Biotech Basics: Classroom Aseptic Techniques

For many biotech experiments, precision and purity are vitally important. Whether you are culturing cells, cloning DNA, or analyzing student samples, any contaminant risks ruining the entire experiment. That's why aseptic technique is a cornerstone of every successful teaching lab…

Get the Best Results: How to Choose the Right Agarose Gel Percentage

Agarose gel electrophoresis is a staple in any biotechnology classroom. It’s a powerful tool to visualize DNA fragments, but there’s one small detail that makes a big difference—the percentage of agarose in your gel. So how do you know what…

Tiny but Troubling: Investigating Microplastics in Our Environment

When you hear the words plastic pollution, your mind might jump to bottles bobbing in the ocean or plastic bags fluttering in the wind. But some of the most persistent—and problematic—plastic pollutants are so small, you can’t even see them.…

Follow That Flush! Designing a kit that teaches real world public health techniques

One of my favorite ways to design new experiments for Edvotek is to be inspired by real world biotechnology news. We've released kits talking about vaccine development, genetic cures with CRISPR, and disease detection using the ELISA. A recent use…