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From Jarrett Whitson, K-State Division of Communications and Marketing

MANHATTAN — The Advancing Biosecurity, Biodefense, and Biomanufacturing Technologies project has been awarded $1 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation's Regional Innovation Engines, or NSF Engines, program. The project team includes core partners from Kansas State University, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, BioKansas, K-State Innovation Partners and the Â鶹´«Ã½ÍÅ¶Ó Area Chamber of Commerce. 

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Â鶹´«Ã½ÍŶÓ, or MATC, provides workforce education to support bioscience and biotechnology, which will aid the project's effort to support the needs of industry through workforce development.

"MATC will provide entry-level technician education in biomanufacturing — including essential lab skills and quality assurance competencies — and in facility support workforce education," said James Genandt, co-principal investigator and president and CEO of MATC.