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Bioscience Research & Education Center

BREC is committed to advancing the life science industry. The Center supports workforce development and provides career-relevant research opportunities to foster innovation and to increase the number of highly skilled professionals in the region.

Hood College Receives National Science Foundation Grant for Biotechnology Training Program

To learn more about the center, contact Rana Khan, Inaugural Director, at khan@hood.edu or 301-696-3666.

What to learn more about the research our students are completing? Listen to the genetics episode of our Graduate School's podcast A Degree Further via Apple, Spotify, or Youtube. This episode features our Dr. Meredith Yeager, Director of the Biomedical Science master's program.

Check out our Hood Talks - Creating an Interactive Dashboard for Rare Diseases led by Dr. Khan.

BREC is funded in part by generous state and federal grants.

NSF ExLENT grant: Hood College has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Experiential Learning for Emerging and Novel Technologies (ExLENT) program to launch the Innovative, Immersive Training Program in Synthetic Biology and Biomanufacturing. Learn more about this in our press release below!
Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund grant: Matched by a gift from Ruth Whitaker Holmes ’55, H’93, Ph.D., the Maryland E-Nnovation Initiative Fund provided grant support to establish the endowed director position for BREC. The director will be active in program development, student recruitment and creating ties to the local and regional community, specifically the biomedical industry sector. They will initiate research and educational collaborations with the appropriate companies, governmental agencies and other academic institutions in the area.
Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) grant: BREC also received Department of Education Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) support through the FY23 Federal Omnibus Bill. The funding provides resources for faculty course development and research, travel to conferences and needed equipment for BREC.