Virtual STEAM Resources

Vertex employees discuss the diversity and inclusion programs available to them at Vertex.

If you have ever gone to a farmers’ market, checked out at a grocery store, pumped gas or wondered if that produce was truly organic, you have benefitted from the Department of Agriculture, Weights & Measures. Learn from Dr. Cass, an employee at the Department about what they do in the entomology lab!

Watch this short 5 minute video to learn about an interesting career in Environmental Health from Todd Burton, member of the Hazardous Incident Response Team. The County of San Diego Department of Environmental Health & Quality have staff out in your community everyday to help protect the citizens of San Diego from the harmful effects of hazardous materials.

Acid – Base Indicator – Learn about acid and base with red cabbage juice, water, lemon juice, and baking soda.

In this experiment, Gavin and Roman combine two compounds, which creates a chemical reaction. That chemical reaction releases a gas that we capture and use to create Frankenstein’s hand! Try this with some household supplies you may have around the home.

Reshma Kewalramani, President and CEO, talks about the future of Vertex.

Marilyn Vi, Senior Director of R&D, takes you on a tour of how Hologic started as a company 35 years ago with just 6 employees on the idea of building a densitometer for determining patients' bone health to Hologic's nearly 7,000 employees today on championing women's health globally and enabling healthier lives everywhere, every day.

Simple explanation of the operating principal of a laser.

Live Well San Diego shows a demonstration on how soap works to repel and wash away viruses, germs, and dirt.

During this video session we will go over the basics on how to create a design portfolio for college admission consideration. Putting together a portfolio of your best projects can be a fun task and we want to help you along the process of becoming the next top designer or architect!

Learn about the Vertex research principles that are the connective thread behind everything we do — from discovering molecules to applying our work in the clinic — and our hopes for the future of our pipeline.

This video, shot just a few days before the opening our brand-new Biosafety Level 3 laboratory, is a unique opportunity to be inside the lab before it goes "hot" with virus. Only specially-trained personnel can enter once it does.