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CASTL launches the next two cohorts of the PEI Bioscience Reskilling Program. 

This article is part of a series that celebrates some of the many success stories that have emerged from Elevate, CASTL’s national biomanufacturing training program. This is Ehis Otubor's story.

Together with the Future Skills Centre, the Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences has launched a national biomanufacturing skills and training study to gather critical labour market information and future training priorities specific to Canadian biomanufacturing. 

CQDM is pleased to announce the launch of the Factory School, led by CASTL, in collaboration with several educational institutions. The Factory School will offer specialized training programs in RNA manufacturing to workers already in the industry as well as scientists, and university and college students.  

Last week, CASTL team members, Penny Walsh-McGuire, CEO, Sven Ansorge,  Director of Technical Training and Cerilio Andrade, Director of Business Development were in  San Diego, California for the BIO International Convention.

The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) is excited to launch a series of one-day workshops designed to provide students with intensive, hands-on training in specific areas of biopharmaceutical manufacturing. 

The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) partners with the School of Biomedical Engineering (SBME) and the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering (CHBE) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) for a third year to deliver its customized Introduction to Biopharmaceutical Manufacturing course. 

On Friday, May 3rd, CASTL hosted its first-ever Industry Open House at its Charlottetown Biomanufacturing Training Facility.

The Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL) is pleased to welcome Umesh Ramachandran as Biomanufacturing Trainer and Site Manager for its new training facility located at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) Richmond Campus.