BioBuilder: inspiring tomorrow’s innovators

Pop Quiz  Q1: What is the single best indicator that a student is learning?

(A) Test scores (B) Daily attendance (C) Homework is done (D) Has an iPad (E) Asking good questions

Pop Quiz  Q2: Which of the following is true when a teacher is great?

(A) Students’ test scores are high (B) Students’ attendance is high (C) Students’ homework is done (D) Students have iPads (E) Students ask good questions

BioBuilder’s method  

connects the way we learn science to the way we do science

Natalie Kuldell, Rachel Bernstein,

Karen Ingram & Kathryn M. Hart

BioBuilderSYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IN THE LAB

Two outcomes (at least!) ü  Educational ü  Technological

Our Educational Mission

reconnect to the joy and fun of learning  

Current Programs!

Natalie Kuldell, Rachel Bernstein,

Karen Ingram & Kathryn M. Hart

BioBuilderSYNTHETIC BIOLOGY IN THE LAB

BioBuilder’s Technology Mission

What’s new: Application of engineering principles to biology  

BioBuilder’s unique approach Aligns secondary education with the needs of higher ed and industry  

Award-winning high school teachers

World-leading research universities

High impact biotechnology

Just ask Bill Gates. If he were a teenager today, he says, he’d be hacking biology. “Creating artificial life with DNA synthesis. That’s sort of the equivalent of machine-language programming. If you want to change the world in some big way, that’s where you should start – biological molecules.”

                    Natalie Kuldell, PhD President, Founder and Executive Director 700 Main Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Mobile: 617.285.4141 biobuilder@labcentral.org

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