Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC)
A Hub for Biomanufacturing Innovation
The Golden LEAF BTEC (Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center) is a cutting-edge training facility on Centennial Campus, built to prepare students and industry professionals for real-world biomanufacturing roles. The main facility spans roughly 77,700 square feet, and supports hands-on learning with bench-scale and pilot-scale bioprocessing laboratories, a simulated cGMP pilot plant and classrooms outfitted for advanced practical experience.
Equipped with both disposable and stainless-steel bioreactors, downstream purification systems, analytical instrumentation and aseptic processing labs, BTEC mirrors many of the workflows people encounter in pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing environments. It serves undergraduate and graduate programs, delivers professional development and workforce training and supports contract research and analytical service work in partnership with industry.
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Advanced Research Annex
The facility includes a 5,000-square-foot annex designed for virus processing, cell culture and purification—expanding capacity for cutting-edge biomanufacturing work.
Training the Biotech Workforce
BTEC educates and trains up to 2,000 students and industry professionals each year through its academic courses and hands-on professional programs.
From Bench to Bioreactor
With systems ranging from small 2-liter glass units to 300-liter stainless-steel bioreactors, BTEC gives learners experience across the full scale of bioprocessing.
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