SoundBio

Join us for our first SoundBio Spotlight, a seminar series where SoundBio members can showcase their ongoing projects and their experiences within the lab. For this session, we’ll explore how bioluminescent organisms can be used as a natural biotechnology for environmental monitoring, and how we’re working toward creating a toolkit that makes it possible for communities to conduct their own experiments.

🎟️ Register here: https://www.sound.bio/new-products/spotlight-1
Refreshments provided. Free and open to the public!

📍Rita Koontz Community Space: 1121 NE 45th St, Ste 100.
🗓️ Thursday 8/13, 6:00-7:00 pm.

No prior experience in biology or biotechnology is required! Whether you’re curious about bioluminescent organisms, interested in environmental science, or simply want to learn about what’s happening at SoundBio, this event is open to everyone. Come learn, ask questions, and explore the possibilities of community-driven science.

Questions? Email [email protected]

Funded in part by a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology.

ᯓ★ SoundBio Lab is looking for people interested in serving on our working Board of Directors. This is a great opportunity to help shape hands-on community science in Seattle. Please note that this is an unpaid volunteer position.

We are a working board, which means our board members provide strategic leadership while also building out and supporting our programs, operations, fundraising, volunteer engagement, and organizational systems.

We are especially interested in connecting with people who are excited to:

✨ Build and strengthen our volunteer programs by improving how we recruit, engage, and support our volunteers.

🔬 Strengthen our scientific community by providing scientific leadership and mentorship, fostering collaborations and partnerships, and helping make community science more accessible, impactful, and sustainable.

👉 Learn more here: https://www.sound.bio/join-our-board-of-directors

Today is 2026. 🚀

Our nonprofit community lab runs largely on grants, donations, and volunteer power, and every contribution helps expand access to lab space, equipment, and hands-on science programming. 𝐏𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐁𝐢𝐨 𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐆𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐁𝐈𝐆 𝐩𝐚𝐠𝐞: 𝐡𝐭𝐭𝐩𝐬://𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐰𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬.𝐨𝐫𝐠/𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧/𝐬𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐛𝐢𝐨.
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Thank you for your generosity and for being part of the SoundBio community! 💚

Have you been inspired by SoundBio's mission? Learned new lab skills through our hands-on programming? Gone on a cool lab tour, conducted your own research, or gotten involved in a community science project?

If SoundBio has been part of your journey, we’d love your support this GiveBIG: ╰┈➤ˎˊ˗ https://www.wagives.org/organization/soundbio

Your donations help fuel the programs and initiatives that make this community so special. 💚

Many employers will also match donations during GiveBig. Typically, companies only need a receipt as proof of contribution and a single form requesting that they match the donation. Some companies will even match 2:1 or 3:1! This means that your gift can be worth two to four times as much as you donate.

Thank you for your generosity and for believing in our mission! 🧬🧪🥼

🌸Spring is in full swing at SoundBio Lab. Check our our full April and May programming at https://www.sound.bio/workshops

🧬 5-Week CRISPR Course (starts April 23 | Thursdays):
Get hands-on with this powerful biotech tool. Transform bacteria, extract and purify DNA, visualize proteins, and explore real-world applications of gene editing.

🔬 April Hands-On Workshops:
Practice bacterial transformation in Genetic Engineering 101 and experiment with making your own biodegradable plastic materials in our brand new DIY Bio-Plastics Workshop.

🧪May: Learn to extract DNA from bacteria, get hands-on with our new Opentrons lab automation robot, create your own living masterpiece in Painting with Bacteria, and learn a new cutting-edge technology for tumor detection with Liquid Biopsy.

✨ Come learn, experiment, and be part of our community at SoundBio Lab!

Join SoundBio Lab in our Biosensors Community Project where we explore using bioluminescent organisms as biosensors to detect heavy metals and other contaminants in soil and water. Our ultimate goal will be creating easy-to-use testing kits for our communities to conduct their own experiments.

Our first workshop will be on Friday, April 10 from 4-6 pm! We’ll explore which organisms are best for detecting heavy metals.

🎟️This event is FREE and open to ages 12+. Sign up here! https://www.sound.bio/workshops-events/2026/4/10/biosensors-community-project-opening-workshop

🔗For more info: https://www.sound.bio/community-projects

Funded in part by a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology