About

What if everyone, everywhere had access to synthetic biology education and techniques?

Building upon the tradition of ‘How to Make (Almost) Anything,’ we are offering ‘How to Grow (Almost) Anything,’ a course to teach bio-enthusiasts of all backgrounds the principles and skills at the cutting edge of bioengineering and synthetic biology.

Class Instructors & Lecturers

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Schedule

Class: Tuesdays 2-5pm ET @E15-341 & Zoom

Recitation: Wednesdays 6-8pm ET @E15-341 & Zoom

In-Person Office Hours: Post Recitation Wednesdays, and Thursdays 3:30-4pm ET

Committed Listener Homework Review & Office Hours (Virtual): Thursdays 9-10am ET and 5-6pm ET via Zoom

Class Content

Content for HTGAA 2024 will be updated on a rolling basis, usually after each week’s lecture.

Classes

Teaching Assistants

• Suvin Sundararajan (Harvard) • Harkamal (Hark) Jhajj (Harvard) • Michelle Yue (Harvard) • Anna-Therese Mehra (Harvard) • Mariana Garcia-Corral (Harvard) • Taylor Lanosky (Harvard) • Lisa Riedmayr (Harvard) • Patrick Han (Harvard) • Raphael Ferreira (Harvard) • Ahmed Ibrahim Mahas (Harvard) • Manvitha Ponnapti (MIT) • Eyal Perry (MIT) • Evan Holbrook (MIT) • Sebastian Kamau (MIT) • Nathan Blumofe (Boston) • Felix Radford (Harvard) • Zijian (Carl) Ma (Harvard) • Nikil Badey (Harvard) • Caroline Zhang (MIT) • Jessica Weber (Harvard) • Cedric-Pascal Sommer (Harvard) • Ido Calman (MIT) • Esther Mintzer (Harvard)

Global Teaching Assistants

• Adrian Filips (Ottawa Bio Community, Canada) • Alison Dell (NYC / Philadelphia) • Anastasiya (Nastya) Yatsuk (Genspace, Brooklyn, NYC) • Anjali Chadha (London, UK) • Benjamin Arias (IMUSFQ, Ecuador) • Bhavna Pandya (Bioriidl, Mumbai, India) • Carlos Silveira (Brazil) • Chienyueh Liu (Macau, China) • Danny Chen (London, UK) • Derek Jacoby (Victoria Makerspace, Canada) • Dominika Wawrzyniak (NYU, USA) • Elaine Regina (FabLab Bali, Indonesia) • Elliot Roth (Biopunk Society, San Francisco, USA) • Fotis Koutoulakis (Oxford, UK) • Georg Tremmel (BioClub Tokyo, Japan) • Greg Galperin (Cambridge, MA, USA) • Harry Akligoh (Northeastern University, USA) • Inger Le Gué (Leiden, Netherlands) • Ioana Milea (T. U. Munich, Germany) • Jim Valiant (Jenner, Alberta, Canada) • Juanjo Rubio (Navarra, Spain) • Jun Ha (UCSD, USA) • Kalaumari Mayoral Peña (Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico) • Karolina Sulich (NYU Tandon, USA) • Meghan Kane (Berlin / NYC) • Nour Alhoda Mohamed (Egypt) • Phoebe Oldach (Oxford / London) • Quratulain Danish (Pakistan) • Rana Said (Tufts University, USA) • Sally Kong (Genspace, Brooklyn, NYC, USA) • Samriddhi Rastogi (India) • Sarah Khan (Peshawar, Pakistan) • Steven Ness (Victoria, BC, Canada) • Sudarshan GC (Naples, Italy) • Thanakrit (Austin) Wongsatit (VISTEC, Thailand) • Viola Arduini (Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA) • Vlasta Kubusova (Bratislava, Slovakia) • Will Collins (Halifax, NS, Canada)

Students

(Almost) Natural Selection

• Ben Lerman • Kevin Tang • Jade Chongsathapornpong • Lennart Justen • Kyuho Jang • Ya Qin • Frank (Haotian) Cong • Vik (Vikram) Gupta

• Gabriele Corso • Alexander Bevacqua • Gauri Agarwal • Fu Xing Chen • Keunwook Kim • Nikhil Lal • Liping Wang

Global Committed Listeners

• Abhinav Bhatala • Ahmed Hasan • Alec Pokrandt • Alejandro Cadillo-Valverde • Alfred Patisenah • Álvaro Pérez • Andrea Tambo • Andrei Krutikov • Andrés León • Andrew Gray • Andrita Orbandi • Apekshakumari Patel • Austin Song • Bagus Kesna Udayana Dharma Kusuma • Cesar Cruz • Cholpisit Ice Kiattisewee • Christina Cappelli • Clinton Monteiro • Colin L. Stark • Dan Erickson • Dana Molzhigit • Daniela Guzmán • Delia Garrido-Jara • Diego Muñoz • Digby Usher • Edgar Uriel Coyac De Yta • Ekaterina Kormilitsyna • Enas Usama Fatima Calvo • Fernanda Oriza • Ghulam Memon • Gigi Minsky • Grace Jiang

• Hana Cvelbar • Harsh Mutupuri • Inhwa Yeom • Iyed Jaziri • Jenny Shen • Jirapat Thaweechuen • Joshua Chen • Juan Diego Unda • Justin Slootsky • Kateryna Ivanova • Kencho Wangdi • Kirill Popov • Madhuran Thiagarajah • Manny Roy • Marcelina Handoyo • Marchella Purwati • Marco Mancini • Margaux Reynolds • Mario Nakahara • Martín Cazco • Martina Armas • Masato Takemura • Mateo Zurita • Megan Parmar • Meghrig Hekimian • Michael D. Leppa • Mikael Hwang • Mirella Moreno • Mohamed Shehata • Muhammad Samudra Ilham • Naja Andria Mumtaz • Natalia Piórecka • Natalie Edwards • Neha Suresh

• Nick Smith • Nicolas Fierro • Nicole Feliciano • Nina Maria Szukała • Nurul Izzati • Onkar Date • Paul Kao • Paula Rivas • Prakriti Karki • Priscilla Felicia Apriliani Irawan (April) • Raymond Pilon • Rendryana Aulia Nur Khofifa • Rick Alexanderson • Robbert van Ginkel • Sacha Feduke • Samuel Luong • Sarah Naghmi • Sean Jungbluth • Sebastian Peñaherrera • Shanice Otersen • Sheryl Pajuelo • Shirley Azurin • Shu Ou • Taro Kunitomi • Toby Call • Trammy Lai • Trent McCauley • Venkat Yarlagadda • Venkata Sai Poojitha Koka • Vignesh Nandhagopal  • William Cheng • Yakovlev Alexander • Yala Sampaion

Prerequisites