PROJECT BIOTECH
Shoreline Community College's Biotechnology Lab opens its doors to high school students for week-long explorations of biotechnology and DNA sequencing!
At PROJECT BIOTECH, students will experience:
- Hands-on lab and bioinformatics activities
- Face time with scientists and exposure to potential careers
- A glimpse of community college life
- And more!
Join us for week-long experiences in Shoreline's state-of-the-art Biotechnology Lab!
PROJECT BIOTECH summer camps for high schoolers
Upcoming Camps
Camps will not be offered summer 2024.
Location
PROJECT BIOTECH will be held on Shoreline's campus in the Biotechnology Lab in Building 2900. See the campus map and get directions to the College
Cost
Each camp costs $450 per student. Snacks are provided daily and lunch is provided on Fridays.
A limited number of financial need-based scholarships are available. If cost is a prohibiting factor in your ability to attend this camp, please email Dr. Reitha Weeks (reithaweeks@gmail.com), PROJECT BIOTECH Camp Coordinator, for more information.
Apply to PROJECT BIOTECH
Each camp can accept only 24 students so early registration is encouraged. Applications from current 8th through 11th graders will be reviewed immediately. 12th grade student applications will be reviewed after June 15th if there are camp openings available.
For more information, and to preview the types of questions on the application, please review the Pre-Application Worksheet.
What students are saying about PROJECT BIOTECH
Thank you to our 2022 partners who helped make this camp possible!
Bristol Myers Squibb - Seagen - AGC Biologics
School district partners
Edmonds - Everett - Northshore - Shoreline - Seattle
A special thanks to:
Shoreline Community College Foundation
Town & Country Markets - Shoreline
For sponsorship information, please contact Dr. Reitha Weeks, Camp Program Coordinator, at reithaweeks@gmail.com.
Thank you to our past donors and partners:
The Norcliffe Foundation
ZymoGenetics, A Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Seattle Genetics * Novo Nordisk * CellGene
Juno Therapeutics
AGC Biologics
Aptevo Therapeutics * Pacific Northwest Research Institute
Alturas Analytics * Covance * NanoString Technologies * Seed Intellectual Property
Law Group, LLP
SystImmune * Amgen Biotech Experience * Shoreline Central Market * Thermo Fisher Scientific
2022 Summer Camps Highlights
Our 2022 PROJECT BIOTECH summer camp season ended in August 2022. We held two camps:
- Week 1: Biotechnology Essentials & Beyond
- Week 2: Biotechnology & Cancer: Causes, Cures and Careers