How to Grow (Almost) Anything
What if everyone, everywhere had access to the power of synthetic biology?
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The Course
Discover details about the HTGAA course structure, requirements, logistsics, and eligibility.
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YOU can take HTGAA, for FREE, online wherever you are! The Spring 2026 course is closed. A course signup form will be posted here a month before the start of each new semester.
Course InfoGlobal Nodes
Local community biolabs around the world participate in the HTGAA network and support Global Students.
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Building upon the tradition of the MIT Media Lab’s “How to Make (Almost) Anything” which started the Fab Lab / Makerspace movement, “How to Grow (Almost) Anything” is laying the foundation for a global DIY movement in bioengineering and synthetic biology. At its base is an eponymous course teaching cutting-edge principles and skills to bio-enthusiasts of all backgrounds. Augmenting this is a global network of “Nodes,” community biolabs serving both local populations and the global HTGAA community.
The course is taught annually in MIT’s spring term in person at the MIT Media Lab with enrollment from undergraduate and graduate students of both MIT & Harvard, and is also simultaneously taught online at no cost to Global Students spanning six continents. Over the past few years on average over 1000 students have signed up each year from 60-80 countries, ranging from high school students to retirees and everything in between.
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HTGAA Faculty
Professor, Harvard Wyss Institute
HTGAA Co-Founder
Professor, MIT Media Lab
HTGAA Co-Founder
Founder & CEO, Twist Bioscience
MIT Media Lab
Co-Founder & CTO, DeepCure
Professor, University of Pennsylvania
Co-Founder UbiquiTx & Gameto
MIT CSAIL
Professor, Cornell
Co-Founder, Onegevity Health, Biotia, BridgeOmics, & Nurture Genomics
Professor, DTU (Technical University of Denmark)
Professor, MIT
Founder, ESP Therapeutics
Professor, University of Minnesota
Harvard Wyss Institute
miniPCR bio
Ginkgo Bioworks
J. Craig Venter Institute
Professor, New York University
Founder, Harton Therapeutics
VP Science, ReadCoor
Professor, MIT
Co-Founder & CEO, Boltz
Co-Founder & COO, Ginkgo Bioworks
Principal Scientist, Waters Corporation
Senior Scientist, Waters Corporation
Professor, Stanford
Founder, BioFabricate
Oscillator
Ginkgo Bioworks
ARPA-H
Stanford
Ginkgo Bioworks
Global Nodes
Around the world many community and university biolabs participate as Nodes in the HTGAA network, serving both local populations and the global HTGAA community.
Our Sponsors
HTGAA would not be possible without the gracious support of our many generous sponsors:
MIT Media Lab
HTGAA Director and Co-Founder