Responding to the high school teachers' needs to receive training and exchange advice in the latest scientific developments, the University of Milan has founded CusMiBio (Centre of the University and School of Milan for Bioscience Education)in May 2004.

CusMiBio is a project to improve science education in high schools.

CusMiBio works in close collaboration with the Lombardy Educational Office (Lombardy is a large region in the North of Italy with 991 public High Schools, over 1500 life science teachers and over 342.000 students).
This center wants to be a bridge between the two educational systems, high school and University, with the main goal to increase knowledge and interest for Science in high school students.
CusMiBio organizes training activities and updating courses directed to school teachers and laboratory activities for high school students, to increase their STEM skills and their interest in biosciences with the final goal of ensuring a new generation of researchers. For the past 18 years, ~ 200,000 Italian students and ~ 1200 school teachers have participated in experimental activities organized by CusMiBio.

CusMiBio organizes training activities and updating courses directed to high school teachers and laboratory activities for high school students to increase their interest in biosciences with the final goal to ensure a new generation of researchers.

CusMiBio laboratories are University spaces dedicated to high school, fully equipped with high-tech materials and instruments, usually not available in a school laboratory. The Bioscience laboratory has 48 equipped work stations, the Bioinformatics laboratory has 32 stations, each with computer and internet connection. In both laboratories, videobeamers, internet connection and IWB are available as additional facilities.

You can find some of the activities, projects and info in the left column.