2025 How to Grow Almost Anything
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2025 How to Grow Almost Anything

Schedule

Class: Tuesdays 2-5pm ET @E15-341 & Zoom
Recitation: Wednesdays 5-6pm ET @E15-359 & Zoom
MIT Lab Hours: See “Course Logistics” below. 68-083
MIT Office Hours: Available upon request
Global Recitations: Organized by each Global Node via Zoom (see below).

Class Content

Content will be updated on a rolling basis, usually after each week’s lecture.

Contact

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Dr. David S. Kong, Head Instructor: dkong[at]mit.edu Suvin Sundararajan, Head Teaching Assistant: suvinsun[at]mit.edu

Course Homepages:

MIT/Harvard Students

Homework & projects of in-person Students from MIT & Harvard
For registered MIT and Harvard students taking this class in person, grades will be administered under the following rubric:
Lecture, Recitation, and Lab Attendance and Participation
33%
Weekly Assignments (Class Write-ups and Lab Documentation)
33%
Final Project (Group work and individual project)
34%

Global Nodes & Committed Listeners

In alphabetical order, with the Committed Listeners (see FAQ) affiliated with each node
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The Committed Listeners are currently assessed on participation, final project presentation and homework. The students list might change.
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BioClub Tokyo, Japan Class Reviews: Thursdays 21:00 JST, Homework Reviews: Mondays 21:00 JST @BioClub Zoom
Abhilaya Makkuva: 🧬Abhilaya Makkuva, HTGAA 2025 Ada Yazan: HTGAA 25 Ada Yazan, Lisbon, Portugal Alireza Hekmati: Alireza Hekmati HTGAA-2025✨ Anandita Amalia: Anandita Amalia | HTGAA 2025 Aprajita Shukla: HTGAA 2025 || Aprajita Shukla Arisa Tani: How to Grow (Almost) Anything | Arisa Tani Aryan Choudhary: Aryan | How to Grow (Almost) Anything 2025 Azmine Toushik Wasi: HTGAA | Azmine Toushik Wasi Chairunnisa Amanda: 🪸Chairunnisa (Amanda): HTGAA25 Dr. Data Cheuk Kwong Ng: 🧬Data Cheuk Kwong NG, PhD Elif Dilan Gündüz: Elif Dilan Gündüz-HTG(A)A 2025 Eskalalita Mutamassika Dini: 🧬Eskalalita Mutamassika Dini Farhani Syafwani: 🍵Farhani Syafwani - HTGAA 2025 Hansen Jonathan: Hansen’s HTGAA Journey Kavya Sreekanth: HTGAA 2025: Kavya Sreekanth Malika Tulenbergenova: No access Md Rasel Uddin: Weekly work for HTGAA Muhammad Samudra Ilham: HTGAA 2025 Nina Kurowska: Nina Kurowska Robina Nematullah Khan: Robina Khan’s HTGAA Journey Rushda Parveen: Rushda Parveen Syed Tauheed Ahmad: 🔥Syed Tauheed - Learning how to grow (almost) anything Yash Sawant: 🦖Yash’s HTGAA
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Cellsius, San Francisco, US Global Recitations Tuesdays + Thursdays, 1800 - 2100 PT, Sundays Open Lab Days 14:00 - 17:00 PT, Global Opentrons Labs, In-person experiments
Matthew Berkshire, Chicago, USA: Matt’s HTGAA 2025 Website Etai Sapoznik, San Francisco, USA: Etai’s HTGAA25’ Jenny Wang, Vancouver, Canada: MIT HTGAA 2025 - Jenny Wang Divya Srinivasan, Berkeley, USA: HTGAA Spring 2025 Heike Rapp, San Francisco, CA: 🦉2025 HTGAA homework
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Designer Cells Lab at Yonsei University, Incheon, South Korea Class & Homework Reviews in collaboration with BioClub Tokyo, In-person Labs, Opentrons
Ahmad Hader, Amman, Jordan: No access Xavier Rios, Sucre, Bolivia: Xavier Alexandro Rios Salinas Yousif Graytee, Baghdad, Iraq: Yousif Graytee Hyunseo Kwon, Incheon, Korea: Hyunseo Kwon HW Page Anastasia Arkhipenkova: https://narrow-aunt-42b.notion.site
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Genspace, New York, US In-person labs: Tuesdays 6:30 - 8:30pm ET, Thursdays 6:00-7:00pm ET
Anastasia Bernaz, Abbotsford, Canada: 🧪HTGAA 2025 - Anastasia Bernaz Amparo Saavedra, Santiago, Chile: 🔬Amparo Saavedra Riquelme, HTGAA 2025 Amy Chien, NYC, USA: Amy’s 2025 HTGAA page César Rubio, Santiago, Chile: 🐧César Rubio’s HTGAA 2025 Webpage Chien Lu, Jersey City, US: CHIEN LU: HTG[A]A 2025 David Chau, New York, USA: 🐛David Chau HTGAA Oscar Schrag, Brooklyn, USA: Oscar HTGAA 2025 Nikhil Kumar, NYC, USA: HTGAA 2025 Patrik Artell, Lidingö, Sweden: HTGAA25: Advanced Bioengineering Frameworks Sohum Patnaik, NYC, USA: Sohum Patnaik — HTGAA 2025 Website Tanisha Shaw, NYC, USA: HTGAA 2025 || Tanisha Shaw Teddy Toussaint: This is the site of Teddy Toussaint for the course How To Grow Almost Anything 2025. William Eliot, NYC, USA: William Eliot - HTGAA 2025 (NEW) Yehuda Binik, NYC, USA: New page
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Lifefabs Institute, London, UK Global Recitations, Opentrons & In-person Live-Streamed HTGAA Labs Global Recitations: Thursday 09:00-10:00 and 21:00-22:00 BST (GMT+1)
Adelina Krusteva, London, UK: Personal Page Alejandro Mena, Toledo, Spain: Homework HGAA 2025 from AMC António Couto, Lisboa, Portugal: HTGAA 2025- António Couto Asma Khalil, Abu Dhabi, UAE: 💫HTGAA Auda Sakho, London, United Kingdom: Homework Link Missing Ava Chan, Oxford, UK: 🧬2025 HTGAA Beatriz Mesquita, Lisbon, Portugal: 🐸Beatriz Mesquita Cale Harrison, London, United Kingdom: HTGAA 2025 Chloe Lee, London, UK: HTAGG - Chloe Lee Cindy Orbegoso, Cambridge, UK: Cindy’s HTGAA 2025 Website Defne Karagul, London, UK: Defne Karagul - HTGAA 2025 Eduardo Goicoechea, Leamington Spa, UK: 🥼HTGAA 2025 MAIN HUB Esraa Alkhalil, Daraa, Syria: 👩🏻‍💻Esraa Alkhalil | HTGAA 2025 Federico Brunello, Naples, Italy: HTGAA 2025 - Federico Brunello - Committed Listener Folasewa Abdulsalam, Ramat-Gan, Israel: 🧪Welcome to Folasewa Abdulsalam MIT HTGAA’ Notion Page Hana Urukalovic, London, UK: HTGAA 2025 Hana Urukalovic Holly Adams, Barcelona, Spain: Holly Adams Irendra Wijewardana, Utrecht, Netherlands: 🧬Irendra Wijewardana: HTGAA 2025 Kourosh Afshinjoo, Tehran, Iran: 🧬Kourosh Afshinjoo László Cseresznyés, Lisbon, Portugal: László Cseresznyés - HTGAA 2025 Mehmet Erkan Ozseyhan, Bursa, Türkiye: Mehmet’s MIT HTGAA 2025 Mikhail Bagirov, Maastricht, the Netherlands: 🧬Mikhail Bagirov | HTGAA 25’ Muhamad Muhamad Alkriz, Aleppo, Syria: Muhamad Muhamad Alkriz Paula Rojas, Bogotá, Colombia: Paula Rojas Guerrero Richard Machoka, Nairobi, Kenya: Tackling Snakebite menace in Africa: Diagnostics, Snake Venon toxin neutralization and Synthetic Virus-Like Particle (VLP) as potential Vaccines Taline Frantz, Lisboa, Portugal: Taline Frantz
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Ottawa Bio Science, ON, Canada Node Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00-3:30pm ET, Global Recitations: Thursdays 2:00-3:00pm EDT, In-person lab: On demand, Saturday 3:00 - 5:00pm ET
Alexander Proaño: HTGAA 2025 Alexander Proaño, La Armenia Berenice Ferruzca, Queretaro, MX: HTGAA 2025 David J. Castillo. CDMX: 🤖David J. Castillo PhD (HTGAA, GLOBAL LISTENER-2025) Ethan Itovitch, Montreal, Canada: 🤔Ethan’s HTGAA Page Kate Melanson, Ottawa, Canada: How to Grow Almost Anything 2025 (HTGAA) Mariana Valdez, Puebla, Mexico: 🧫Mariana’s HTG(A)A 2025 Paul Romero, Quito, Ecuador: HTGAA 2025 Toma (teimurazi) Goch, Magdeburg, Germany: Welcome to my homeworks Valeria Rodriguez, Munich, Germany: HTGAA Valeria’s portfolio
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SynBioGenetics USFQ, Quito, Ecuador Node Office Hours: Wednesdays (only-in person) & Thursdays 2-3pm ET, Global Recitation: Wednesdays 3-5pm ET, In-person Lab: Thursdays 2-5pm ET
Alison Cabrera, Quito, Ecuador: 👩‍🔬How To Grow Almost Anything 2025 - Cabrera, A. Alonso Reyes-Calderon, Lima, Peru: Alonso Reyes-Calderon HTGAA 2025 Website Anahi Nacato, Quito, Ecuador: 🌺HTGAA 2025-AN Damaris Ganchozo, Guayaquil, Ecuador: HTG[A]A 25’| Damaris Ganchozo David Vaca, Quito, Ecuador: My HTGAA Page by David Vaca Eduarda Pérez, Quito, Ecuador: 🦋Eduarda Pérez Elvio Rodríguez Araya, Rosario, Argentina: Elvio Rodríguez Araya Isabella Ortega, Quito, Ecuador: Isabella Ortega’s HTGAA Workspace Jorge Moreano, Quito, Ecuador: Jorge Moreano Kelly Zúñiga Vera, Quito, Ecuador: 🗓️Kelly Nicole Zúñiga Vera María J. Méndez, Cali, Colombia: ✨My SynBio Diary Melany Jumbo, Quito, Ecuador: HTGAA 2025- Melany Jumbo 🇪🇨 Rodrigo Tamayo, Santiago, Chile: Rodrigo Tamayo's HTGAA webpage Vanessa Romero, Quito, Ecuador: Vanessa Romero Yasmine Yaakoubi, Tunis, Tunisia: 👩🏽‍💻HTGAA25/Yasmine Yaakoubi
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Victoria Makerspace, BC, Canada Homework Reviews: Tuesdays 6pm PT, Global Recitations: Thursdays 6pm PT, Global Opentrons Lab & In-person lab (only committed listeners)
Elizabeth Vink, San Diego, USA: Elizabeth Vink’s 2025 HTGAA Website Marlene Taja, SLP, Mexico: 🔬Taja’s HTGAA 2025 Gustavo Muro Marchani, Calgary, Canada: 🧬Gustavo Muro Marchani HTGAA Andrea Tambo, La Paz, Bolivia: 🔬HTGAA 2025 Andrea Tambo Piyush Acharya, Bellevue, USA: https://piyushacharya.notion.site/htgaa

Teaching Assistants

Head TA:
MIT/Harvard TAs:
Ronan Donovan (MIT)
Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (MIT)
Michelle Yue (Harvard)
Itamar Chinn (MIT)
Anna-Thérèse Mehra (Harvard)
Diogo De Souza (Harvard)
Becky Perelman (Harvard)
Cathy Guo (Harvard Wyss)
Jieming Chu (Harvard Wyss)
Johannes Stein (Harvard)
Kevin Tang (Harvard)
Raoul Fuerst (Harvard)
Kanna Momose (MIT)

Global Teaching Assistants

Adrian Filips (Ottawa Bio Community, Canada) • Alejandro (Alec) Cadillo-Valverde (Lima, Peru) • Benjamin Arias (SynBio Genetics USFQ, Ecuador) • Chien-Yueh Liu (Macau, China) • Delia Garrido-Jara (Santiago, Chile) • Derek Jacoby (Victoria Makerspace, Canada) • Digby Usher (London, UK) • Dominika Wawrzyniak (NYU, USA) • Elaine Regina (FabLab Bali, Indonesia) • Eric Wang (Taipei, Taiwan) Georg Tremmel (BioClub Tokyo, Japan) • Greg Galperin (Cambridge, MA, USA) • Inger Le Gué (Leiden, Netherlands) • Jia-En (Danny) Chen (London, UK) • Joshua Chen (London, UK) • Juan Diego Unda (Chester, UK) • Jun Ha (UCSD, USA) Kateryna Ivanova (Dresden, Germany) • Marco Mancini (Buenos Aires, Argentina) • Margaux Reynolds (Los Angeles, USA) • Mario Nakahara (Tokyo, Japan) • Martina Armas (SynBio Genetics USFQ, Ecuador) • Meghan Kane (Berlin / NYC) • Natalia Piórecka (Innsbruck, Austria) • Neha Suresh (Raleigh, NC, USA) • Onkar Date (London, UK) • Paul Kao (Taipei, Taiwan) • Paula Rivas (Prague, Czech Republic) • Quratulain (Ainy) Danish (Pakistan) • Rana Said (Tufts University, USA) • Sally Kong (Genspace, Brooklyn, NYC, USA) Shanice Otersen (Vejle, Denmark) • Shu Ou (Los Angeles, USA) • Steven Ness (Victoria, BC, Canada) Thanakrit (Austin) Wongsatit (VISTEC, Thailand) • Trammy Lai (Brooklyn, NY, USA) • Vivian Chen-Yu Hsin (Taipei, Taiwan) • Will Collins (Halifax, NS, Canada) • Yala Sampaio (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)

Acknowledgments

We gratefully acknowledge the support of Twist Bioscience, Opentrons, ThermoFisher, Nuclera and ValleyDAO for HTGAA 2025. The course wouldn’t be possible without you!
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