Biotech Students @ The Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute

Biotechnology exposes you to a variety of careers in Biomedical Sciences, such as Forensic Toxicology.  Students are attending a field trip at The Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute.  Students were able to get first hand experience in the lab collecting samples from crime evidence and then test their samples using the same methods from crime labs.   It was a great experience and two of our students have applied for the summer internship program with the institute.  “At the Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute (FMI) Summer Science Program high school students spend 7 weeks investigating and solving a crime while learning how to be a forensic scientist.  Students will analyze crime scene evidence based on actual cases including homicide, sexual assault and drug trafficking investigations under the mentorship of forensic experts. All FMI students learn how to test for DNA and determine the presence of drugs and poisons by examining the following types of evidence.” (2018 Forensic Sciences Mentoring Institute Summer Science Program)