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With the goal of creating an interdisciplinary project on biotechnology in their school, Alexandre Lima (History teacher), Aparecido de Souza (Math teacher), Cícero Filho (Sociology teacher), Fernanda Duarte (P.E. teacher), and Francisco Cabral (Chemistry teacher) from the Brasílio Machado State School in São Paulo visited Mackenzie University to learn more about the Amgen Biotech Experience Program.

Some of the teachers had never been in a laboratory environment, which made the whole experience very exciting for them. They all showed big interests in learning how to work with a micropipette and prepare a gel electrophoresis and, also, to understand the biotechnology concepts that were introduced during this professional development event.

Cícero Filho pipetting into a well 

Francisco is a chemistry teacher at the Brasilio Machado State School, located in São Paulo. He accepted our invitation to visit Mackenzie University and learn about the Amgen Biotech Experience Program and loved the experience, learning how to work with micropipettes and perform gel electrophoresis.

He kindly invited other teachers at his school to participate in a continuing education event so that we could support them in creating an interdisciplinary project on biotechnology.