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get started: SUMMER PROGRAMS
Use Summer to
Explore Biotech
Camps, internships, and apprenticeships can help
define your interests and develop lab skills.
Once you understand the
transformative, nearly-
magical potential of bio-
technology, picking the field as your
future career seems almost irresist-
i m e ed to m g e to work in biotechnology?
ha in excitement about biotechnology
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h
Biotechnology spans so many differ-
ent industries, subjects, and profes-
sional roles that finding the right
ab bewildering.
t colleges and universities, compa-
nies, and the government all work
to help motivated students define
ir nt il biotechnology by offering summer
camps, internships, and even ap-
prenticeships. Such programs can
student start becoming the kind of biotech-
nology professional they want to be.
SUMMER CAMPS
r real flavor for biotechnology as well
as connect them with teachers and
professionals to guide them on next
steps. Start by studying examples
ms appealing. A first stop is BioBuilder
.
m provides mostly in-person but some
online courses for high school stu-
dents. It also provides support for
school clubs, self-guided learning
materials, and career guidance in-
formation.
Other general biotechnology
summer camp programs include
American University’s Biotechnol-
opt t Hi mer Scholars Program; the Hudson-
Alpha Institute for Biotechnology
programs for 6th- through 12th-grad-
an er the Engineering & Science programs
am the country through Summer Spring-
board. If these programs sound ex-
citing but are not accessible to your
National Student
Leadership Conference
Biotech Program
WASHINGTON, DC ,
AND CALIFORNIA
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COP nearby. Search the school’s website
as people in the Biology Department or
Engineering School who work in the
field. Reach out to anyone you can
find with questions and you might
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