San Diego Unified students participate in the STEAM Leadership Series in partnership with J. Craig Venter Institute and Intellectual Capital.
On Wednesday April 10th 75 students from Clairemont, Crawford, Mira Mesa, San Diego, and University City High Schools BioMed CCTE pathways attended The Opportunities in Genomics Experience at the J. Craig Venter Institute for a day of career exploration and hands on biotech activities.
Superintendent Cindy Marten kicked off the event and was followed by a keynote from Dr. Venter and the President of JCVI, Dr. Karen Nelson. JCVI is a world leader in genomic and bioinformatics research.
Throughout the day our students interacted with scientists directly. Activities included sampling, synthetic biology, microbiomes, informatics sequencing, and a career panel.
We are very fortunate to have partnerships with leading researchers in genomics such as the scientists at JCVI!
