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Biotechnology Breakthroughs: Messenger RNA Vaccines for Covid-19

Explore the biology behind mRNA vaccines and break down the initial Pfizer and Moderna clinical data.
Going Viral with COVID-19: Using Current Events in the Biotechnology Classroom

A comprehensive set of resources to help you talk to your students about the ongoing pandemic.

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Solving Your Dilution Dilemma

When asked to dilute a solution, students (and sometimes teachers) tend to panic! Though we all know what it means to ‘dilute’, sometimes one can be confused on how to actually perform a dilution.

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Back to School: Favorite Study and Science Resources

by Aidan RogersSeptember 23, 2021

With a lot of focus still being on back-to-school lately, now is a good time to brush up on some good study tools. As a recent graduate myself, I can attest to how much these have helped me through the…

Join 100Kin10 in lifting up the voices of STEM learners across the country!

by drsnowflackSeptember 22, 2021

This is a guest post by Teresa Mooney, Associate Director of Strategic Initiatives at 100k in 10. 100Kin10 is honored to invite teachers from across the country to join the unCommission, a massively diverse and participatory process to identify a…

Introducing Edvo-Kit #310, Hack the Planet: Using CRISPR to Terraform Mars

by stephsturmSeptember 21, 2021

In this kit, students will develop skills in gRNA design and will be able to simulate CRISPR-Cas9 technology to modify bacterial DNA. Given the vast differences in climate between Mars and Earth, bacteria that can easily thrive on Earth struggle…

Are You Ready for In-Person Instruction?

by edvotekSeptember 16, 2021

Due to the pandemic, students may have missed out on skills-based labs, or you may be a little rusty yourself! Do you need a refresher on how to pour an agarose gel ? Is your pipette calibrated correctly ? Do you know the differences between blue stains & fluorescent stains and the equipment required ?

5 Tips to Speed Up Your DNA Electrophoresis Experiments

by drbrianellSeptember 14, 2021

Agarose gel electrophoresis is one of the most common biotechnology experiments in high school and undergraduate teaching laboratories. Unfortunately, it also tends to require at least 45 minutes to perform… assuming that everything works exactly as it should, nobody makes…

Resources for teaching the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)

by drsnowflackSeptember 9, 2021

The polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, is a biotechnology technique where we create millions of copies of a specific DNA sequence in vitro. (For more about the basics of PCR, check out our past blog post. There is a lot…