About Biotech Pathway

WHY BIOTECH ACADEMY?

• 36% of all the world’s biotech companies are in the Bay Area
• Get a jump start on your career
• $7 billion in payroll
• 90,000 jobs
• 900 companies
   

YOU WILL LEARN

• Transformation
• Electrophoresis
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Immunological Techniques
• Harvest DNA
• Interpret a crime scene (be a forensic scientist)
• Clone bacteria
• Control a gene
• Combine DNA from 2 different living things
• Design your own cloning project where you set up the experiment like the REAL SCIENTISTS do!!

ACADEMY PREREQUISITES

• A passing grade in Algebra
• A “C” or better in biology
• Have taken chemistry or concurrently enroll in Chemistry
• A good attendance record

COURSEWORK SEQUENCE

• 9th Grade:    Biology
• 10th Grade:  Chemistry
• 11th Grade:  Biotechnology
• 12th Grade:  Advanced Biotechnology

BENEFITS OF THE BIOTECH ACADEMY

• You learn the basic concepts and skills used in labs and biotechnology companies
• You have the opportunity to do internships

For more information contact Mr. Riley Statham (StathamK@sfusd.edu)