The ability to accurately prepare a solution is one of the most basic, yet important, skills that a scientist should know. Scientists depend on precise solutions to ensure the success of their experiments, but it is easy for young students…
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Five Ways to Improve Your Transformation Experiments
Transformation is the process through which bacteria can pick up foreign DNA from the surrounding environment. The newly acquired genetic information is both stable and heritable. In the laboratory, we can transform bacteria with small, circular pieces of DNA called…
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The Top 100 Papers in Biotechnology — and How to Bring Them Into Your Classroom
In order to communicate their findings to others in their field, scientists will publish their data in peer-reviewed journals. Some of the techniques within these papers have revolutionized the way we do science. Nature, a leading science journal, tabulated the…
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Saving Your Gels
Is your school about to go on spring break? Are you worried about your electrophoresis gels diffusing? Last summer, we tested stain longevity and now we have it down to a science! Here are our best tips. At Edvotek, we…
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