RI-INBRE Workforce Development and Training (RI-INBRE WDT) program is thrilled to announce that the Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training (RI-DLT) has awarded funding for the 2024 – 2025 RI-WDT program.

The WDT program was created in 2023 to provide hands-on biomedical training for students by capitalizing on RI-INBRE’s well-equipped and well-maintained RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility (CRCF).

The RI-INBRE WDT program’s mission is to provide trainees with valuable biomedical skills and to make these trainees preferred new hires for the Rhode Island biomedical and biotechnology industry once they graduate and pursue biotechnology jobs.

Expert faculty and staff design and conduct intensive 2.5-day training modules for small groups of trainees, allowing instructors to provide individual attention for each participant.

All modules are offered free of charge and provide instruction on the theory and practice of operating molecular and cellular analysis equipment, as well as training in scientific methods and data analysis. Participants who complete a training module earn a RI-INBRE-branded WDT certificate.

*All modules will be offered at URI except for “Cell and Tissue Culture Basics,” which will be held at the Community College of Rhode Island. 

Click on the tiles below to learn more about the modules offered during this year’s WDT Summer 2024 session (May 20, 2024 – July 26, 2024). 

Application of Biochromatography

Introduction to modern biochromatography techniques.

The Application of Chromatography in the Biopharmaceutical Industry

Basic Lab Skills

Basic skills used in biomedical research laboratories.

Fundamental Laboratory Research Skills

Biological Data Science

Basic methods of biological data science.

Introduction to Biological Data Science

Cell and Tissue Culture

Designed to teach participants the concepts of cell and tissue culture using bacterial and mammalian cells.

Cell and Tissue Culture Foundations

Detecting and Separating Small Molecules

Introductory overview of contemporary techniques for separating and analyzing small molecules.

Modern Approaches for Detecting and Separating Small Molecules

DNA Manipulation

Designed to immerse participants in the practical aspects of synthetic biology.

Introduction to DNA Manipulation

Drug Delivery

Training in synthesis and evaluation of drug delivery systems.

Principles of Drug Delivery Formulations

Effective Scientific Communication

Training in critical communication, collaboration, and ethical decision-making skills.

Effective Scientific Communication and Collaboration

Enzyme-Drug Assays

An analytical procedure used to detect, quantify and study the binding or activity of an enzyme.

Drug Interactions by CYP450 Enzymes

Fluorescence Microscopy

Training in the use of fluorescence microscopy, confocal microscopy and image analysis

Principles and Applications of Fluorescence Microscopy

Nanosensors

Overview and hands-on experience in the theory, creation, and characterization of nanomaterial-based sensors, i.e. nanosensors

Nanoparticle Function, Synthesis, and Characterization

Patient Simulation

Disease state modeling and the programming of drug effects in simulated patients.

Patient Simulation and Drug Effects

3D Science Visualization

Visualizing molecules using 3D printing and virtual reality.

3D Science Visualization

Worm Model Neurobiology

The study of basic functions and interactions of C. elegans

Introduction to C. elegans Model System