[3] Additionally, the program features lab tours, conversations with leading scientists, and performances from groups from around the nation.
BASF's founder is former National Academy of Sciences president Bruce Alberts, and its director in 2011 was Kishore Hari.
[1] Principal institutional sponsors have included Chevron, Genentech, and UC San Francisco[3] and funding has been provided in part, from the National Science Foundation.
[4] The 11th BASF was held from October 20-24, 2021 as a virtual event, but it was cancelled due to the highly transmissible Deltacron hybrid variant.
[citation needed] However, after the first two years of the pandemic, the 12th BASF was held from October 26-30, 2022 as a virtual event again.