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Course Description

Experiences in Biotechnology Academy | Course Description

 

This two-week program will immerse you in the exciting world of biotechnology. You’ll explore how the field affects a wide range of applications, from food science to human health and wellness, while conducting hands-on experiments in a fully equipped biotechnology research lab. Designed for students (fifteen-to-seventeen years old) with limited exposure to high school biology or chemistry, this program will introduce you to foundational scientific concepts, as well as a variety of tools and techniques that biotechnology life scientists use in the lab.

 

How You'll Benefit

 
  • Understand how to present and explain scientific concepts

  • Practice applying scientific concepts through hands-on experiments

  • Visit an institute, company, or research laboratory in Washington, D.C. or attend a session with scientific representatives who discuss their career path and current work.

  • Gain experience working in a lab setting and using a variety of biotechnological tools

  • Engage with renowned faculty and industry experts

 

Program Format & Subject Areas

 

As a student in the Experiences in Biotechnology Academy, you'll spend your day immersed in a blend of classroom lectures, field trips or visitor discussions, hands-on activities, and group discussions. Throughout the course of the two-week program, you'll have the opportunity to explore the following subject areas:

 
  • Basic laboratory safety

  • Introduction to biotech tools

  • DNA purification methods

  • Enzymes in Biotechnology

  • DNA ligation and transformation (cloning)

  • Introduction to bioinformatics

  • Protein purification and chromatography

  • Toxicology

  • Health

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