Join the Andover High School BioBuilder Club and be one of about 30 teams worldwide to collaborate with valuable mentorship from MIT, in order to design organisms in the brand new field of Synthetic Biology!
What to Expect from the Club
- Meet to design a new genetic system to solve a real-world problem
- Fun lab experiments involving transformation of microorganisms
- Learn some really interesting material about synthetic biology
- Present your findings at the annual Final Assembly at LabCentral MIT
- Meet professors who are interested in hearing your ideas
- Get published in the Biotreks magazine
- Great resume builder for college; getting published and presenting at international assemblies is very impressive
- Potentially discover a new passion: synthetic biology
- Learn about some cool stuff about synthetic biology, such as making bacteria glow in the dark
- Develop new friendships with people as you perform scientific research with them
Our 2019-2020 team picture!