BioFORCE is a residential STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) summer program of the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing that exposes high school students to the amazing process of how cutting-edge research and medical discoveries become new drugs and pharmaceutical treatments. BioFORCE prepares students for college programs in engineering and science and helps them discover […]
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Military Veterans Manufacturing Vaccines: One Soldier’s Journey
After serving 10 years in the reserves and active duty as a supply sergeant and chemical operations specialist, Tanya Nixon was honorably discharged in 2010. While in the Army, Nixon’s primary responsibilities involved chemical disposal and decontamination. Her postgraduate studies in counseling, educational administration and psychology led her to a career in education that spanned […]
First cohort of high school students graduate from NCTM’s intensive summer STEM program, BioFORCE
Today, 18 Texas high school seniors will be the first-ever cohort to graduate BioFORCE, a STEM summer program provided by the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM), a joint center of Texas A&M University and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES). Over the last three summers, these students have performed bacterial transformation, toured world-class pharmaceutical […]
NCTM Recruiting Military Veterans to Receive Free Training
NCTM is seeking recently‐discharged Texas military service members who are interested in getting the skills needed to obtain a successful career in the fast‐growing pharmaceutical and biotech industries. NCTM will provide to you – free of charge – training in its Biomanufacturing Technical Certificate course. All course costs, materials, room, board, and mileage is covered by this program, and was […]
NCTM Offers Cost-Free Training to Military Veterans
Soon military veterans in Texas will get a chance to learn how to make life saving drugs. It’s all thanks to a new grant from the Texas Governor’s office and the National Center for Therapeutics Manufacturing (NCTM). During the spring of 2015, 24 military veterans will have an opportunity to receive a biomanufacturing technical certification […]