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Three ways to prepare for a good college application
Admission to college is both highly competitive and an important financial decision for teens and their families. While getting into and graduating...
What are Biosafety levels?
Biosafety levels (BSL) or Risk Groups, range from 1 to 4, 1 being the lowest level or risk group and 4 being the highest level or risk group. Citi...
What is Antibiotic Resistance?
Antibiotic resistance happens when micro-organisms like bacteria and fungi develop the ability to defeat the drugs designed to kill them. Sometimes...
What are Genetic Mutations
Genetic mutations are common. Since everything within a cell happens very fast, mistakes are bound to happen. These mistakes are called mutation an...
What is CRISPR?
Genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia arise from mutations in one gene. These are known as monogenic disorders because they are on a single ...
Higor's journey into the biochemistry world
Hello there! I'm really excited to share with you a little about my journey into the biochemistry world. It's been a wild ride full of surprises, d...
Unlocking Nature's Mysteries: Rebecca's Journey from Theoretical Chemistry to Computational Biology
Rebecca shares her experience in the interesting but lesser-known field of computation biochemistry. Bring DNA models in science curriculum to real images is one of her few expertise.
How to make a simple DIY incubator for your experiments at home or in the classroom
Incubating (another word for 'growing') bacteria and yeast is often a crucial part of biotechnology experiments. Like us, organisms prefer certain...
Build a blacklight photo box
Here is an easy way to create a 'black box' in which to take photos of fluorescent bacteria under blacklight.
You will need a cardboard box you can cut, scissors or a utility knife, a blacklight (we recommend those with a fluorescent bulb) or a blacklight flashlight and some black cardboard paper or paint.
You will need a cardboard box you can cut, scissors or a utility knife, a blacklight (we recommend those with a fluorescent bulb) or a blacklight flashlight and some black cardboard paper or paint.