The BioBuilder Educational Foundation Is a 501c3 Nonprofit Committed to Access and Equity Now Recruiting for High School Apprenticeship Challenge in Boston Area
(BioBuilder) Established in 2011 from an award-winning teaching team at MIT, BioBuilder takes a comprehensive approach to the emerging field of synthetic biology, providing exceptional programming available for students and educators alike. For students, there is the chance to integrate biology and engineering through practical, hands-on lessons and club activities. For educators, there is the vital opportunity for relevant professional development that fosters new methods of teaching designed to engage and inspire the young scientists in their classrooms. For industry leaders, we provide training programs that raise awareness among the students just starting to think about their academic and career paths, and also upskilling workshops for current employees looking to gain insight into modern life science techniques and approaches.
BioBuilder is dedicated to helping students
- access tools and programs that unlock their potential as life science innovators
- acquire skills to be able to build with biology, and
- invent/imagine ways synthetic biology can make the world better. READ MORE and MORE
Now Recruiting for High School Apprenticeship Challenge
Program Goals
We provide students with an academically enriching experience that leads them to make solid contributions at the lab bench and on a research team from the very first day of their summer work.
From mid-March through mid-May, students attend a Lab Training Program twice a week after school ⎯ as well as Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon ⎯ to work in biodesign teams. During this period, students may also interview and possibly advance to a six-week paid summer internship. READ MORE