Note that the title is fairly misleading, students don't actually do real practical labs. A random example: https://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/S63.21/class_site/pages/micr.... Probably because this class was being held during COVID times.
There's no hands on biology work. Homework consists of:
- Find a research or journal article - Propose a technology - Propose a methodology
etc
The 2019 version looks a little better: http://fab.cba.mit.edu/classes/S66.19/S66.19/