The Montana Biotechnology Center (BIOTECH) has recently transitioned to new leadership with Dr. Monica Serban as Director and Ms. Heidi Boggs as Associate Director. BIOTECH is now focused on connecting Ñý¼§Ö±²¥, entrepreneurs, scientists, and clinicians to enhance our local and regional biotechnology capabilities. The mission of BIOTECH is to enable local and regional biotechnology-focused workforce development through educational activities and research targeting the development of biomedical products, specifically therapeutics and medical devices, intended primarily for resource-limited settings such as the military in combat areas and/or rural settings. Additionally, we are targeting the development of physiologically-representative in vitro models for biomedical research. Through its educational initiatives, BIOTECH currently seeks to provide communication, teamwork, project management and leadership skills, hands-on training on state-of-the-art equipment, and direct participation in ideation, prototyping and innovation challenges initiated by biotechnology companies and/or innovation forums.
Announcing BIOTECH's New Core Facility!
BIOTECH is excited to announce our new core facility - The Prototyping and Characterization Core (PROTECH).
PROTECH is bringing micro- and meso-scale microfabrication and bioprinting to UM with our new Nanoscribe Quantum X Bio 2-photon polymerization (2PP) 3D printer and other related instrumentation such as a desktop SEM, plasma and reactive ion etching chamber, spin coater, and more. Visit our webpage for more information.
UM Earns Research Award for Submicroscopic 3D Printer
MISSOULA – A Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ research center recently was awarded a $480,000 grant to support the purchase of a three-dimensional bioprinter, which will allow nanofabrication of tiny structures.
The new instrument, only the second such bioprinter at a U.S. university, will add a submicroscopic dimension to UM’s technological toolkit.