Five tweets to get you through your first month of teaching

This video to help you set up your forensic blood typing kit. https://twitter.com/HeidiHisrich/status/1300076337051381761 These tips to get students to engage with definitions. https://twitter.com/cut_ups/status/1293557359831330816?s=20 Advice on how to use comics as a teaching tool.  https://twitter.com/scifri/status/1292823080713236482?s=20 This protocol to help you isolate…

Learning about Food Allergies and the Detection of Allergens

Food allergies have become a growing concern worldwide, as there has been a large increase in the number of both children and adults in the last few decades that are being affected by this immune system condition. The National Institute…

Happy Birthday, Henrietta Lacks!

Happy Birthday, Henrietta Lacks! August 1st marks the 100th birthday of Henrietta Lacks, a virtual unknown African-American woman until recently, but a person whose impact on modern medicine is incalculable. Though the origins and commercialization of “HeLa” cells are fraught…