Course Logistics
Schedule / Location
- Tuesdays, 2–5 PM ET
- Room: MIT E15-359 & Zoom
- Slides/recordings: linked from each week page after class
- Wednesdays, 5–7 PM ET
- Room: MIT E15-359 & Zoom
- Slides/recordings: linked from each week page after recitation
- Global recitations are organized locally by each node (via Zoom).
- Contact your Node lead for times and links.
- Thursdays and Fridays, 2-5 PM ET
- Room: 68-083
- Week-specific sessions and protocols appear on each week’s Lab page.
- Available upon request. Coordinate directly with the teaching team.
Course Leadership
- Director: Dr. David Sun Kong —
dkong@mit.edu - Head TA: Ronan Donovan —
rcd@mit.edu - HTGAA Co-Founders: Dr. David Sun Kong, Prof. George Church, Prof. Joseph Jacobson
Grading
For registered MIT and Harvard students taking this class in person and for credit (MIT course MAS.885), grades will be determined using the following rubric:
| Component | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 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% |
Committed Listeners are assessed on participation, homework, and final project presentation; those meeting the standards are awarded a signed Certificate of Completion at the end of the course. Contact your Global Node for grading details.
Course FAQ
Looking for more detail about the course? Check out the HTGAA Course FAQ.
2025 MIT/Harvard Teaching Assistants
- Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (MIT)
- Michelle Yue (Harvard)
- Cholpisit (Ice) Kiattisewee (MIT)
- Itamar Chinn (MIT)
- Suvin Sundararajan (Harvard)
- 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)
- Kyuho Jang (MIT)
- Kanna Momose (MIT)
- Lennart Justen (MIT)
2025 Global TAs
- 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, Head of Educational Technology (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)