About North Carolina's Bioscience Clearinghouse

States are spending billions of dollars to support bioscience research, build new facilities and buy needed equipment — and North Carolina is no exception. Regional business-government partnerships are cultivating bioscience incubators and research parks throughout the state and are helping create research centers at many of the state’s universities. Collaborative funding grants are providing matching funds to encourage academic/industrial interaction, and two college-level specialized training programs are addressing the educational and talent needs of the biomanufacturing industry. With so much exciting growth and activity, most North Carolinians would truly agree that we have entered the “Bio Century” (Source: Growing the Nation’s Biotech Sector: State Bioscience Initiatives 2006).

But despite all that activity, the Internet lacked a central point for collecting and distributing resources and links for those looking for specific information about bioscience. In response, NCABR created North Carolina’s Bioscience Clearinghouse to provide teachers, students, the media and the general public a one-stop Web site for information about bioscience. That information is divided into the following seven sections, which are accessible through the navigation bar at the top of the screen:
           
What is Bioscience?  Overviews of the major areas of bioscience
Bioscience Careers  Profiles of jobs throughout the bioscience industry
Hot Topics in Bioscience  PDFs detailing some of the most high-profile topics in bioscience today
Bioscience News  A month-by-month synopsis of research news from our member institutions and organizations around the state
Student Educational Opportunities  A compilation of internships, summer camps and other bioscience-related opportunities for K-12 students throughout North Carolina
Teacher Professional Development Opportunities  A collection of conferences, workshops and other bioscience-related opportunities for North Carolina educators
Resources  A comprehensive glossary of terms and a list of hyperlinks to relevant Web sites

NCABR thanks GlaxoSmithKline, the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, the Biogen Idec Foundation and the Burroughs Wellcome Fund for providing generous financial support for the development and maintenance of North Carolina’s Bioscience Clearinghouse.

About NCABR

Founded in 1989 by North Carolina’s leading bioscience research institutions, NCABR is the only organization in the state dedicated to advancing all North Carolinians’ appreciation for the remarkable benefits of bioscience research and careers.

As a statewide, membership-based nonprofit organization, NCABR’s members include academia, industry, government, nonprofit research, voluntary health and other nonprofit organizations, as well as the general public. Click here for a complete membership list.

NCABR plays a leading role in North Carolina and the nation by providing objective, timely and authoritative advice and information to students and educators, representatives from government and the media, as well as members of the research community and the general public.

Since 1989, NCABR has launched innovative science education outreach programs and has designed a variety of bioscience education and career-related publications — many of which are the first of their kind in the country and are now used nationally.

NCABR’s ongoing efforts to promote public understanding of biomedical research were recognized in 1999 when Research!America, a national nonprofit public education and advocacy alliance of 450 research organizations, honored NCABR with its prestigious national award for “An Organization that has Distinguished Itself By Its Advocacy” for bioscience research. NCABR received the award in a ceremony in the U.S. Senate along with then-NBC news anchor Katie Couric and former Oregon senator and governor Mark Hatfield.

To date, more than 2,800 North Carolina K-12 teachers have participated in NCABR’s science education programs, more than 1,000 North Carolinians have attended an NCABR public forum to debate biomedical research issues and dozens of members of the North Carolina and national media have attended an NCABR science journalism program.