A group of twenty eight undergraduate students from biotechnology program of the MNS Department, BRAC University, visited the Atomic Energy Research Establishment (AERE) and the National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB), both located at Ganakbari, Savar with two faculty members, Ms. Jebunnesa Chowdhury and Ms. Abira Khan on 3 March, 2016. At AERE, they were accompanied by scientists to see the various research facilities at the Institute of Food and Radiation Biology and Tissue Banking and Biomaterial Research Centre. Subsequently, the team visited the molecular biology, microbiology and plant biotechnology laboratories at the National Institute of Biotechnology (NIB). The students and faculty members came back enriched with experience and renewed hope for the advancement of biological research and its development in the country.