A Splash of Color in Philly

Last week the NSTA held their annual National Conference in Philadelphia, PA. This is one of our favorite conferences of the year since it gives us an opportunity to connect with teachers, administrators, and students! We wrote previously about the…

Wonderfully Woolly Mice

Walking through a museum it's easy to imagine what the world was like in the distant past. A completely different environment, with alien ecosystems featuring plants and animals that are now extinct. Imagine what it would be like to coexist…

Put the M into STEM: Quantitative Techniques for the Biotech Lab

One of the fundamental decisions when designing a biotechnology experiment relates to the method used to collect and analyze the data. As we have discussed previously, a key distinction lies in the difference between quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Let's…

C. elegans: The Tiny Worm That Transformed Science and Won Nobel Prizes

When it comes to groundbreaking scientific discoveries, we often think in terms of complex organisms. Species like humans or mice are key players in biomedical research and molecular biology. However, in the world of biology, a tiny, transparent roundworm called…