UC Berkeley partner program provides training for laid-off workers

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For a second year, UC Berkeley has partnered with Laney College in Oakland to provide laid-off workers with nanotechnology training to help provide them with more job opportunities.

“It’s an emerging field,” Jensen said. “There has been a lot of academic work in building microfluidics for bioanalysis. There are a number of facilities building next-generation microfluidic technologies. As it continues to evolve, it will affect the industry on a larger level.”