BioBuilder Educational Foundation

And a Best of STEM award goes to... US! BioBuilder Educational Foundation has been selected as a winner for Catapult X, LLC’s Best of STEM awards in the Career & Technical Education category! This win showcases the impact of the new #BioTechBuilder program that works to address the skills gap for young learners interested in #biotech careers by making hands-on, experiential learning opportunities more accessible. Our work with Carolina Biological Supply Company and Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) has resulted in a full-package that can be implemented in classrooms across the country. As judge Lance Brand shared, “BioTechBuilder has truly set a new standard in biotechnology education with its hands-on curriculum focused on skill-building, perfectly aligned with the needs of the biotech industry.”    Thank you to all who made #BioTechBuilder a reality, and congratulations to our fellow #STEM winners!  https://lnkd.in/eFyc6FeY

At #BioBuilder, we want to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges with life #science. To make that happen we work to ensure that students have the interest, knowledge, and skills to enter the #biotech workforce with confidence. We've always taken aim at what we see as the root cause of the issue, and we work hard to re-engage students who are in the classroom with hands-on learning opportunities in #STEM. The approach not only excites students about careers in the sciences, but reinvigorates great teachers and helps meet the future needs of the biotech industry by ensuring that they have a skilled talent pool.   Founder and Executive Director Natalie Kuldell shared some of her thoughts on the power of giving first chances for students who are in biology classrooms today. Read some of her thoughts in the The Education Magazine article https://lnkd.in/es6mxjit

Not every student’s path takes them to a college education. At #BioBulider, we work to provide students with hands-on opportunities for “stackable” learning experiences to build up their knowledge and practical application of science when entering the workforce.    Founder and executive director Natalie Kuldell and Angela Consani, CEO and co-founder at Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI), recently joined Tristan Free on the BioTechniques podcast for a conversation about how #BioBuilder and #BCSI are bringing hands-on experiences in #STEM education to young learners who are passionate about the sciences. Programs like #BioTechBuilder ensure that students have both the tools and the credentials they need to be successful in their careers while simultaneously supporting the #biotech workforce pipeline.     Listen to the episode to learn more about how these programs open doors in the #biotech community for those whose path does not lead them to a college education. https://lnkd.in/dVdNQREx

Alumna Angel Waruinge-Muthemba recently spoke with the Revere Journal about how #BioBuilder helped her make the decision to pursue a career in #STEM.   Angel shared “I found lab math to be overwhelming — I wasn’t confident in myself. Dr. Natalie Kuldell along with Kate Bacon Schneider single handedly gave me the reassurance and confidence I needed to succeed through the program. By the end of my time at BioBuilder, I secured a full-time internship with a biotech startup in Cambridge. I remember thinking to myself “Wow, I think I’m actually becoming a scientist.”” Here's the link to read more about Angel and how BioBuilder is supporting talented and ambitious students like her on their paths to becoming future biotech innovators https://lnkd.in/evMNjj2v Thanks to program sponsors including Massachusetts Life Sciences Center UCB Massachusetts Biomedical Initiatives (MBI) and Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.

We are thrilled to share that we have been recognized as a finalist in Catapult X, LLC "Best of STEM awards" for our new #BioTechBuilder curriculum! BioTechBuilder is a complete off-the-shelf curriculum for #educating a future-ready workforce who will go on to solve some of the world’s greatest challenges with #lifescience.   Working alongside Carolina Biological Supply Company to develop the program for classrooms across the country, BioTechBuilder can help to bridge the skills gap for young learners as they dive deeper into #STEM, and it prepares them for Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI) micro-credential testing that can help them pursue #biotech careers after #highschool graduation.   Congratulations to all the finalists! (winners announced in a few weeks 🤞 ) https://lnkd.in/e4yXwMtR

How wonderful to see this success story! BIG high five to the Apprenticeship teaching team Hiroko Kaczmarek Kate Bacon Schneider Vivek Bajaj Nancy Otaluka. And *tremendous* gratitude to our network of program funders including Massachusetts Life Sciences Center UCB STEM Pathways Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. and philanthropists @Josephine Lawrence Hopkins Foundation with Olaf Corning and Bonnie Denis , Xu Simon PhD, MBA and Elizabeth Boskey at the JAMES B BOSKEY MEMORIAL FOUNDATION INC

Kids are natural scientists according to Natalie Kuldell. Find out why nurturing this natural interest in all things scientific could be the key to solving the laboratorian shortage long term and defeat the anti-science mindset infecting our country to boot.

Is this THE recipe? What a great question! Founder and Executive Director, Natalie Kuldell spoke with Chris Wolski on the Clinical Lab Chats podcast about how we can keep students interested in #STEM. At #BioBuilder, we work to help educate young learners in STEM with accessible and hands on opportunities. This education will be key to supporting the future #STEM workforce, specifically in our laboratories. The episode is here https://bit.ly/3W1GW6n Not mentioned but many thoughts about how this works with John Liu and Julie Diop and Jeff Dieffenbach who are defining and researching the recipe to attract more people into (bio)manufacturing technologists roles. Show notes include BioMADE Thomas C. Tubon, Ph.D. Karen Ingram Angela Consani Bioscience Core Skills Institute (BCSI)

Founder and executive director Natalie Kuldell recently spoke with Kelly Sullivan at WFXT Boston 25 News about how #BioBuilder is helping to educate a future-ready workforce by creating accessible and hands-on #STEM learning opportunities.   Natalie was joined by recent program graduate, Kevin Fuentes, who is beginning his career as a scientists Sunflower Therapeutics and using what he learned from the #BioBuilder High School Apprenticeship Challenge every day.   Watch the interview to learn more about how BioBuilder is impacting students across the country, and in our own backyard. https://lnkd.in/g2jWk_TQ

Our #BioTechBuilder curriculum is now available! This #off-the-shelf curriculum offers lessons and lab trainings as a complete solution for educating a future-ready workforce to support the growing #biotech, #synbio, and #biomanufacturing industry. The hands-on learning experience ensures that students are prepared for micro-credentialling assessments that support their immediate entry into #careers in the #bioeconomy.   Learn more about how to future-proof your school with BioTechBuilder: https://lnkd.in/eb-VtJj7 Thanks to so many for all the input and support that built this resource, including Schmidt Futures Andrea Hodgson National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) Keeley Mui, Ph.D. Jason Kelly BioMADE Douglas Friedman Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc. Reshma Shetty UCB BEAM Circular Eric Neuenfeldt Kate Sixt Keira Krausz Theresa Lynn Drew Endy Donald Shobrys Bridget Stewart David A. Golden