Selected Resource Guide to Careers in Biotechnology

This list includes organizations that offer additional information about biotechnology-related education and career opportunities.

Biotechnology Education Resource Guide
Access: Tom Zinnen, University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center
Tel: (608) 265-2420.
E-mail: zinnen@macc.wisc.edu.
A listing of materials, curricula, newsletters, computer networks, and biotechnology education contacts at Wisconsin colleges and universities. Designed by Tom Zinnen and Jean Pierick for teachers, extension agents, 4-H leaders, and others involved in biotechnology education.

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO)
1625 K Street NW
Washington, D.C. 20006
Tel: (202) 857-0244
Non-profit industry organization to support biotechnology and biotechnology education. Publications and other resources available. The latest BIO Career Guide is included here.

Lasky, Barry, ed. "The New Careers Directory: Internships and Professional Opportunities in Technology and Social Change." Cambridge, MA: Student Pugwash USA, 1993.

Massachusetts Biotechnology Research Institute
3 Biotech Park, 1 Innovation Drive
Worcester, MA 01605
Tel: (508) 797-4200
Fax: (508) 799-4039
E-mail: shill@novalink.com
Workshops for science teachers; grant program to support teams of secondary school teachers working on interdisciplinary projects involving bioscience. In conjunction with the MA Biotechnology Council, oversees state-funded biotechnology education and training programs at the post-secondary level; provides publication entitled Biotechnology Resources for Teachers available for $25.00 for use by teachers of grades K-12; presentations/talks/tours.

National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT)
11250 Roger Bacon Drive #19
Reston, VA 22090
Tel: (703) 471-1134
E-mail: pmcwethy@cap.gwu.edu
Support agency for K-12 biology teachers.
Curriculum support, lesson plans and experiments, publications, and videos.

National Program Leader Science Literacy
4-H and Youth Development
South Bldg., Room 3860
United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)
Washington, D.C. 20250-0900
Tel: (202) 447-5516
Fax: (202) 475-4966

North Carolina Biotechnology Center
P.O. Box 13547
15 T.W. Alexander Drive
Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3547
Tel: (919) 541-9366
Fax: (919) 549-9710
Education. Public policy. Publishes a career resource guide.

Princeton University
National Leadership Program for Teachers (NLPT)
Woodrow Wilson Foundation
CN5281 Princeton, NJ 08543 - 5281
Tel: (609) 452-7007
Fax: (609) 452-0066
E-mail: Dale@wwnff.org
Information about educational programs.

Student Pugwash USA
Harvard University
PO Box 381072
Cambridge, MA 02238
E-MAIL: hgpc@husc.harvard.edu
Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA) is a national, non-profit, educational organization dedicated to building a commitment among young people to solve critical global problems through the responsible use of science and technology. Through interactive, international, and interdisciplinary programs, SPUSA educates young people on the relevance of science and technology to their own lives, and on its ability to influence the future of the global community.

University of California San Francisco (UCSF)
Science & Health Education Partnership Office
San Francisco, CA
Tel: (415) 476-0338
Information about educational programs.

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