BioBuilder In the News

BioBuilder and K2 Scientific Bring Synthetic Biology Programs and Laboratory Equipment to High-Need High Schools Around the Country

November 18, 2022

Boston, MA

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

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BioBuilder funded to expand student opportunity in rural and urban areas through its collaborative after school program

September 20, 2022

Boston, MA

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

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BioBuilder Awarded Fellowship to Receive Bioprocessing Training and Equipment from SBI

March 17, 2022

St. Paul, MN

BioBuilder joins 22 community and technical colleges to prepare the future biomanufacturing workforce

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Training the Biomanufacturing Workforce: BioBuilder Leads Regional Partnership with Federal Funding Awarded through BioMADE

March 14, 2022

Boston, MA

BioBuilder will provide technical curriculum for Worcester high school credit-bearing after-school program to prepare students for biomanufacturing careers

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Synthetic Biology for Tennessee Schools: BioBuilder Partners with Niswonger Foundation on $8.8M Federal Grant for STEM Education

December 29, 2020

Cambridge, MA

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

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BioBuilder Founder and Executive Director Featured as 2020 MWM Trailblazer Award Winner

December 4, 2020

Cambridge, MA

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.

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Recent Case Studies

From One Classroom to a Regional Biotechnology Pipeline: How BioTechBuilder Is Helping East Tennessee Build the Workforce of Tomorrow

August 1, 2026

Carolina’s case study on BioBuilder’s comprehensive biotechnology workforce development program for high school students

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How to Scale Apprenticeship: An evidence-based system for hands-on science training

July 1, 2026

Transfyr’s case study on a BioBuilder collaboration: an AI-enabled hands-on biotechnology training and credentialing system

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Building the Bioeconomy from the Classroom Up: The East Tennessee Model

January 1, 2026

BioBuilder’s case study of success from East Tennessee

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BioBuilder Publications

BioBuilder Opens New Learning Lab in Allston to Train Future Biomanufacturing Workforce

February 18, 2025

Boston Real Estate Times covers BioBuilder’s new training space at Allston Labworks

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Strengthening the STEM pipeline: impact of BioBuilder on high school students’ science identity and competency

February 13, 2025

BioBuilder and East Tennessee State University publish original research article in Frontiers in Education

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The Scientific Observer Special Issue: transforming STEM through inclusion

December 1, 2024

BioBuilder’s Executive Director is profiled as one of five individuals leading the charge to make a better future by changing STEM teaching

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Kuldell Letter in the Boston Globe: Life after the MCAS requirement

November 13, 2024

Assessments will still be key. Skill- and Project-based learning should be a focus.

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BioXconomy Interview with BioBuilder’s Founder and Executive Director

November 11, 2024

Q&A covers our nonprofit’s function, its importance, and its effect in the life sciences space

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What Makes STEM Products Effective?

October 7, 2024

BioTechBuilder among the National Education Association’s transformative educational tools for 2024.

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