-known scientific and medical opportiuities offered to our “citizen soldiers” that may be perfect for certain of your students determined to begin a professional journey toward a career in the laboratory or medical sciences. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82533558854?pwd=OWlFc2VtZ1FNZm9DKzZuUjdEd1pldz09  
Thursday, January 7th4:00pm CT – 4:30pm CT
Elizabeth Greer, Danielle Drumwright, Jessica Mancini from Ravenwood H.S. on Project Lead The Way's (PLTW) Biomedical Sciences Program; "what works in my lab"
Please join us and our partners at TNABT for what promises to be a great discussion of the Biomedical Sciences program developed by Project Lead The Way (PLTW)  domiciled at Ravenwood High School in Brentwood.  Instructors Elizabeth Greer, Danielle Drumwright and Jessica Mancini are among the most passionate science leaders in K-12 in middle Tennessee and are enthused to communicate what they know and have learned about the program to their colleagues. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82957953687?pwd=NnAvUFV6QUNLUU11VS9MMGZ3V1Q1Zz09  
Thursday January 14th, 20214:00pm CT – 4:30pm CT
Dr. John Doench, Associate Director of the Genetic Perturbation Lab, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Please join us for our very first scientific discussion with a top-level researcher from the Broad institute of MIT and Harvard, Dr. John Doench.  John is Associate Director of the Genetic Perturbation Lab at the Broad Institute where he is an expert in the design, utilization and analysis of genetic screens.  Additionally, John leads teams developing functional genomic techniques involving RNAi and CRISPR technology.  Pleae join us for what promises to be a fascinating scientific dialogue about whats coming next in the biosciences. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/85920929938?pwd=WDZmeDZkNGlrbngyM2xyT0FLeWc0UT09  
Thursday January 21, 20214:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT
The Duke University Lemur Center with Dr. Lydia Greene and Dr. Marina Blanco
The Duke University Lemur Center is home to over 200 lemurs of 14 species and represents the most diverse population of of lemurs outside their native Madagascar.  The Center performs important genetics & genomics research non-invasively on this endangered species and has uncovered worlds of exciting new scientific data about this beautiful species since the Center’s founding in 1966.  Dr. Lydia Greene and Dr. Marina Blanco partner with  miniPCR to bring the bioscience of this remarkable creature to your classrom.  Please join Lydia and Marina on Thursday, January 21st for what promises to be a fun and interesting discussion.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88960999480?pwd=NlNLMGZDbThyc3FDMHB0WFh6aldodz09   
Thursday, February 4th4:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT
The Microbes Within!: Wolbachia Project at Vanderbilt University with Sarah Bordenstein, Athena Lemon, Dr. Seth Bordenstein
Join us for an exciting discussion led by Sarah & Seth Bordenstein about the internationally recognized student-centric research program, the Wolbachia Project. Wolbachia are microbes found within the cells of about half of all arthropods species.  The Bordenstein Lab provides teacher training and loaner equipment necessary to isolate,  PCR and visualize DNA from both the arthropod and its microbial symbiont, allowing instructors and their students to become forensic biotechnology analysts and DNA sleuths.  This lab series is known across the world to fascinate and educate teachers and students and our great TN teachers should definitely know about it.  This is real-world hands-on biotechnological science of the highest order and is appropriate for biology, AP bio and biotechnology classes alike.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89640612719?pwd=YnBXK3hMZENzd25vakZXZWNQb0w2dz09  
Thursday February 18th4:00pm CT - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Dawn Richards and Dr. Elizabeth Forrester of the esoteric lab at Baylor School In Chattanooga
Dr. Dawn Richards, Science Department Chair at Baylor School and Dr. Elizabeth Forrester, laboratory director at Baylor School, will discuss new developments at their CLIA-approved esoteric lab – yes, at a high school! – their remarable quest for the COVID test for which they recieved FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) – yes, at a high school! – their brand new ThermoFisher Ion Torrent DNA sequencer – yes, at a high school! – and their vision of a future independent institute for research and K-12 biosciences education open and available to ALL studdnts and instuctors across the state of Tennessee modeled on the HudsonAlpha Institute.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87643223796?pwd=dElMTWswcTRQbTVjTHQzQk9PenEydz09  
Thursday March 4th4:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT pm – 4:30pm CT
Jenn Adams, CEO of August Bioservices in Nashville, Tennessee
Please join us for a discussion with Jenn Adams, CEO of Tennessee’s newest biotech company, Auguest Bioservices.  Jenn is a new Chicago transplant to Tennessee and has had a long and successful career in life sciences management.  In Chicago, Jenn was very active in K-12 biotech education and philanthropic efforts and is eager to share her experience, insights and leadership skills with her new community.  Many of you may have seen August’s annoucement to invest $65M in a new facility on Elm Hill Pike which will house ~200 new employees.  We are very fortunate to have Jenn, her team and her company in Tennessee and look forward to our discusion.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89144364316?pwd=T1ZKYVlRRlNYSVdraCtkSVdVREI0Zz09  
Thursday March 18th3:00pm CT- 3:45pm CT
Dr. Natalie Kuldell, CEO and Founder of BioBuilder
We are honored to have Dr. Natalie Kuldell, the nationally famous founder of BioBuilder, speak to us on Thursday March 18th at 3:00pm CT.  While this differs from out traditional 4:00pm CT slot, it was the only time Natalie was available and we should not miss her!  For those not familiar, Natalie, an author, speaker and science advocate of the highest order, did her undergraduate work at Cornell and received a PhD from Harvard.  In her current role as instructor at MIT, Natalie collaborated with local high school science teachjers to develop real-world, discovery-based biosciences curricula that have evolved into one of the nations best and widely regarded science education resources, BioBuilder (www.biobuilder.org).  Please join us for what promises to be one of most interesting, relevant educational discussion of the year.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84897246521?pwd=QjhUMGczYTlJUXA2c1NHRTY0Q3pDZz09    
Thursday April 1st4:00pm CT - 4:30pm CT
Dr. Joanna Albala, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Manager, Science Education Programs
Please join us on Thursday April 1st at 4:00pm CT for a conversation with Dr. Joanne Albala of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California.  Joanne is the Director of STEM and science education programs at LLNL.  The National Laboratories are receiving significantly increased funding in recent years and particulalry last year for many reasons, among which are the remarkable intillectual capital and secure research facilites at each and, as such, are hidden gems for teachers.  Lawrence Livermore provides exceptional resources to bioscience instructors and their student and we are fortunate to have Dr. Albala available to discuss them with us. Zoom call at https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89759642383?pwd=QVhRTWJSQ1lFY1diT3RDaTZnMGlQUT09  Meeting ID: 897 5964 2383 Passcode: 4KfRxA
Thursday April 15th4:00pm CT - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Sarah Wallace, Principal Investigator/microbiologist, Genes In Space, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston TX
We are honored to be speaking with Dr. Sarah Wallace, a microbiologist at NASA and the Principle Investigator for the ‘Genes In Space’ program associated with the International Space Station (ISS) and NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX. Dr. Wallace did her undergraduate work at Wichita St. University and received her PhD in microbiology from U.T. Medical Branch in Galveston, TX.  Among the many things Dr. Wallace studies are the challenges of sequencing DNA in space, how a zero-gravity environment affects the behavior and gene expression in microbes and biodefense research around oprotecting out astonauts on the ISS. Please join us for the unique opportunity to discuss biosciences in space with a top-level NASA scientist. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82007798454?pwd=S0grMnRwM1BPNzZGc2ovR0NydmFVQT09    
Thursday April 29th4:00pm - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Bruce Nash of the DNA Learning Center at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
This a big one!  How cool is it we get to speak to Dr. Bruce Nash of the DNA Leanting Center (DNALC) at the world famous Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory on Oyster Bay, Long Island New York?!  Dr. Nash is one of the estimable of group of research scientists and educators at DNALC whose mission it is to provide all high school students with the opportunity to experience hands-on experiments with DNA and to provide high school educators with robust training opportunities.  We can’t wait to engage with them.  Bruce received his undergraduate degree from the U. of Alberta, a Ph.D in medical and molecular genetics from the University of Toronto and has been working with DNALC for over a decade. We look forward to benefiting from Dr. Nash’s insight and experience.  Please join us on Thursday April 29th for a great discussion.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84436926118?pwd=SlZVb3hFVzBOMjQxOXlJbDE2NlBuQT09 Meeting ID: 844 3692 6118 Passcode: t4krbp
Thursday May 13th4:00pm CT - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Aleida Perez, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Supervisor of Student Research and Community Science
On Thursday, May 13th, Dr. Aleida Perez from Brrohaven National Laboratory will be speaking to TN bioscience instructors and we couldnt be happier.  With a Ph.D in immunology from the Univeraity of Michigan, Dr. Perez oversees all student research that goes on at BNL and also supervises community scioence outreach.  She and her team have been very active in the past year developing extraordinarily creative virtual research programs and we can not wait to hear about them.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87234883277?pwd=aEY5YWtpSE9jTEpKTXFPSk1OY1hwZz09 Meeting ID: 872 3488 3277 Passcode: 6QztSG  
Thursday May 27th4:00pm CT - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Howard Young of the National Cancer Institute at Frederick
Dr. Howard Young, senior investigator at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick will present a discussion with TN K-12 biosceince instructors titled “how a very basic research question has led to great insight into human disease”.  Dr. Young received his Ph.D at the University of Washington and post doc’d at the National Cancer Institute.  Among his many awards are three seperate NIH Director’s Awards for Mentoring in 2000, 2006 and 2018.  Dr. Young’s lab investigates how maturing immune systems mediate anti-tumor immune responses to chronic inflamation.  We are very fortunate to be speaking scientists os Dr. Young’s caliber.  Please join us on the Thursday, May 27th.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82460142480?pwd=MXZRTDZGeHB4dHNONXpkYWdIaVpRUT09  
Thursday June 10th4:00pm CT - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Marit Nilson-Hamilton, Professor of Chemistry and Microbiology, Ames National Laboratory/Iowa State University
Dr. Marit Nilaon-Hamilton of the Ames National Laboratory will be speaking to TN bioscience instructors on all manner of cool and topical matters including why females of our species react to COVID-19 differently than males of the species.  Dr. Nilson-Hamilton is the Primary Inmvestigator at her eponymously named lab at the Ames Laboratory at Iowa State University.  Her research is focused on systems coordination at the cellular, organnelle and molecular level. Dr. Nilson-Hamilton received her Ph.D fin biochemistry from Cornell University.  We are very excited to be able to speak with her.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/84793829452?pwd=aEdRVVgxTWp3ZnIxMFF1VTBGRm1OQT09  Meeting ID: 847 9382 9452  Passcode: 6n1MHc
Thursday September 16th4:00pm - 4:45pm CT
Dr. Allison Allison Nishitani, Classroom Support Coordinator at miniPCR
Please join Dr. Allison Nishitani, researcher and Director of Classroom Support at miniPCR for a discussion about miniPCRT resources available to you and your students for the 2022-23 year.  As many of you know, we hosted a Nashville area biotech event whereby miniPCR provided and shipped their equipment to 10 area instructors and hosted a 2 hour instuctional Zoom call AND provided enough supplies to allow intructors to perform the same experiment in thir own calssroom with their students in subsequent days.  We are proud to partner with minPCR.  https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87848690783?pwd=OHE2dFBrVXFuL0hpVS84N2RlbmU1UT09      
Thursday September 30th4pm CT - 4:30pm CT
Aden Dauchness and Dr. Dhani Bisocho from Carolina Biological Supply
Aden Dauchess, Director of Core Products Management and Innovation and Dr. Dhani Bisocho, K-12 Product Development from Carolina Biological Supply will be discussing some of the new resources available to instuctors and classrooms for the 2021-2022 academic year. Carolina has 30 PhDs dedicated to developing new curricular products for “K-16” and Dr. Bisosho is one of ’em!  They will also be discussion PD and summer workshop opportunities abailable through Carolina in 2022.  Please join us. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83899689708?pwd=elo2clJWOHdvaGtjd1ppSEZXZ09WZz09  Meeting ID: 838 9968 9708 Passcode: qiif64
Thursday October 21st4:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Jennifer Tyrell and Leigha Witt, Senior K-12 Education Programing Mangers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
The 17 National Laboratories in the United States are managed by the U.S. Department of Energy and are sites of the most advanced scientific research performed on earth.  We are very fortunate to have the biggest and the best funded National Laboratory, Oak Ridge N.L., located right here in TN.  Jennifer Tyrell and Leigha Witt are the two most senior K-12 STEM education outreach personnel at Oak Ridge and they will be speaking to us on Thursday, October 21 at 4:00pm CT about the remarkable set of programs, PDs, workshops and student curricular support available at Oak Ridge.  We are very excited to have such a sterling resource right in out back yard!  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/85885274274?pwd=SjQvZFdCOHBBcVhISnhmZ3V6SlZadz09 Meeting ID: 858 8527 4274 Passcode: bi9nRt
Thursday November 18th4:00pm CT - 4-30pm CT
Danielle Drumwright, biomedical studies instructor, Ravenwood High School, WilliamsonCounty TN
Danielle Drumwright of Ravenwood High School will speak to teachers about of Project Lead the Way, best practices and what works best in her classroom. Please join us for a great presentation by a member of the superb WilliamsonCounty cohort of bioscience instructors. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/89039713016?pwd=czlQZDEvNU9XNE5SRm9EYXdlSGhXdz09  Meeting ID: 890 3971 3016  Passcode: uFa85X
Thursday, February 3rd 20224:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Jennifer Lazare, K-12 Bioscience Education Director at InnovATEBIO
Happy 2022 everybody.  Jennifer Lazare will be speaking to TN bioscience teachers on Thursday, February 3rd at 4:00pm CT. Please DO NOT miss this discussion.  Slightly misnamed, InnovATEBIO could easily be called the U.S. Department of K-12 Biotechnology Education.  That, essentially, is what it is.  InnovATEBIO’s subtitle, ‘National Biotechnology Education Center’ is accurate.  Robustly funded by NSF, InnovATE has significant resoures available to K-12 classrooms and is enthusiastically ready to depoly them.  InnovATEBIO has committed to coming to TN for two seperate one-day workshops focused on the primary skills of pipetting and performing gel electrophoresis separations. Please join us for this very important meeting on 2/3. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/85465970303?pwd=NnBYajN2bHZIdnBwZnQ4MVd0TDNEZz09 Meeting ID: 854 6597 0303 Passcode: jb9t91
Thursday, February 17th 20224:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Kate Ayers, Director of Cancer Research & Education Outreach at St. Jude Childrens Research Hospital
Kate Ayers, senior researcher and Director of Cancer Research Education & Outreach at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital will be speaking to TN bioscience instructors on Thursday 2/17.  St. Jude has a rapidly growing K-12 bioscience outreach program and, with Kate as its leader, is ready to provide resources to teachers and programs across the state starting now. Also, Kate and her staff have committed to provide several workshops for TN instructors in the next calendar year.  Please take a few minutes to get to know Kate on February 17th.  https://us05web.zoom.us/j/88008657782?pwd=dFh4WnJ0UDhWVDV3T01VY0I0WlJKdz09 Meeting ID: 880 0865 7782 Passcode: HJ0H77
Thursday, March 3rd 20224:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Tammy Mandell, Direrctor of Biotility at U. of Florida; Developer of B.A.C.E., the Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam
Attention bioscience instructors: this is a very important meeting.  Tammy Mandell is s Director at Biotility Applied Biotech Training at the University of Florida.  Biotility is the founding organization and administrative body of the “BACE”, the Biotechnician Assistant Credentialing Exam, which the K-12 biotech certificate program that is being accepted by schools, districts and states across the nation at an accelerating rate.  We will be working with Tammy, the Governor’s Office, CTE personnel and the Department of Education to get the exam accepted on a state-wide basis but the exam can be administered on a district- or even a school-by-school basis. The BACE is carefully overseen by the biotech industry and closely mimics the skill set required for employment in the industry today. Please join ius on Thursday, March 3rd at 4;00pm CT via Zoom.   https://us05web.zoom.us/j/83550035267?pwd=WHdzaFJoNWdYRjRzenhZa3hDY1RQUT09 Meeting ID: 835 5003 5267 Passcode: b2DyCe
Thursday, March 17 20224:00pm – 4:30pm CT
Dr. Aleida Perez Supervisor, Student Research & Community Science at Brookhaven National Laboratory
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Aleida Perez, Supervisor of Student Research & Community Science at world-famous Brookhaven National Laboratory for a timely discussion on new educational programs available online and in person this academic year at Brookhaven for both teacher and students. https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87007405299?pwd=UE13YURLK2RwSS9WeVdQaFZyS21PUT09 Meeting ID: 870 0740 5299 Passcode: 212cYP
Thursday, April 7 20224:00pm - 4:45pm CT
Jeff Maycock, VWR Life Science Education Specialist and Karol Stephens, VWR TN account supervisor
Hello TN bioscience instructors. Please join us on thursday, April 7 for a helpful presentation by Jeff Maycock, Life Science Education Specialist at VWR/Avantor. Jeff will be discussing Tennessee Department of Education’s bioSTEM II stndard – arguably the most difficult – and classroom strategies to most effectiveluy teach them.  Jeff has had a robust career in both academia and industry, coming to VWR most recently from his position as supervisor of the Tissue Culture Facility at UNC-Chapel Hill.  He has also served with Duke University, Enzymatics and Moderna Therapeutics. Karol Stephens, our TN VWR sales rep will be joining Jeff.    https://us05web.zoom.us/j/82961722325?pwd=TzI5Yk91bXhzeEdxOVA2UEd4cVQ3dz09   Meeting ID: 829 6172 2325 Passcode: 839129  

Thoughts on the future of bioSTEM education in Tennessee...

"Tennessee is a leader in Education reform and innovation. We believe in challenging today’s students with Higher Standards and Accountability. Today’s health care crisis demands that knowledge of BioSTEM Technologies be a part of our K-12 system. Tomorrows cures in healthcare start in Tennessee classrooms today! I fully support Tennessee coalition of Health Science and BioSTEM Education."
Mark White
Tennessee State Representative, Chair: House Education Committee, Tennessee General Assembly, District 83
"We have all been benefited from the prosperity generated by healthcare services companies but the times we are living through mandate we also develop a more healthcare science-based workforce to attract biotechnology companies to Tennessee."
Dr. Larry Van Horn
Vanderbilt University Healthcare Economist
"The dream of Tennessee becoming a health science hub is closer than ever. Students are now provided with the latest DNA technology in a classroom setting."
Melissa Bunch, Biotechnology Instructor
Rutherford County Schools
"I moved my biopharma company and personnel from San Diego to Nashville for many reasons. When other companies discover the workforce in Tennessee, they’ll do the same."
Mark Baum
CEO of Harrow Health
"Tennessee is better positioned than any state in the union to expand its existing healthcare economics base into one that includes healthcare sciences, biotechnology, diagnostics and biopharma."
Dr. Arthur Laffer
World famous economist
"Tennessee is known for its leadership in healthcare (17% of GDP), logistics (8% of GDP), and agriculture (5% of GDP). Collectively these represent 30% of all national product sales. Having a strong pipeline of new STEM talent helps us to grow our leadership role in all three of these important global markets."
Mason Kauffman
CEO, US Biologic, Inc.
"I plan on double majoring in molecular and cellular biology and human and organizational development at Vanderbilt University, and then going to grad school to pursue a career in biotechnology. Ms. (Missy) Bunch, my biotechnology teacher, sparked my interest in molecular biology and inspired me to pursue a career in a lab environment."
Charles Hopper
2020 Valedictorian, Lebanon High School

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