Renata Burnett was at a loss for words when her daughter, Valentina, completed the Young Science Explorers Program (YSEP), a youth science camp for Maryland students entering the seventh and eighth grade. “Valentina really liked the camp. It meant a lot to her,” said Burnett about her daughter’s involvement, “She could not wait to be…
Jen Gruber, a senior at Rockville’s Magruder High School couldn’t believe her luck. As a member of the class who helped the MdBioLab reach a major milestone, she immediately took to social media tweeting, “Woooo 100,000th [student] class @mdbiolab.” For MdBioLab, MdBio Foundation’s unique custom-built 45-foot mobile bioscience laboratory for Maryland high school students, February 28,…
Welcome to the premiere issue of MdBioWire, the new quarterly e-newsletter from the innovative science education advocates at MdBio Foundation, Inc. Through MdBioWire, we hope to chronicle for you how we pursue an incredibly vital mission: inspiring the next generation of scientists in Maryland and beyond. This work is important. Science education is a bellwether…