Mission

Through its unique facilities and excellent staff the Golden LEAF Biomanufacturing Training and Education Center (BTEC) provides a wide variety of high-quality educational and training opportunities to develop skilled professionals for the biomanufacturing industry, thus contributing to the social and economic well being of the industry and state.

BTEC is an international leader in education and training in biomanufacturing and bioprocessing, involving simulated-cGMP production of high-value biomolecules using cell growth and expression, recovery and purification processes.

Vision

The BTEC facility and staff, and the industry-ready professionals it helps to educate and train, serve as catalysts in establishing, attracting and expanding biomanufacturing in North Carolina.

BTEC is an international center of excellence for the development of the next generation of cell protein and cell engineering techniques, bioreactors, downstream processes and technologies for high throughput on-line analysis and optimization.