The North Carolina Biotechnology Center's mission is to provide long-term economic and societal benefits to North Carolina through support of biotechnology research, business, education and strategic policy statewide.
The Biotechnology Center works toward six goals:
- Strengthen North Carolina's academic and industrial biotechnology research capabilities.
- Foster North Carolina's biotechnology industrial development.
- Work with business, government and academia to move biotechnology from research to commercialization in North Carolina.
- Inform North Carolinians about the science, applications, benefits and issues of biotechnology.
- Enhance the teaching and workforce-training capabilities of North Carolina's educational institutions.
- Establish North Carolina as a preeminent international location for the biotechnology industry.
Read New Jobs Across North Carolina, the strategic plan to develop the bioscience industry statewide.