Expanding Cell Culture Capacity with a BioTek Cytation 5 Imaging System

荷兰学院的生物科学技术（BT）项目积极寻求与加拿大大西洋地区的行业合作伙伴合作的机会，开展从分析技术和提取到微生物学、遗传学、生物化学和细胞培养的研究和培训项目。英国电信项目在应用研究和开发项目上有着广泛的合作历史，为行业提供价值、洞察力和成果，同时让高素质的学生接触实际的行业挑战。英国电信项目已经通过由关键行业和政府人员组成的项目咨询委员会确定，需要一个增强的细胞培养组件来支持PEI生物科学部门的增长。荷兰学院需要一台BioTek Cytation 5细胞成像多模式阅读器，以大大提高开展更多应用研究项目和行业培训的能力。PEI生物科学部门的几家公司正在大力投资生物制剂，这些设备将支持他们在应用研究合作以及技术可用性和演示方面的扩展努力。在NSERC的支持下，获得这些设备是推进细胞培养能力的必要下一步，进一步表明荷兰学院致力于成为PEI生物科学领域的领导者。

Holland College's Bioscience Technology (BT) program actively pursues opportunities to collaborate with industry partners within Atlantic Canada on research and training projects ranging from analytical techniques and extraction to microbiology, genetics, biochemistry and cell culture. The BT program has an extensive history of collaborating on applied research and development projects, providing value, insight and results to industry while exposing highly qualified students to hands-on, industry challenges. The BT program has identified, through their program advisory committee made up of key industry and government people, that an enhanced cell culture component is needed to support growth in the bioscience sector in PEI. Holland College is requesting a BioTek Cytation 5 Cell Imaging Multi-Mode Reader to greatly enhance the capacity to conduct more applied research projects and industry training. Several companies within the PEI Bioscience sector are investing heavily in biologics and this equipment will support their expansion efforts, both in terms of applied research collaborations and in technology availability and demonstrations. With NSERC support, acquiring this equipment is the necessary next step in advancing the cell culture capabilities, further demonstrating Holland College's commitment to be a leader in bioscience in PEI.