Real environment
Participants learn inside Maya Lab's applied bioscience setting, not a generic classroom.
Maya Lab Bioscience Foundations
Industry-grade bioscience training in İzmir
A 3-day hands-on programme for people who want real laboratory experience, not only theory.
Participants learn safe wetlab practice, fermentation process thinking, measurement, documentation and lab data interpretation inside Maya Lab's applied bioscience environment.
A first-of-its-kind hands-on bioscience training experience in İzmir.
Small cohorts. Real lab setting. Practical project. Maya Lab certificate.
3 days of hands-on learning
Inside Maya Lab's real lab environment.
8-12 participants per cohort
Small group, supervised, practical format.
Maya Lab certificate
Certificate of completion issued by Maya Lab.
The programme
Maya Lab Bioscience Foundations
A 3-day practical introduction to modern bioscience work.
This programme introduces participants to the basic habits, tools and thinking used in applied bioscience laboratories.
Over three days, participants learn how to work safely in a teaching wetlab, understand the logic of fermentation, follow basic laboratory documentation practices, observe and record process data, and prepare a short project summary based on their work.
The programme is designed for people who want direct exposure to real lab practice before entering internships, graduate study, teaching, food or agriculture work, biotechnology or innovation projects.
This is not a medical, clinical, diagnostic or hazardous training programme. It is a supervised, teaching-focused bioscience experience within Maya Lab's safe lab scope.
Why this exists
Most people learn bioscience through theory. Maya Lab gives real lab exposure.
Real bioscience work requires careful lab behaviour, clean documentation, process thinking, measurement discipline, contamination awareness and the ability to turn observations into evidence.
Industry mindset
The course introduces how lab work is documented, followed, controlled and interpreted.
Applied project
Participants leave with a notebook exercise, simple data output and a one-page project summary.
Built inside Maya Lab
Maya Lab is a working applied bioscience environment.
Maya Lab Academia is not a generic classroom course.
It is built inside Maya Lab's applied bioscience environment, where biotechnology, fermentation, product development, process thinking, lab documentation and biological data are part of real work.
Maya Lab works around biotech-enabled ingredients and products, including fermentation-derived compounds, proteins, enzymes, functional ingredients and cleaner production routes.
This gives participants exposure to the mindset of a working bioscience lab: safety, measurement, documentation, process control and interpretation.
The value of this programme is not only the curriculum. It is the environment.
The Maya Lab advantage
What makes the Maya Lab environment different?
The lab itself is part of the education. Participants learn in the context of a real, industry-facing bioscience lab, not a classroom simulation.
What you will learn
Wetlab confidence, fermentation thinking and lab data interpretation.
Wetlab confidence
Participants learn how to behave, prepare, measure, observe and document in a lab environment.
- Lab organisation and bench preparation
- Basic safety rules and careful tool use
- Labelling, tracking and notebook discipline
- Contamination control and professional conduct
Fermentation process thinking
Participants learn fermentation as a biological and industrial process.
- Microbes, nutrients and environment
- Time, temperature, pH and observation
- Consistency, contamination and process errors
- Applications in food, agriculture and biotechnology
Lab data and interpretation
Participants learn how lab work becomes evidence.
- Clear observation records
- Simple tables and graphs
- Comparing results over time
- Short project summaries and practical communication
What participants work with
Concrete materials, habits and outputs.
During the programme, participants work with Maya Lab's teaching materials, lab documentation formats and supervised wetlab practice exercises.
Safety checklist
Lab safety and conduct boundaries before practical work begins.
Notebook practice
Structured entries that record what was done, observed and measured.
SOP reading
Simple operating instructions interpreted before supervised work.
Sample labelling
Clear names, dates and tracking habits for teaching-scope materials.
Measurement exercises
Basic time, temperature, pH, observation and consistency practice.
Fermentation observation
A supervised fermentation-related workflow inside the programme scope.
Data table
Simple organised data from observations and measurements.
Visual summary
A graph or compact visual that explains a change over time.
Project output
A one-page summary that turns lab work into a clear result.
3-day education plan
A structured path from lab conduct to project output.
Day 1
Lab basics and safe wetlab practice
Theme: how to think and behave inside a real lab.
Participants learn what makes a lab different from a classroom, how Maya Lab works, how an applied bioscience lab is organised, what safety rules apply, and what is allowed and not allowed in the programme.
They are introduced to basic tools, measurement habits, sample labelling, lab notebooks, SOP reading, contamination awareness and supervised wetlab practice stations.
Day 1 output- Completed lab notebook entry
- Basic equipment familiarity
- Lab safety and conduct checklist
- Clear understanding of programme boundaries
Day 2
Fermentation and process thinking
Theme: how biological processes are followed in the lab.
Participants learn fermentation in plain language: where it is used, how traditional and modern fermentation differ, why microbes are useful, what a fermentation process needs and what can go wrong.
They practise reading a simple process plan, preparing documentation, observing a supervised fermentation-related process, recording time-based changes and discussing sources of error.
Day 2 output- Process map
- Recorded observations
- Simple process data
- Applied understanding of fermentation as a bioscience field
Day 3
Data, interpretation and project summary
Theme: how lab work becomes a meaningful result.
Participants organise lab notes, clean simple data, create tables and basic graphs, compare changes over time, explain uncertainty and avoid overclaiming results.
Each participant prepares a one-page project summary, presents observations informally, receives feedback from Maya Lab and completes the programme.
Day 3 output- Completed lab notebook section
- Simple dataset and graph or visual summary
- One-page project summary
- Maya Lab Certificate of Completion
What you will do
This is not a passive seminar.
During the programme
- Enter and work inside a real lab environment
- Practise basic wetlab habits
- Use lab documentation
- Follow a supervised practical workflow
- Observe a fermentation-related process
- Record measurements and notes
What you leave with
- Practical exposure to an industry-grade bioscience lab
- Basic fermentation process mindset
- Completed lab notebook exercise
- Simple lab data output
- One-page project summary
- Maya Lab Certificate of Completion
Who should apply?
For serious applicants who want real exposure to bioscience practice.
Individual applicants include students, graduates, teachers and early-career professionals. Previous advanced lab experience is not required.
Company participants may apply when a team wants practical biological process literacy around production, quality, R&D or innovation.
Certificate
Maya Lab Certificate of Completion
Participants receive a Maya Lab Certificate of Completion after completing the full 3-day programme.
This is a Maya Lab certificate, not a MEB-accredited certificate or formal degree qualification at this stage.
The value of the programme is direct exposure to Maya Lab's working lab environment, hands-on practice, fermentation process thinking, documentation discipline and project-based learning.
Safety and scope
Supervised teaching-focused bioscience
Maya Lab Bioscience Foundations is designed around safe teaching practice.
Participants do not perform medical, clinical, diagnostic, therapeutic, hazardous or unsupervised biological work.
The focus is basic lab literacy, safe wetlab habits, fermentation process understanding, measurement and documentation.
Founding cohort
Apply for Maya Lab Bioscience Foundations.
Maya Lab Bioscience Foundations is delivered in small cohorts. Applications are reviewed for fit, motivation and group balance.
Selected applicants receive cohort details, preparation notes and participation information.