SCCBEP
Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Partnership
http://www.science.sjsu.edu/sccbep/
Program Director and BABEC President
Katy Korsmeyer, Ph.D.
kuokaty --at-- science.sjsu.edu
The Santa Clara County Biotechnology Education Partnership (SCCBEP) is a growing collaboration among secondary teachers and educators, the Santa Clara County Office of Education, higher education, Genentech Foundation, LifeScan, Johnson & Johnson, Amgen Foundation, and private individuals. Our common goals are to bring cutting edge biotechnology and science education to students and teachers in Santa Clara County schools. Since its inception in 1992, SCCBEP has grown to provide lab equipment and reagents to grades 7-12 in public and private schools of Santa Clara County. Support is extended to some schools in Watsonville, Aptos and Salinas. SCCBEP offers teacher education workshops in biotechnology lab procedures and teaching methods, classroom and on-call technical support, and public education events. SCCBEP also facilitates equipment and supply donations for BABEC and, through BABEC, provide a network of teacher collaboration in the Bay Area.
SCCBEP currently supports biotechnology curricular lab kits:
DNA Spooling
DNA Fingerprinting (restriction analysis)
Bacterial transformation with pGLO
GFP protein purification
Diabetes Technology
Natural Products Drug Discovery
Forensic Science
6 PCR labs supported by BABEC and Applied Biosystems.
SCCBEP Outreach Educators manage distribution of materials and reagents for these labs through "kits" which circulate among participating schools and teachers.
SCCBEP is an exciting, growing volunteer organization providing a vital pubic service of educating Santa Clara County students and teachers using curricula reflecting current advances in science. For further information, please contact Katy Korsmeyer, SCCBEP Program Director.