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A comprehensive set of resources to help you talk to your students about the ongoing pandemic.
Read More “Going Viral with COVID-19: Using Current Events in the Biotechnology Classroom”
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.
One of the most common model organisms used in laboratories is the nematode: Caenorhabditis elegans. This nematode species is great for studying toxicity responses, modeling human disease, studying aging and much more. They are simple to take care of, have…
Are you reading this coffee in hand? You’re probably not alone. Coffee is the third most-consumed drink in the world (it falls just behind water and tea). However, all that java adds up to a grinding global demand for coffee…
Its a new season and the school year is well under way. To celebrate cooler weather and to combat those mid-semester blues, we’re giving away a Cat. #500 EDGE™ Integrated Electrophoresis System to one lucky winner! The EDGE™ Integrated Electrophoresis…
Microscopes are amazing pieces of laboratory technology that allow us to visualize objects that are too small to be seen by the naked eye. This includes microscopic creatures like amoeba and bacteria, individual human cells, and even the proteins and…
Read More Inspire your students with the Nikon Small World Photomicrography Contest!
All this week, the news will be full of articles celebrating scientific achievement in the form of announcements regarding the 2021 Nobel Prizes. These yearly awards celebrate achievement in the Sciences, Literature, Peace, and Economics (though not all are officially…
This is a guest post from Dr. Geoff Hunt, Public Outreach Specialist at the American Society for Microbiology. You can find him on Twitter at @TheGeoffHunt. It’s that time of year again! The American Society for Microbiology’s world-famous Agar Art contest is now up…
Read More Announcing the 2021 American Society for Microbiology Agar Art Contest!
Biotechnology Breakthroughs: Messenger RNA Vaccines for Covid-19
Explore the biology behind mRNA vaccines and break down the initial Pfizer and Moderna clinical data.