Life at Bio-Rad

Our Favorite Moments from 2023

December 28, 2023

This year at Bio-Rad, we worked hard ... and we found time to play, too! We gave back and supported causes in our local communities. We proudly fostered science education and provided scholarships to the scientists and engineers of tomorrow. We also celebrated our diversity and benefited greatly from the variety of perspectives involved in our most innovative work. And above all, we did it together. 

While we can't capture it all in our "Life at Bio-Rad Blog", below are some of our favorite stories and moments from 2023. Here's to a fruitful 2024!  

Work and Play

Random Acts of Workplace Kindness 

At Bio-Rad, we like surprising our employees with Random Acts of Workplace Kindness (RAWK for short). On December 4, we held a fun RAWK event for National Sock Day. A short video from the event is above. To see more from other events we held this year, click here. 

Ping Pong Tournament 

Between September and October, employees at our Northern California headquarters held a fun singles and doubles ping pong tournament. To see footage from the Singles Final, click here (Congrats to Xiangdong Meng on the win!).  

Employees Explore New Ideas Via Weeklong "Hackathon" 

At Bio-Rad, we invite new ideas and even thinking outside of the box as a way to spark creativity and innovation. This was the motivation behind a lively “Hackathon" held earlier this year in which employees formed into teams to collaborate on exciting technological projects and then presented their solutions at the end of the week. To learn more, click here. 

Giving Back

2023 Scholarships Awards Ceremony

One of our favorite things about 2023 was the ability to begin meeting in person again for things like our Bio-Rad Scholarships Awards Ceremony. On May 18, more than 30 Bio-Rad scholarship recipients were invited to Bio-Rad's Northern California headquarters for the ceremony, the first of its kind since 2019. To see pictures and learn more about our scholarship program, click here. 

Supporting the Scientists of Tomorrow

Beyond the Bio-Rad Scholarship Program, we support and foster science education in a number of ways. In 2023, this involved things like sponsoring a robotics program at a local high school, offering a tour of our corporate headquarters to high schoolers, and supporting a Bio-Tech Summer Academy in the San Francisco Bay Area.  

Giving Back to Our Local Communities 

From food drives to charitable causes like AIDS Walk San Francisco, Bio-Rad employees love the opportunity to step up and lend a hand to those in need. Our employees can be seen in action in our recent stories on the Tour de Cure in support of the American Diabetes Assocation and Bio-Rad employees volunteering their time at a local food bank. 

Celebrating What Makes Us Unique 

Spotlighting Our Team's Diversity  

We love giving our employees the opportunity to share things about themselves and their beloved cultural traditions. Here are some of our favorites from the past year: 

Women's History Month (Video) 

Black History Month (Event Recap) 

Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month (Employee Voices) 

Hispanic Heritage Month (Employee Voices) 

Everything we do is made possible by the thoughtful collaboration and teamwork of more than 8,000 employees worldwide. Want to join our team? Click here to view our open roles.