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Published: Oct. 7, 2008, 10:27 p.m.

b'Bio-Link is an Advanced Technological Education\\n(ATE) Center for Biotechnology that originated in late 1998 with a grant\\nfrom the National Science Foundation. The Center is located on the campus of City College of San Francisco with office space at the University of California, San Francisco. Regional Bio-Link Centers across the country are located in\\nSeattle, WA; San Diego, CA; San Francisco, CA; Austin, TX; Madison, WI;\\nGraham, NC; and Portsmouth, NH.\\xa0

At the SAME-TEC conference \\nthis past July, I had the opportunity to interview Bio-Link Director Dr\\nElaine Johnson. In the interview Elaine discusses the work the Bio-Link\\nCenter and Regional Centers are doing to bring students the knowledge and skills essential to the field\\nas well as the ability to continue with more advanced education in\\nmath, science and engineering.

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My\\nundergraduate background is in Microbiology so I\'ve always had an\\ninterest in biotechnology and related fields. If you are faculty and\\nconsidering starting a biotechnology program or maybe a student\\nthinking about a biotechnology career, you will find her interview very\\ninteresting.

\\nElaine and her Center\'s work are outstanding! You can get more information on Elaine and Bio-Link here.'