Corporate Sponsors
The Amgen Foundation seeks to advance science education; improve patient access to quality care; and strengthen the communities where Amgen staff members live and work. Since 1991, the Foundation has made $70 million in grants to local, regional and national non-profit organizations that impact society in inspiring and innovative ways. It has also supported disaster relief efforts both domestically and internationally.
LifeScan, a Johnson & Johnson company, is a leading maker of blood glucose monitoring systems for home and hospital use. We've been providing accurate, easy-to-use OneTouch® Brand Products to help people with diabetes live a life without limits.
Life Technologies, Inc. (formerly Applied Biosystems, Inc.)
Applied Biosystems, Inc. serves the life science industry and research community by developing and marketing instrument-based systems, consumables, software, and services. Customers use these tools to analyze nucleic acids, small molecules, and proteins to make scientific discoveries and develop new pharmaceuticals. Applied Biosystems' products also serve the needs of markets outside of life science research, including human identity testing, biosecurity, and quality and safety testing. ABI's corporate giving philosophy focuses on improving the human condition by concentrating philanthropic support in the areas of science, higher education, health care and community outreach.
In-kind donations of restriction enzymes, buffers and markers allow BABEC to reach students with exciting hands-on laboratories in the high school classroom.
San José State University College of Science
The College of Science (CoS) transforms its majors into qualified science professionals for a global and regional Silicon Valley work force, and prepares them for advanced (graduate) training and life-long learning. Core science education is provided for engineers, health care professionals, K-12 teachers, and other technical fields, as well as basic mathematics and science skills to students in non-science majors. Our students are instilled with a general awareness of science and technology, necessary to be an informed citizen in our highly technical, culturally diverse society. SJSU currently hosts the operations of BABEC with office for staff, lab for development, and storage of reagents and equipment .
Bay-Bio Institute Bio-Community
BioCommunity.org is a growing network of life science volunteers and educators working together to enhance science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education in our local communities and beyond.