Welcome to the HTGAA@BioClub Site! BioClub Tokyo is one of the Global Nodes of the growing HTGAA Network. Lectures and Recitations are shared globally from the MIT Course ‘How to Grow Almost Anything’, each node will organize additional Class & Homework Reviews sessions, as well as hands-on experiments in the lab of the local node.
Upcoming
Spring Break | |
| BioClub Homework #7 Review | Monday, March 30th, 21:00 - 22:00 JST |
| Global Class #9 | Tuesday, March 31th, 2-5PM EST |
| Global Recitation #9 | Wednesday, April 1st, 5-7PM EST |
| BioClub Class & Recitation #9 Review | Thursday, April 2nd, 21:00 - 22:00 JST |
Classes & Recitations are held on the HTGAA 26 Zoom, BioClub Reviews on the BioClub Zoom.
Meeting Times
Global Schedule
- Class: Tuesdays 14:00-17:00 ET at MIT Zoom
- Recitation: Wednesdays 17:00-18:00 ET at MIT Zoom
BioClub Schedule
- BioClub Tokyo Class Reviews: Thursdays 21:00-22:00 JST at BioClub Zoom
- BioClub Tokyo Homework Reviews: Mondays 21:00-22:00 JST at BioClub Zoom
HTGAA 2026 Google Calendar with all the Bootcamp, Office Hours, Classes and Node Meeting Times.
Recordings
All the information, including homework assignments, recordsings, and slides will be shared on the HTGAA 2025 Website. The table below also includes recordings of the BioClub Node Reviews.
| Week | Class¹ | Recitation¹ | Class Review² | Homework Review² |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 1 | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 2 | 📼Recording⁴ | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 3 | No Class | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 4 | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 5 | 📼Recording A, B | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 6 | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording |
| Week 7 | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | 📼Recording | No Review, March 23rd |
| Week 8 | No Class, March 24th | No Recitation, March 25th | No Review, March 26th | |
| Week 9 | ||||
| Week 10 | ||||
| Week 11 | ||||
| Week 12 | ||||
| Week 13 | ||||
| Week 14 |
All recordings are Password-protected. Check your email or the HTGAA Forum for access.
BioClub Committed Listeners
Committed Listener Milestones
Milestone 1
Congratulations for submitted the HW1 on time, and becoming a Committed Listener. That was Milestone 1.
Milestone 2
In order to reach Milestone 2 and continue being a Committed Listener at BioClub, you need to do the following by March 10th 2pm ET.
- Make HW 1-5.
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Attend at least 33% of BioClub Review Meetings. - Share your 3 Project Ideas on the Shared CL Slide Deck - and on your website
- Send a message/post on the HTGAA Forum
Milestone 3
In order to reach Milestone 3 and continue being a Committed Listener at BioClub, you need to do the following by April March 14th 2pm ET.
- Make HW 1-10.
- Attend at least 33% of BioClub Review Meetings.
- Develop your Personal Final Project, document it on your Pages, and share it as a post on the Forum.
- Develop your Group Final Project and document it on your Pages, and share it as a post on the Forum..
- Sign the Student MoU
Current Committed Listeners
| Name | Forum | HW3 Form | FP Slides | Presentations | Total | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.12 | 2.16 | 2.19 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.12 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan Bravo ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 64% | 66 | 71 | 68 | 74 | 68 | 68 | 77 | ||||||
| Andrei Vasilan ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 51% | 3 | 65 | 65 | 50 | 45 | 60 | 53 | |||||||
| Ashish Srivastava ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 25% | 43 | 67 | 78 | ||||||||||
| Bihar Hikam Ahmadi ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 22% | 4 | 52 | 26 | 70 | ||||||||||
| Casian Veselin ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 70% | 73 | 47 | 66 | 54 | 70 | 62 | 61 | 60 | |||||
| Charley Naney ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 73% | 66 | 70 | 60 | 60 | 64 | 62 | 61 | 62 | ||||||
| Deep Dalvi ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 2 | 82% | 70 | 64 | 63 | 69 | 66 | 71 | 63 | 64 | 79 | ||||
| Diogo Custódio ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 4 | 71% | 49 | 69 | 61 | 65 | 58 | 62 | 58 | 61 | |||||
| Ednah Wanjiru ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 46% | 55 | 39 | 35 | 63 | 52 | 73 | ||||||||
| Fabrizio Flores Huamán ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 53% | 53 | 25 | 64 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 57 | |||||||
| Flo Razoux ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 2 | 63% | 56 | 65 | 65 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 75 | ||||||
| Ganapathi Naayagam ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 61% | 69 | 46 | 51 | 70 | 63 | 62 | 68 | ||||||
| Hotaku Komatsu ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 39% | 11 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 75 | |||||||||
| Katharine Kolin ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 71% | 51 | 56 | 65 | 63 | 68 | 63 | 63 | 71 | ||||||
| Keerthana Gunaretnam ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 2 | 35% | 68 | 65 | 49 | 69 | |||||||||
| Lit Liao ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 15% | 61 | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Maria Darabus ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 45% | 35 | 40 | 70 | 55 | 55 | 47 | ||||||||
| Mariana Kanbe ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 37% | 71 | 62 | 61 | 74 | ||||||||||
| Marisa Satsia ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 57% | 25 | 56 | 22 | 59 | 39 | 62 | 55 | 75 | |||||
| Nathaniel Nainggolan ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 47% | 71 | 11 | 57 | 70 | 67 | 61 | |||||||
| Nourelden Rihan ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 80% | 27 | 67 | 62 | 60 | 65 | 64 | 55 | 61 | 61 | 23 | |||
| Rahul Yaji ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 3 | 72% | 51 | 75 | 65 | 61 | 61 | 67 | 68 | 68 | |||||
| Ritika Saha ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 4 | 91% | 71 | 70 | 73 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 75 | 66 | 67 | 73 | |||
| Riu Yanagida ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 52% | 69 | 70 | 61 | 53 | 67 | 44 | ||||||||
| Sami Ur Rehman ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 48% | 56 | 76 | 59 | 1 | 64 | 60 | 2 | 18 | ||||||
| Samriddh Sadhukhan ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 28% | 75 | 72 | 66 | ||||||||||
| Samudera Mukhalid ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 55% | 60 | 62 | 56 | 9 | 64 | 53 | 71 | |||||||
| Sayaka Shimada ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 46% | 69 | 66 | 64 | 60 | 69 | |||||||||
| Sheila Ramani ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 3 | 73% | 76 | 65 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 77 | |||||
| Shishir Nair ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 37% | 61 | 76 | 68 | 76 | |||||||||
| Sophia Irina Harcău ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 71% | 67 | 56 | 71 | 50 | 71 | 65 | 64 | 72 | ||||||
| Sude Tanık ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 1 | 46% | 68 | 74 | 67 | 71 | 61 | ||||||||
| Supanat Deawrattanakun ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 24% | 13 | 62 | 51 | 30 | ||||||||||
| Taliana Vyaltseva ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 46% | 68 | 70 | 59 | 64 | 64 | |||||||||
| Yuxin Wang ¹ ² | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | ✔︎ | 57% | 25 | 70 | 71 | 66 | 57 | 65 | 53 |
- This is the definitive list of BioClub CLs. The list of CLs on the main HTGAA site will be updated accordingly.
- Participation at BioClub Sessions is capped at 60min.
- If you believe there is an error in the recording of your attendance, please send me a message on the Forum Chat.
- We will check in the follwing order: `Final Project Ideas ➝ HW3 Form ➝ Forum Message`. Only if `Final Project Ideas` exists, we will check `HW3 Form`, only if `HW3 Form` has been submitted, we will check `Forum Message`.
BioClub Global TAs & Lab Support
BioClub Tokyo
- Georg Tremmel, BioClub Founder, Node Lead & Global TA
- Ananda Gabo, BioClub Lab Manager & Global TA
- Shohei Asami, BioClub Scientific Director
Global TAs
- This is the definitive list of BioClub TAs. The list of TAs on the main HTGAA site will be updated accordingly.
- If you are a Global BioClub TA and your name does not appear her, make sure you A.) send a message/post on the forum and B.) commit the TA MoU to your Documentation Pages.
Global Bio Bootcamp
Prior to the start of the HTGAA we will organise a Bio Bootcamp, to get everyone oriented and up to speed. It is recommened for everyone. Watch the recording and catch up with the slides.
Applicant & Node Map
A Map showing the locations of Applicants & Nodes.
Communications
Committed Listeners and TAs should use the BioClub Category and the BioClub Chat on the new HTGAA Forum.
Committed Listener vs Global Listener?
A Committed Listener is a Listener that commits to the course. CLs are expected to:
- Watch every Class & Recitation
- Submit the Weekly Homework in time
- Participate actively in the Node Review Sessions
- Do and present a Final Project
CLs will get access to the Global TAs, to the git-based Documentation Server, and to the HTGAA-internal Sommunication Servers. If a CLs completes all the homework, has recorded sufficient attendance and presented a Final Project, they are elegible for a Certificate of Completion.
The time budget needed for a CL is about 15-20 hours / week.
Global Listeners are welcome to watch the Lectures and Recitations and they are welcome to make the Homework on the own time. They can not get Certificate of Completion. We understand, that the content is dense and complex, and doing the homework takes time and energy.Many HTGAA participants take more than one cycle to complete the course.
About HTGAA 2026 @BioClub Tokyo
Welcome to How To Grow (Almost) Anything 2026 at BioClub Tokyo!
This page is for students who are interested in participating in online review sessions and/or in-person experiments for HTGAA 2026 at BioClub Tokyo in Japan.
We also aim to perform the same hands-on laboratory work as the students at MIT & Harvard!
BioClub Tokyo In-Person Study Meetings
In-person meetings & workshops at BioClub in Tokyo are to be determined. Please check the BioClub Discord #htgaa channel for details.
Laboratory Exercises
Updates for 2026 forthcoming.
We aim to conduct the same experiments at the main HTGAA course at MIT/Harvard. Stay tuned for ways to participated.
Lab & Material Fees at BioClub Tokyo
Participation in the Global HTGAA online course is free of charge. If you want to conduct hands-on experiments at BioClub Tokyo we will ask you to financially contribute to the reagents and materials.
For the 2026 course we will split the hands-on experiment into separate workshops. The participation fee for each workshop depends on the reagents and materials needed to run the workshops.
Workshop times can be adjusted to the availability of Committed Listeners at BioClub Tokyo.
Questions & Answers
日本語で参加できますか？
講義と宿題は英語で書く必要がある。日本語での会話は可能ですが、主なコミュニケーション言語は英語になります。Can I join the HTGAA experiments for free?
You can join the Global HTGAA for free, but for the experiments at BioClub you need to contribute financially so we can cover the materials, reagents and instructor time.Do I need to be a Committed Listener to participate in the experiments? You don’t need to be a Committed Listener, but it is highly recommended. The learning curve is quite steep, if you don’t have an bio background expect to study for about 20-30 hours/week.
How is HTGAA related to HTMAA & FabAcademy? HTGAA shares its ideas and goal with HTMAA and the FabAcademy. HTGAA uses a different structure, participation in the global course is free - where participation in the FabAcademy costs $5,000. (~¥780,000 in 2026/1).
Why is there no HTGAA Asia & Oceania in 2026? The HTGAA Asia & Oceania Review sessions in 2024 were a self-organised response to the chanllenging lecture times of the main HTGAA lectures and recitation, organised by Georg (BioClub Tokyo), Austin & Elaine. For 2026 the concept of Global HTGAA nodes was introduced, BioClub Tokyo is one of these nodes. We will continue organising Class & Homework reviews, only for 2026 they are called BioClub Tokyo Class & Homework Reviews, instead of HTGAA Asia Class & Homework Reviews.