With support from the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education: Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI Program), this Educational Instrumentation project aims to update an inoperative campus lab and provide students with the opportunity for hands-on experiences in the area of biotechnology. Menlo College is a four-year college in Silicon Valley that sits in one of the largest biotech hubs in the world: Biotech Bay. Menlo faculty recently approved a Biotechnology minor to provide foundational knowledge and encourage students to pursue Biotech Bay career opportunities. Equipment funded with this project will restore a former lab space and allow for instruction in the newly approved biotechnology lab classes, increasing student access to instrumentation needed for high-quality STEM education. Expected outcomes include increased student enrollment in the new Biotechnology minor, increased completion of all Biotechnology minor courses, and increased student interest in biotech or STEM-involved fields. Importantly, this project will inform HSIs on what hands-on biotechnology experiences are most exciting for their students and how to build a satisfactory biotechnology minor. Aims of the project are to allow students to gain hands-on biotechnology experiences, which otherwise would not be available, and to enhance student success and interest in the Biotechnology minor. Assessment measures include student enrollment in minor courses, student evaluations of teaching (SETs), and grades.