MIT Introduction to Technology, Engineering, and Science (MITES) Summer

MITES Summer is a six-week, on-campus program that introduces high school students to engineering and science. The program stresses the value and reward of pursuing STEM degrees and careers, while also developing academic and personal skills.

The Broad Institute partners with MITES to offer a genomics elective for students to explore the human microbiome. During the course, students learn about the bacteria that colonize the human body and about the techniques used to identify and characterize these bacteria, including antibiotic resistance tests, DNA isolation and amplification, and sequence analysis. Students also create a scientific poster to present their findings to the MIT community.

For more information, visit the MITES Summer website.

MITES Summer students participating in a genomics course at the Broad Institute.