BIOstudium™
Evolving over millions of years and today so diverse in its expression that we have yet to identify, let alone study many of its forms, understanding biological Life is a highly complex business. A composite of the Greek root word bio, which means ‘life’, and the Latin word for study, ‘studium’, BIOstudium™ is the name of our education and training branch, which is focused on helping businesses to understand how aspects of the living world work and how they might apply that knowledge when seeking to solve problems.
We offer a menu of learning activities structured around four main themes, which are designing with nature, with complexity, with circularity, and with resilience. The first of these themes focuses on biodesign and building with biology, the second on ecological systems thinking, the third on biomaterials and life cycle design, and the fourth on ecological resilience concepts and their application.
Our menu includes masterclasses, workshops and programmes led by seminal field experts and that can be delivered at beginner, intermediate, or advanced level either in-person, online, or in the instance of programmes, a hybrid of both. Masterclasses and workshops may be booked as standalone sessions or as a series of two or more, and in both instances our clients may opt to add-on pre and/or post session learning elements, such as preparatory exercises and post-session feedback and testing.
Those seeking more comprehensive education and training opportunities can opt for a curated learning programme integrating any one of several elements including both masterclasses and workshops, together with pamphlets, ebooks, audiobooks, films, and other printed or digital learning materials. Additional subjects that can be integrated into programmes include biophilia, biomimicry, biocomputing, biotechnology, and regenerative design, among others. Alternatively, businesses looking to learn from nature may find our membership programme of interest.
Our corporate education and training services are led by our by founder, Melissa Sterry, PhD who is a chartered scientist with multiple distinguished scientific, technology, and design fellowships, and that first worked with biodesign, biomaterials, bioinnovation, and biofuturism three decades ago. Having held academic positions including guest professor, visiting lecturer, thesis supervisor, guest critic, and external examiner with several of the primary universities and other institutions at the forefront of education at the interface of human and non-human systems, and with over twenty years of experience of delivering presentations and workshops to industry, hers is a broad understanding of education and training strategies, methods, tools, and approaches.
Explore how we can help your business learn with Nature below…
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Masterclasses
Led by seasoned experts, our Masterclasses are available at beginner, intermediate, and advanced level for sessions lasting for twenty, forty, or sixty minutes, followed by an optional Q&A. Delivered both in-person or online, clients can book between one and several sessions, and as a standalone activity, or in tandem with other learning experiences. Price on application.
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Workshops
Our workshops are designed to help clients learn by doing while being guided by seminal field experts. Delivered in-person or online, and as a stand alone activity or as part of a wider curated learning experience, our workshops are available as sessions lasting between 2hrs and 4hrs, and with the option of integrating pre and/or post session guidance materials. Price on application.
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Programmes
Structured around one or more of our four education and training themes, our curated programmes integrate a selection of elements carefully chosen to take participants on a learning journey that lasts anywhere between several sessions and several months, and of which the delivery style may be informal or formal, and provided in-person, online, or as a hybrid of both. Price on application.
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Designing with Nature
How can working with other life forms help us to solve problems?
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Designing with Complexity
How is the evolution of Life a lesson in living with complexity?
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Designing with Circularity
How are endings new beginnings for other life forms?
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Designing with Resilience
How have ecosystems evolved to coexist with natural hazards?
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Melissa Sterry
PhD, PGCert, BA (Hons), CSci, FIScT, FDRS, FRSA
Founder, Bioratorium®
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“In all nature there is something of the marvellous”
— Aristotle, De Partibus Animalium, I
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biomaterials • biodesign • biocomputing • biomimetics • biophilia • biomaunfacturing • bionics • biotechnology •
