{"id":34330,"date":"2023-08-22T10:04:04","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/?page_id=34330"},"modified":"2025-04-15T13:55:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T17:55:18","slug":"wdt-news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/news-events\/wdt-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Workforce Development &amp; Training News"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"Workforce_Development\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-workforce_development\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-35652\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35652\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/workforce-development-and-training-program\/\">WDT Program<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-37464\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37464\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wdt-summer-2025-schedule\/\">Summer 2026 Schedule<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-37303\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-post menu-item-37303\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/workforce-development-and-training-summer-2023-photos\/\">WDT Photos<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-35651\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-35651\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/news-events\/wdt-news\/\">WDT News<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-37812\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-37812\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/workforce-development-training-program\/\">WDT Advisory\u00a0Committee Meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n<h2>Summer 2025 Program<\/h2>\n<p>RI-INBRE has received a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. This three-year Community Projects grant will allow RI-INBRE to continue the Workforce Development &amp; Training (WDT) Pilot Program funded for 2 years through the RI Department of Labor.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2025\/04\/federal-grant-extends-ri-inbre-program-to-expand-regions-biotech-workforce-expertise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">URI Rhody Today article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Summer 2024 Program<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37296\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37296\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37296\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/I07A8248_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"333\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37296\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cell Culture at CCRI Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The second year of the WDT program saw an expansion of the program to 14 modules: 3D Science Visualization, Application of Biochromatography, Basic Laboratory Skills, Introduction to Biological Data Science, Cell Culture (CCRI), DNA Manipulation, Effective Science Communication, Fluorescence Microscopy, Introduction to Enzyme-Drug Assays, Modern Approaches for Detecting and Separating Small Molecules, Nanosensors, Patient Simulation, Principle of Drug Delivery Formulations, and Worm Model Neurobiology.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37278\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37278\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37278\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/IMGP1984_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"334\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37278\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Worm Model Neurobiology Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 80 students completed 131 modules and were recruited from <strong>RI-INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows<\/strong> (SURF), and University of Rhode Island\u2019s Coastal Fellows, Arts and Sciences Fellows, and graduate students.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37289\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37289\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37289\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/IMGP0533_small.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"334\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37289\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Small Molecule Detection Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Summer 2023 Program<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34341\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34341\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/Basic-skills-1_SURF-23-500x325-1-300x195.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/Basic-skills-1_SURF-23-500x325-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/Basic-skills-1_SURF-23-500x325-1-364x237.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/Basic-skills-1_SURF-23-500x325-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Basic Skills WDT Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This summer, RI-INBRE launched the inaugural <strong>Workforce Development and <\/strong><strong>Training<\/strong> (WDT) program funded by the <strong>Rhode Island Department of Labor and Training.<\/strong> The WDT program is designed to leverage the resources of the <strong>RI-INBRE Centralized Research Core Facility<\/strong> (CRCF) to teach practical biomedical science skills to students and will eventually include incumbent workers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34342\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34342\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-34342\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/formulation-4_SURF-23-500x325-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"325\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Drug Formulation WDT Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eight modules were offered covering the topics Basic Biomedical Laboratory Skills, Small Molecule Separation, 3D Science Visualization, Drug Delivery Formulations, Confocal and Fluorescence Microscopy, Disease State Modeling and Patient Simulation, DNA Sequencing and Bioinformatics, and Proteomics.&nbsp;The modules were taught by faculty instructors and graduate assistants.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34343\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34343\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34343\" src=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/simulation-3_SURF-23-500x325-1-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/simulation-3_SURF-23-500x325-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/simulation-3_SURF-23-500x325-1-364x237.jpg 364w, https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1497\/simulation-3_SURF-23-500x325-1.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simulation WDT Module<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More than 70 students completed at least one module and were recruited from <strong>RI-INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Fellows<\/strong> (SURF), and University of Rhode Island\u2019s Coastal Fellows, Arts and Sciences Fellows, and graduate students.<\/p>\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/workforce-development-and-training-program-2023\/\" title=\"\">Explore RI-INBRE\u2019s WDT Program<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer 2025 Program RI-INBRE has received a $1.2 million award from the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. This three-year Community Projects grant will allow RI-INBRE to continue the Workforce Development &amp; Training (WDT) Pilot Program funded for 2 years through the RI Department of Labor. URI Rhody Today article Summer 2024 Program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4688,"featured_media":0,"parent":5922,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-34330","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4688"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=34330"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34330\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37353,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/34330\/revisions\/37353"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/riinbre\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}