Learn With Cutting Edge Technology
Start your new career in science, technology, engineering, or math in our state-of-the-art Center for Life Sciences!
Prepare for lucrative your new career in a STEM field where all the action is: in HCC's new Center for Life Sciences.
The 13,000-square-foot facility is home to cutting-edge technology, including a suite of biotechnology labs and classrooms (and what is believed to be the only ISO-certified cleanroom at any Massachusetts community college and one of very few at any college or university in western Massachusetts).
Explore biotechnology, genetics, and microbiology with talented professors, state-of-the-art equipment, and students who are just as passionate about science as you are.
Classes start September 8!
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science lives here
The 13,000-square-foot facility, on the first floor of HCC's Marieb Building, features a suite of new biotechnology classrooms and labs and what is believed to be the only ISO certified instructional cleanroom at any Massachusetts community college and one of very few at any college or university in western Massachusetts.
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get prepared
"These state-of-the-art facilities and new equipment will allow us to train our students in laboratory settings similar to what they will experience in industry, making them more competitive for the biotech job market," says HCC professor Emily Rabinsky, biotechnology program coordinator.
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are you ready?
The new labs will be used primarily for biotechnology, genetics, and microbiology classes, and as needed for other biology courses.
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New equipment includes a high-end, research grade fluorescent microscope, like those used in the pharmaceutical industry; a micro volume spectrophotometer (used to measure small amounts of genetic material); and an electroporator (for genetic engineering).
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iso-certified cleanroom
The cleanroom has a certification rating of ISO 8, which means air quality of no more than 100,000 particles per cubic foot. Inside the cleanroom there is a hooded biosafety cabinet where the sterility will increase to ISO 7, or no more than 10,000 particles per cubic foot.
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under the microscope
STEM programs at HCC prepare students for transfer to a four-year college or university, or career paths in some of the most in-demand fields.
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The new Center for Life Sciences is located on the first floor of the Marieb building.
