Graduate, Research
Student-led biotech consulting group brings science beyond the bench
In December 2010, a group of graduate students and postdoctoral fellows from the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis decided to transform their relationship with science. They formed The Biotechnology and Life Science Advising Group (BALSA), a nonprofit scientific consulting group to connect academia and industry, give graduate students real-world experience in the business of science, and strengthen the startup community in St. Louis. In the 12 years that followed, they’ve done just that.