The Biological Sciences Institute is an outreach initiative of the department of biological sciences to establish educational partnerships with high school biology teachers in Michigan.

Short courses, conferences and lab workshops throughout the year bring high school teachers and students to our campus, and introduce them to such areas as biotechnology, anatomy, botany, and microbiology.

During the past three years the institute offered a total of 16 workshops to over 275 students and teachers from over 50 different schools in Michigan.

The activities of the institute are bringing a greater awareness of the expanding career opportunities in biology, especially biotechnology. They are also helping school teachers with learning new techniques for teaching biology labs and sponsoring student research projects.