BioTechBuilder is a proven curriculum that prepares students for purposeful and wealth-building careers in biotechnology.
Developed in partnership with industry-leading companies, BioTechBuilder is a complete solution for educating a future-ready workforce that will solve some of the world’s greatest challenges with life science.
Our off-the-shelf curriculum combines 45-minute lessons and lab training, preparing students for professional certifications and micro-credentials.
This module introduces essential lab concepts and techniques for making solutions and growing cells.
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Starting with lab safety and chemical handling, students progress through weighing solid chemicals, preparing common solutions, and culturing bacteria using aseptic techniques.
4 Lessons
1 Lab Practical
Students learn the math and procedures used to prepare and dilute solutions, measure and adjust pH, and use heat and aseptic techniques where needed.
8 Lessons
2 Lab Practicals
This topic introduces students to methods for culturing bacteria on solid and liquid media and the use of a spectrophotometer and plating to measure viability.
4 Lessons
2 Lab Practicals
This module uses a molecular
framework to introduce techniques in
DNA and protein analysis.
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This topic introduces students to DNA techniques used in modern biotechnology including DNA isolation, PCR, restriction digest analysis, gel electrophoresis, and sequencing. This topic reinforces solution preparation and lab math, micropipetting, and documentation.
12 Lessons
3 Quizzes
2 Lab Practicals
This topic teaches students to express and analyze a protein of interest. Hands-on experiments unify and apply content related to gene expression, protein induction, enzyme activity, protein concentration measurements, and separation techniques including column chromatography and SDS-PAGE.
14 Lessons
2 Quizzes
3 Lab Practicals
Introduces industrial biotech applications and commercialization practices.
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This topic explores the life cycle for production and manufacturing of bioproducts, including upstream processing, downstream processing, GMP, and quality control. The labs include scale-up processes, viability assays, and product activity tests while students document their work with batch records.
14 Lessons
3 Quizzes
3 Lab Practicals
This topic allows student to explore each stage of the engineering "design-build-test-learn" cycle, first using existing BioBuilder kits and then through the application of BioBuilder’s abstraction hierarchy to design a novel biotechnology. Lab skills focus on microbial culturing, transformation of both bacteria and yeast, and measurement of cellular outputs.
20 Lessons
3 Quizzes
3 Lab Practicals
1 Project
Our “biotechnology-in-a-box” curriculum teaches essential lab skills and foundational approaches to DNA and protein analysis, biomanufacturing, and synthetic biology.
BioTechBuilder prepares students for stackable micro-credentials, documenting their readiness for entry-level positions in the biotech industry.
Accessible and engaging modules build scientific understanding and student confidence through at-the-bench training, lab practicals, and peer-to-peer learning.
The educational concepts and lab activities in BioTechBuilder will be very helpful for students looking to get an entry level job in a bioproduction facility.
Kayla from Codiak Bio
BioTechBuilder has been a really important opportunity for me to be introduced to the STEM field and learn both the hard and soft skills needed for success.
Vanessa from Pioneer Charter HS
I'm often asked by our education and training partners for help in identifying high quality curriculum best prepares students for our rigorous skills tests, and BioTechBuilder is consistently one of my top recommendations."
Angela at BCSI
Through strategic partnerships with industry leaders, we offer a curriculum that's not just current but forward-thinking. Our network ensures students are college and workforce ready, setting them up to pursue meaningful careers in the bioeconomy with or without post-secondary education.
