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Oak Crest Institute of Science

An innovative chemistry and biology research and education center where today’s scientists immerse a diversity of students of all academic levels in high-impact research, cultivating tomorrow’s scientists one individual at a time.

Marc Baum explaining how and why he set up Oak Crest.
The video is taken from an online presentation given to students in the Los Angeles Unified School District in 2020.

Take a look inside the Oak Crest Institute of Science

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WORLD CLASS RESEARCH

Through our medical and environmental science research we impact the world with technical innovations, publications, and by involving students of all ages in STEM.

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State of the Art Facilities

Our advanced facilities allow us to excel in research, education, and innovation.

AFM of bacterial colony

Provided Services

We support a wide range of organizations in their research by providing services and access to specialized equipment.

Collaborators

We collaborate with top educational, scientific, and applied research organizations around the world

Tour Our Facility

Join Founder and CEO Marc Baum on a tour of our world-class research facility where scientists and students from around the world come to learn and conduct cutting edge research.

Featured News

Celebrating our Silver Jubilee

As we tirelessly work to maintain our research trajectory and ensure our students have fulfilling laboratory experiences at Oak Crest, we sometimes find ourselves giving less attention to other significant milestones. This year, one such milestone was our 25th Anniversary. In this season of gratitude, we reflect on what we cherish most, and Oak Crest and its achievements are at the forefront.

Oak Crest continues research on COVID-19

The Oak Crest team continues to collect data from our COVID-19 workplace surveillance study that has been running continuously since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020. This unique longitudinal dataset allows us ...

Awards & Accomplishments

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