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Welcome to the University of Minnesota 's Biotechnology Training Program, supported by an NIGMS grant from the National Institute of Health. In place at the University of Minnesota since 1990, the program was developed to produce well-rounded scientists excelling in new and emerging fields of biological science and engineering who will create a path for future advances in biotechnology. Each year, this program financially sponsors sixteen select students from designated graduate programs and enriches their traditional studies by an additional emphasis on cross-disciplinary courses, collaborative research, industrial and global interactions, ethics training, and specialized retreats and seminars.
BTI students Janice Frias, Katherine Volzing, Chad Satori and Josh Ochocki visited Japan this November as part of the BTI-NAIST exchange program. more >>
An important component of our trainee's industrial interaction is the internship. Since 2003, the program has helped trainees identify potential industrial institutions that match their research interests, and an internship coordinator has made initial contacts with companies to help arrange internships. more >>
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A favorite part of the training program is the retreat held each year at the University's Itasca Forestry and Biological Station in Itasca State Park, the headwaters of the Mississippi River. more >>
