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BTI offers both the Laboratory Associates Program and a series of Scientific Workshops to employers.






Laboratory Associates Program


The BioTechnical Institute of Maryland, Inc. (BTI) was founded in 1998 as a non-profit 501 (c)(3) corporation, to fill a need for specialty scientific training of entry-level biotechnicians for employment in Maryland's rapidly expanding biotechnology industry. The BTI Laboratory Associates Program provides tuition-free training in basic laboratory skills to bright, ambitious, unemployed and under-employed Maryland residents. A combination of classroom instruction, and on-the-job work experience, enables BTI's successful graduates to realize employment options, while employers benefit from a stream of ready-for-hire, well-qualified lab technicians.
Enrollees of this program are mature, ambitious high school graduates, who have the desire to improve their job prospects by learning basic, in-demand lab skills. Many local companies currently employ our graduates.


Prospective Students

Prospective Employers

Scientific Workshops

The BioTechnical Institute of Marlyand, Inc. has changed the name of its workshop program to BioSciConcepts. Workshop participants represent a variety of occupations. Some enroll to learn advanced laboratory theory and gain hands-on experience in lab procedures. Others are interested in how the various technologies fit into the businesses or in updating their modern science knowledge.

Employees representing Pfizer, Baxter Healthcare, UMass, National Science Foundation, Genzyme/Geltex, Human Genome Sciences, Centocor, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions & E.I. Dupont de Nemours and Company-to name just a few- have honed their skills at BTI Workshops.

In the event of a workshop cancellation, BTI will refund only the workshop registration fees. BTI is not responsible for other expenses incurred due to a BTI workshop cancellation.

Introduction to PCR

Introduction to Protein Expression

Introduction to Recombinant DNA

Introduction to Cell Culture

Introduction to Baculovirus Techniques