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No prior knowledge or skills necessary!

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Every scientist and engineer starts out as a beginner...

Genetic Engineering is a powerful science that can solve cancer, hunger, waste and climate change.  Learning the skills and concepts at a young age ensure the next generation will be able to face the growing challenges of our future.

Get involved and explore the science of genetic engineering with teens as young as 12 years old. The biotechnology field is rapidly growing and, with just a few hundred of dollars in just a few weeks, this is your, your family's and your students' chance to experience what this new STEM field is! 

it's more than just experiments... learning to program bacteria can change the world.

The Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Journey can help you, your students or your teens learn the basics of biotechnology. Biotechnology is part of the tool kit for the innovators that will solve some of our biggest problems... from health to climate.

Let our book be your guide

Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero is the world's first hands-on and theory guide that takes you from beginner to Genetic Engineering Hero in weeks! Discover and extract DNA, tour the 'micro-factories' that are bacteria, establish your home or school lab safely, learn to grow and engineer cells, and extract proteins with the Three steps to Microfacturing. Each chapter is also aligned to hands-on experiment kits.

See the world differently, one chapter at a time. 

See What's in the book

Learn hands-on

Develop professional skills by completing hands-on activities. Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero is your guide to using Amino Labs ecosystem of equipment and kits. Living paintings, glowing bacteria, engineered smells, mini-lava lamps, light and heat-controlled bacteria, and more. At the end of this journey, you too will be transformed!

The best way to start is with a Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Home Starter Pack or Classroom Starter Pack

Discover our Zero to Genetic Engineering Hero Starter Packs

Amazing tool for budding bioengineers

"My daughter got hooked on CRISPR and bioengineering this year for her Gr 7 science fair. If only we'd known about DNA Playground then! With it, she can now conduct experiments in 2 to 3 days that took 2 weeks in our makeshift lab. The instructions by Amino are clearly designed by top-tier educators. They are user friendly, easy to follow, well laid-out and give you insights into the science behind the experiments. The product design is fun and outstanding. And as a parent, I am really impressed by Amino's emphasis on biosafety."

★★★★★

Jim R. - Proud parent of a future Genetic Engineer

Amino Labs made it easy

“Practical hands-on skills are essential to engaging kids in science and the Amino Labs has made it easy for the kids to see what is possible in the growing field of genetic engineering."

★★★★★

Michael Hirsch - Middle School Teacher

Our students enjoy the experience so much

"Amino Labs is the most reliable genetic engineering experience we have had.  Our students enjoy the experience so much that they regularly ask to share this technology by demonstrating with bio-painting events.  Superior student usability of the DNA Playground™ is key to their successful experiences."

★★★★★

Luc Arvisais - Junior/High school teacher

My son excitedly showed me the blue spots on the agar, and explained what was going on

"The experiment worked! Last night my son excitedly showed me the blue spots on the agar, and explained what was going on. He’s super-enthused, and is already planning his next experiment. I asked him “after doing this experiment, are you more interested in genetics or less interested?”, and his immediate response was “MUCH MORE!"

★★★★★

Paul D. - Parent of a future Genetic Engineer

Successful at first try.

I couldn't wait to try out the DNA playground and kits, but didn't expect it would be so easy and fast. I set it up on my desk at the office and ran through the protocols in between other work tasks. To my delight, I was successful at first try. With no need for pipettes or other expensive lab equipment, and no need for growing up cells before transformation, and with temperature switches so smooth and precise, I was able to put a new DNA program inside bacteria in record time.

★★★★★

Magda Pop - STEM Community Leader

The future belongs to kids. The DNA Playground is a tool to help them get good at creating it.

“The biotechnology revolution is about where the computer revolution was in 1980, but instead of personal computers, 21st century whiz kids are tinkering with what makes bacteria tick. This kind of fun and creative play sets up future scientists to cure diseases, save the environment, and feed the world. The future belongs to kids year olds, and the DNA Playground is a tool to help them get good at creating it. ”

★★★★★

Raymond McCauley - Singularity University

Amazing tool for budding bioengineers

"My daughter got hooked on CRISPR and bioengineering this year for her Gr 7 science fair. With the DNA Playground, she can now conduct experiments in 2 to 3 days that use to take 2 weeks in our makeshift lab.

The instructions are clearly designed by top-tier educators. They are user friendly, easy to follow, well laid-out and give you insights into the science behind the experiments. The product design is fun and outstanding. And as a parent, I am really impressed by Amino's emphasis on biosafety."

★★★★★

Jim R. - Parent

My son excitedly showed me the blue spots on the agar

"The experiment worked! Last night my son excitedly showed me the blue spots on the agar, and explained what was going on. He’s super-enthused, and is already planning his next experiment.

I asked him “after doing this experiment, are you more interested in genetics or less interested?”, and his immediate response was “MUCH MORE!"

★★★★★

Paul D. - Parent

Hands-on skills are essential to science

“Practical hands-on skills are essential to engaging kids in science.

Amino Labs has made it easy for the kids to see what is possible in the growing field of genetic engineering."

★★★★★

Michael Hirsch - Middle School Teacher

...sets up future scientists to cure diseases

“The biotechnology revolution is about where the computer revolution was in 1980, but instead of personal computers, 21st century whiz kids are tinkering with what makes bacteria tick. This kind of fun and creative play sets up future scientists to cure diseases, save the environment, and feed the world.

The future belongs to 6 year olds, and the DNA Playground is a tool to help them get good at creating it. ”

★★★★★

Raymond McCauley - Singularity University

I was successful at first try.

"I couldn't wait to try out the DNA playground and kits, but didn't expect it would be so easy and fast. I set it up on my desk at the office and ran through the protocols in between other work tasks. To my delight, I was successful at first try.

With no need for pipettes or other expensive lab equipment, and with temperature switches so smooth and precise, I was able to put a new DNA program inside bacteria in record time. “

★★★★★

Magda Pop - STEM outreach community leader

Our students enjoy the experience so much

"Amino Labs is the most reliable genetic engineering experience we have had.  Our students enjoy the experience so much that they regularly ask to share this technology by demonstrating with bio-painting events. 

Superior student usability of the DNA Playground™ is key to their successful experiences."

★★★★★

Luc Arvisais - Junior/High school teacher

Synthetic Biology IGEM Genetic Engineer and bio artist using Amino Labs all-in-one DNA Playground Bioexplorer biotechnology kits

From the kits to the instructions, we design with beginners in mind so that anyone can learn

At Amino Labs, our mission is to make biotechnology learning and innovation accessible to everyone. Already, biotechnology affects more than a billion people every year and is a core part of our society. Yet, only a small fraction of the population understands and can use it to help solve the world's biggest problems; from fuel to food to medicine.

Driven by ground-breaking technology & UX out of M.I.T., our easy-to-use kits and resources are made so you can learn for yourself how to genetically engineer microorganisms, create living bio-art, grow and extract bio-products, no prior knowledge necessary!

Why wait for college or university when you can start doing biotechnology projects at home or in the classroom today!

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