Biotech Skills Certifications
Throughout their time in the Foster High School Biotech program, students have the opportunity to earn 35 different FHS micro-certificates based on lab skills and knowledge. Students self-assess their skill level on a 3-point scale after each lab activity. Once proficiency is achieved on all of the subcomponents of a certifications category, students can then ask to be certified in that category. A button will be given to students who then pass the certification test to wear on their lab coats. These students can then be the "experts" in showing other students how to perform these skills.
Students can also apply for Bioscience Core Skills Institute Micro-Credentials once they feel confident in those areas. Scroll down to see the BCSI Credentials.
Foster High School Biotech Skills Micro-certificates
Aseptic Techniques
Autoclave Use
Bacteria - culturing and transformation
Basic Lab Equipment use
Bioethics
Bioinformatics
Bradford Assa
Calculations
Chrommatography
Clean Hood aka Class II/A2 Biosafety Cabinet
DNA - extraction, restriction digestion, quantification, and purification
ELISA
Flow Cytometry
Gel Electrophoresis - Agarose
Gel Imager
Immunology
Lab Notebook
Lab Safety
Making Biological Media and Solutions
Microscope - compound light
NanoDrop
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) Library Prep
Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) sequencing on our illumina MiniSeq
Ouchterlony
PCR - conventional. duplex, qPCR and RT PCR
Pipetting and Liquid Handling
Plater Reader
Polyacrylamide Gel
Proteins - extraction, size, and mass
Qubit
Scientific Research
Sequencer Wash - weekly maintenance on our illumina MiniSeq
Spectrophotometer
Western Blot
yEvo
Click on the badges for more information. Instructors are not allowed to evaluate their own students for the BCSI micro-credentials. The BCSI Micro-Credentials that Mr. Renz can evaluate are noted below.