Mission

The "Rosetta pre-college Bio-Comp Workshop" aims to tackle systemic inequality in access to computational biology education by providing a short yet intensive, two-week program for Baltimore high school students with a special provision for limited-income and first-gen students.

Objective

Our objective is to provide a comprehensive introduction to programming tools and biomolecular modeling software and encourage program participants to pursue post-secondary STEM degrees and careers. To accomplish this, we will give students a small but potent boost in their knowledge and skills by:

• Training students with little or no prior programming experience in Python and algorithmic thinking


• Introducing students with basic biology knowledge to advance concepts in protein biochemistry


• Developing understanding of computational tools and their applications in STEM fields