Kitty Mei earned three positions in three years at BABEC beginning as the intern. Three years ago, the Bay Area Bioscience Education Community (BABEC) offered an internship position to Kitty Mei. Kitty had recently graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Global Studies and two certificates from City College of San Francisco –
Teaching lessons on DNA, genetics, race and ancestry could be a make it or break it moment in front of high school students. There is that lost look in the students’ eyes that inevitably leads to boredom when teachers dive deeper into cytology and molecular biology. Or there is the sensitivity of bringing up race
On Saturday, September 28th, 104 high school and community college bioscience educators and stakeholders from across the Bay Area and other parts of California attended the BABEC Fall Conference at Skyline College in San Bruno, sponsored by the California Community Colleges. Conference attendees came from San Mateo, Alameda, San Francisco, Contra Costa, Santa Clara, Marin
Genentech hosted their 10th annual Genentech Gives Back Benefit Concert on Saturday, June 22 at Oracle Park and BABEC was the event’s nonprofit beneficiary. Genentech employees and partner organizations celebrated their volunteerism with the music of Trombone Shorty, Charli XCX and the legendary, multi-time Grammy award winner, Stevie Wonder. In addition to the incredible line-up of musical
All hands on deck! For the 10th year, Genentech Gives Back Week took place during the third week of June. During the week, Genentech employees volunteered for causes they care about. On June 21, BABEC set up a pop-up lab on Genentech’s campus to host a group activity for volunteers to get their help assembling
NexGeneGirls hosted their 3rd annual Boot Camp for the Summer 2019 cohort of NexGeneGirls on Saturday, April 27th at City College of San Francisco – Mission Center. Eleven Bay Area female high school students ranging from grades 10 to 12 reported to Boot Camp to learn lab techniques in biotechnology from CCSF instructor Dr. Carin Zimmerman
“Tell me something that you enjoy,” Violet Votin, Clinical Research Scientist at Machaon Diagnostics asked the 1st period biology class at Galileo High School on Friday, March 22. “I like the satisfaction of solving problems,” replied the 9th grader. Votin suggested that a career in bioscience might be an interesting career for the avid problem
Bringing Scientific Spotlights and NGSS to an Old Favorite - Saturday, December 8, 2018.
Bacterial Transformation & Protein Purification for All Levels of Students! On Saturday November 3, 2018 twenty-eight teachers from across the bay gathered to get a sneak-peak of our new NGSS update to this introductory biotech activity for all levels of students. Attendees were excited about the variety of offerings for this lab. BABEC now offers
Saturdays are precious for so many of us! Following a full work week, we need downtime to recharge and prepare for the work ahead; we like to spend time doing fun activities with family & friends. So it’s telling that even though the BABEC Fall Kickoff was on a Saturday, we had a packed house