Community Projects

Our community projects are the perfect starting point if you're curious about biology but don't know where to begin. Each project is led by a BioCurious member and gives you hands-on experience with real methods in molecular and cell biology — no prior knowledge required.

Who can join?

  • Open to everyone — no membership needed
  • No previous experience in biology required
  • Projects are mostly free of charge
  • Led by experienced BioCurious members
  • Covers both basic and advanced methods in molecular and cell biology

Current Community Projects

Dates and sign-ups for all projects are announced via our event calendar and Meetup.com — follow us there to stay up to date.

Real Vegan Cheese

Recruiting

What is the essence of cheese, and can we make it in a flask? An ongoing community bioengineering project.

Fix or Teardown?

Self-directed

We often have broken gear to fix or teardown into useful components. Like hardware? We need help.

Interested in starting your own project? Become a member and submit your project for safety committee review.

We're looking for mentors and teachers

We're looking for mentors with a scientific background to help lead community projects or mentor science fair projects. This can be as simple as helping us find a good topic to pursue — and we already have plenty of ideas to work from. We're also looking for teachers to lead classes such as tissue culturing and methods in molecular biology. All roles are volunteer-based. If you're interested, please reach out to board@biocurious.org.

Past Community Projects

CRISPR Class

Completed

A hands-on introduction to CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing, covering the basic molecular biology and lab techniques behind the technology.