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BioXconomy Interview with BioBuilder’s Founder and Executive Director
Q&A covers our nonprofit’s function, its importance, and its effect in the life sciences space
Kuldell Letter in the Boston Globe: Life after the MCAS requirement
Assessments will still be key. Skill- and Project-based learning should be a focus.
Authority Magazine Covers Inspirational Women in STEM and Tech
5 Leadership Lessons, Life Lesson Quotes, and Dolly Parton
BioBuilder Lays the Foundation for STEM Career
Revere Journal Profiles Angel Muthemba
MA Schools Seek to Spark Interest
Worcester Business Journal covers BioTechBuilder pilot in Worcester
What Makes STEM Products Effective?
BioTechBuilder among the National Education Association’s transformative educational tools for 2024.
“Education needs this!”
Boston25 News Profiles BioBuilder Student Kevin Fuentes
National Academy of Science Publishes BioBuilder Editorial
Needed: A Vision and Strategy for Biotech Education
Letter to the Editor: Boston Globe
Let’s Bring Student Engagement from Blueprint to Proving Ground
Letter to the Editor: Boston Globe
Essentials for an internship pipeline
UCB annual report showcases BioBuilder
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Letter to the Editor: Boston Globe
Smart investments for biotech leaders
R-studio spotlights BioBuilder
Local BioBuilderClub Team interviewed on WCVB TV
O’Reilly Media Publishes the BioBuilder Textbook
Manuscripts and Press Releases
The Scientific Observer Special Issue: transforming STEM through inclusion
BioBuilder’s Exec. Dir. is profiled as one of five individuals leading the charge to make a better future by changing STEM teaching
BioBuilder Launches Skills Training Curriculum to Prepare Students for Careers in Biotechnology
BOSTON, Mass., June 10, 2024 – BioTechBuilder offers new classroom and laboratory training materials that lead to credentialing and direct entry into the bioeconomy workforce
Needed: A Vision and Strategy for Biotech Education
Spring 2024 – BioBuilder comments on US National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine “Issues” Article about building a bioeconomy for the Great Lakes
Ginkgo Bioworks Supports BioBuilder’s Boston Learning Lab
BOSTON, Mass., March 22, 2023 – Ginkgo Bioworks renews their commitment to provide physical space for BioBuilder’s Learning Lab.
BioTechBuilder Curriculum Piloted in Worcester, MA
Worcester, MA June 4, 2024 – BioTechBuilder aims to give high school students hands-on experience in the field and the opportunity to consider employment in the field regardless of whether or not they end up enrolling in college.
The BioBuilder Educational Foundation Initiates Plan to Train Bioeconomy Workforce
NEWTON, Mass., Jan. 24, 2023 — With funding from Schmidt Futures, BioBuilder launches a strategic planning process designed to grow the bioeconomy workforce at scale in urban, rural, and tribal communities.
BioBuilder and K2 Scientific Bring Synthetic Biology Programs and Laboratory Equipment to High-Need High Schools Around the Country
BOSTON, Mass., Nov. 18, 2022 — BioBuilder announced new work with K2 Scientific to donate industry-grade refrigeration units to four high-need high schools participating in the BioBuilderClub this academic year
BioBuilder and King Street Properties formally break ground on Allston Labworks
BOSTON, Mass., Oct. 18, 2022 – “Today marks the beginning of a true collaboration between development and community”
BioBuilder funded to expand student opportunity in rural and urban areas through its collaborative after school program
BOSTON, Mass., Sept. 20, 2022 – Thanks to a two-year grant recently awarded by BioMADE, BioBuilder will expand a program that has supported thousands of high school inventors over the last decade
BioBuilder Awarded Fellowship to Receive Bioprocessing Training and Equipment from SBI
St. Paul, MN March 17, 2022 – BioBuilder joins 22 community and technical colleges to prepare the future biomanufacturing workforce
Training the Biomanufacturing Workforce: BioBuilder Leads Regional Partnership with Federal Funding Awarded through BioMADE
BOSTON, MA March 14, 2022 – BioBuilder will provide technical curriculum for Worcester high school credit-bearing after-school program to prepare students for biomanufacturing careers
Baker-Polito Administration Announces BioBuilder among partners for 2021 MA STEM Week
WORCESTER, MA Aug 19, 2021 – The Baker-Polito Administration awarded grants to education organizations, including BioBuilder, to launch MA STEM Week Design Challenges
Synthetic Biology for Tennessee Schools: BioBuilder Partners with Niswonger Foundation on $8.8M Federal Grant for STEM Education
CAMBRIDGE, MA Dec 29, 2020 — BioBuilder announced that they are to partner with the Niswonger Foundation on their award of an Education Innovation and Research Grant from the Dept of Education
BioBuilder Founder and Executive Director Featured as 2020 MWM Trailblazer Award Winner
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Dec 04, 2020 – Dr. Natalie Kuldell, Founder and Executive Director of BioBuilder, is being featured by Million Women Mentors, an initiative of STEMconnector, the nation’s largest professional services organization dedicated to developing a diverse, STEM-ready workforce.
Life Science Cares Reaffirms Partnerships with BioBuilder
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Nov 24, 2020 – Life Science Cares Boston, a nonprofit that connects life science industry executives and employees with nonprofits fighting poverty across Greater Boston, has awarded BioBuilder, CASPAR, Food for Free and Just-A-Start grants to support each organization’s work to support people in need.
BioBuilder Inspires Emerging Scientists at the Learning Lab at LabCentral in Kendall Square
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan 3, 2020 – Last month, 19 students from the Prospect Hill Academy Charter School in Cambridge completed an eight-week workshop series where they explored synthetic biology through BioBuilder’s classroom and laboratory content.
Tyngsborough High School & Sinarmas World Academy BioBuilder Teams Virtual Meeting
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Nov 11, 2019 — As a part of the growing BioBuilder Education Foundation’s programs, international collaboration is strengthened through virtual collaboration, symposia and meetings that are in line with and responding to the educational needs of our increasingly connected world.
BioBuilder alumnae inspire with stories of life-changing experiences as interns
CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 22, 2019 — Four recent alumnae of the BioBuilder internship program inspired next-generation students with their success stories duuring the program’s spring celebration at he BioBuilder Learning Lab at LabCentral
Baker-Polito Administration funds BioBuilder Learning Lab as part of $2M Workforce Development and STEM Grants for Greater Boston
BOSTON, MA, March 2, 2017 — Grant funding from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) advance the Baker-Polito Administration’s commitment to build a highly trained workforce and seed job creation in regions across Massachusetts.
New England Biolabs Supports Creation of BioBuilder Learning Lab at LabCentral
IPSWICH, and CAMBRIDGE, MA, Jan 17, 2018 − Recognizing that tomorrow’s innovation relies on exposing the next generation to why science matters today, New England Biolabs has become the primary sponsor of the Learning Lab
High School Apprenticeship Training Program Graduates Greater Boston and Worcester-area Students
WORCESTER, and CAMBRIDGE, MA, May 18, 2017 – The Massachusetts Life Sciences Center (MLSC) and the BioBuilder Educational Foundation (BioBuilder) held their graduation ceremonies for the High School Apprenticeship Challenge Lab Training Program at Worcester Technical High School and LabCentral in Cambridge
BioBuilder among Cambridge Community Foundation grants to local organizations
CAMBRIDGE, MA, Dec 9, 2016 — Three year commitment to the BioBuilder Educational Foundation expands the Foundation’s commitment to creating pathways into the innovation economy for local youth