BioTech Expo inspires crowd

Bradenton Herald, November 12, 2015
LAKEWOOD RANCH — A look into the future of the Manatee-Sarasota biotech industry inspired a crowd to queue for a half hour Thursday to access the area’s signature science and technology event.
BioTech Expo, an event sponsored by the local chapter of BioFlorida, pulled in biotech professionals, students and researchers at State College of Florida’s Medical Technology and Simulation Center to talk products, employment and bioscience education…
The face-to-face contact was critical for many attendees, including Austin Seroka, a New College of Florida senior researching Gulf War illness at the Roskamp Institute. Seroka plans to pursue a Ph.D. in medical research.
Between New College and the Whitfield-area institute, he immersed himself in learning his field. At the expo to present one of more than a dozen study abstracts, he said he was excited to meet working, local biotech professionals.
“This is a good opportunity to talk to people I wouldn’t have the resources to talk to otherwise,” he said.