BioTeach

Hands-on lab activities are a hugely important part of our Access Biotechnology programming. Recently, students at New Mission High School participated in a lab where they learned about Hypercholesterolemia. This lab, in partnership between MassBioEd and MiniOne, has students use gel electrophoresis to determine which members of a family are heterozygous or homozygous for Familial Hypercholesterolemia. To learn more about our Access Biotechnology program or our available curriculum, head to our website at massbioed.org/educators/curriculum

Thank you so much to Frances Kearns, Thomas Lauzon, and our own Sandra Luikenhuis for volunteering their time for a Career Panel at Carver Middle High School this week. We are so excited that our Access Biotechnology programming can bring experiences like this to our partner schools. We still have a few events coming up where we will be looking for volunteers - if you are interested, check out our volunteer webpage at https://www.massbioed.org/volunteer/ .

Don't miss out on our upcoming virtual workshop all about our newest Careers in Action module: Food Allergies and the Gut Microbiome! Join us on Zoom May 13th to learn how you can implement this exciting career awareness activity into your classroom. For more information and to register, head to: https://www.massbioed.org/event/careers-in-action-food-allergies-the-gut-microbiome-case-study/

A group of students from Revere joined us through our Access Biotechnology program for a field trip at MilliporeSigma. Thank you to everyone who made this field trip possible today!