HOUSTON – As the Houston region positions itself to become a national hub for pharmaceutical manufacturing, San Jacinto College is stepping up with a new multi-million-dollar training facility aimed at preparing the workforce of tomorrow.

The Center for Biotechnology, located at the college’s Generation Park campus, is set to officially open its doors on September 26. But training programs are already underway in the state-of-the-art facility, which features equipment like bioreactors, biosafety cabinets, and other tools that mirror real-world manufacturing environments.

“We have a beautiful training center that can meet workforce development demands,” said Christopher Wilde, an Associate Vice Chancellor at San Jacinto College. “The future is exceedingly bright.”

The center’s opening c

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