Bio-Link is the Next Generation National Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Center of Excellence for Biotechnology and Life Sciences. The ATE program was created to improve and expand educational programs that prepare skilled technicians to work in the high-tech fields that drive the U.S. economy.

Bio-Link enhances biotechnology education programs by providing cutting edge professional development for instructors, by improving curriculum, by making use of technologies and by creating a system for sharing of information.

This guide and set of retractable banners were developed to support the outreach team in their efforts at various conferences around the country. It was essential to incorporate a representative sampling of sciences in the design of these pieces, yet still give equal coverage to the three key audiences present at these conferences: students, instructors and employers.