Biotechnology is a practical-based interdisciplinary subject that requires lots of techniques and
skills to learn that are changing day to day and updated. Workshops for
Biotechnology provides better understanding and learning techniques to the
students that are currently used in industries.
Biotechnology workshops are
typically week-long that offers a combination of theoretical knowledge and
hands-on experimental techniques in the appropriate area from experts in the
field and faculty. These workshops include mainly lectures, discussions,
hands-on laboratory techniques, participation certificates, and other
activities.
Biotechnology workshops provide
interactive training and hands-on practical knowledge of various Biotechnology
techniques that should learn by Biotechnology students, scholars, and
professionals.
In India various Biotechnology
related government laboratories (CSIR, ICAR, ICMR), private Biotechnology
research labs, Biotechnology companies, educational institutes, and other
organizations related to Biotechnology organizes various hands-on workshop on
Biotechnology related techniques to make more skilled or updated to the
Biotechnology students.
Benefits of Biotechnology Workshops
There are lots of benefits of
Biotechnology workshops for Biotechnology candidates either they are students,
faculty members, or working professionals in the Biotechnology sector.
- Maximum Biotechnology students that pursuing Biotechnology courses in various Colleges and Universities not get practical exposure, industrial hands-on training, and industrial knowledge that are used in the Biotechnology sector.
- Even many Biotechnology working professionals unable to update their skills according to the latest developments in their working fields because of their job they don’t have enough time to learn new Biotechnology techniques or skills.
- The College Biotechnology syllabuses do not include everything and students' exposure to Biotechnology purely depends on the faculty members' knowledge and skills. Then those who attend Biotechnology workshops get more knowledge and skills than others and this enhances their chances to get placed in Biotechnology companies.
- Not only Biotechnology students are exposed to industrial processes, teachers and faculty members also get exposed to the latest industrial processes. This increases the Biotechnology teaching confidence of the faculty and teachers.
- Biotechnology workshops also provide a platform where the same field working professionals, students, teachers, scholars, and entrepreneurs meet with each other and learn the latest techniques or skill of their field.
- Participants who attend these workshops get benefit by broadening their horizons, getting exposure to new ways of addressing questions, exploiting the new technologies and approaches towards making vital advances in biology, biotechnology, Bioinformatics, and biomedicine fields.
Duration of Biotechnology Workshops
Generally, Biotechnology workshops
organized from one day to several weeks like four or six weeks. But majorly are
organized for 5-6 days’ time periods.
The duration of the workshop
purely depends on the type of workshop and hands-on techniques that a candidate
can learn during the workshop period. One-day to two-day workshops include only
one or two Biotechnology techniques and topics covered in the workshop.
Examples of Biotechnology
Workshops
- One-day workshop on Milk Adulteration and its control.
- Two-day workshop on Animal cell culture and Molecular Biology.
- One week hands-on workshop on Cancer Cell Culture Techniques & MTT Assay.
- Two days’ workshop on Molecular Disease Diagnosis and Bioinformatics.
- Five-day online workshop on Gel-Based Proteomics
- BIRAC Workshop on Bio-Entrepreneurship, Grant Writing, and IPR Management.
Types of Biotechnology Workshops
There are a variety of types of
Biotechnology workshops that mainly depends on what type of activity they
organizes.
1. Hands-On Biotechnology Training
Hands-On Biotechnology training
is the basic main type of workshop where candidates get the training and learn
skills after reaching the site and participating in the various seminars and
lectures.
2. On-Site Biotechnology Workshops
Onsite workshops organized by the
other specialist Biotechnology professionals to provide the training of new
skills or technologies at the working or studying place.
3. Off-Site Biotechnology Workshops
Off-Site Biotechnology workshops
are those where candidates have to go to learn the Biotechnology skills at the
training or organizing institute.
4. Online Biotechnology Workshops
After COVID-19, online workshops
now popular, where students learn the techniques and skills without going to
the site and ask questions and discuss with the experts regarding the
techniques.
An online workshop for
Biotechnology students are very helpful than offline workshops. It cuts the
traveling and staying cost for attending the workshops.
5. Biotechnology Webinar
After COVID-19, online seminars
become more popular than offline seminars that are called webinars popularly.
Biotechnology webinars provide the benefits of getting knowledge and
interacting with the international skilled persons and discussion.
Biotechnology Workshops or Hands-On Offering Organizations
Every year many governments
institutes, research laboratories, private organizations, universities, private
institutes, Biotechnology companies, and other organizations that deal with
Biotechnology sectors organize various types of Biotechnology workshops that
are related to their working field.
Lots of government and private institutes organize Biotechnology workshops in India, here we listed some organizations name that organizes workshop for Biotechnology students.
- Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
- Regional Centre for Biotechnology
- Federation of Asian Biotech Associations
- Bio-IT Centre at IBAB
- RASA Life Science Informatics
Are Biotechnology Workshops Worthwhile for Biotechnology Candidates?
Definitely
Yes, for Biotechnology fresher, students, faculty members, and even for working
professionals Biotechnology workshops are very helpful for enhancing their
knowledge and skills to get updated in the Biotechnology field.
Just one day
to few days workshops provide good knowledge in the topics of Biotechnology
that are currently in-demand and working manpower required in that field.