#2: Setting up a home lab and doing a DNA Extraction Kit
By Rohan M. Strawberry-DNA header image by Rohan & DALL·E Open AI So, your DNA Playground just arrived in the mail and you can't wait to get s...
#1: Discover biotechnology with me, an 11th grader.
Hi! My name’s Rohan, and I’m an eleventh grader who’s always been interested in science and math. But (gasp!) I wasn't always a biology-lover. My primary interest was computer science. As I saw it, no other field could get you so much for so little. With the same programming language, you could code up a game, or a website, or even teach a computer how to see.
What I didn't realize is that biology occupies a similar position among the hard sciences. It was reading George Church's book Regenesis that showed me that biology is just as much a world of code, compilers, and robots as traditional computer science.
The Science Fair Journey - From a Genetic Engineering Hero Parent Perspective
Welcome to a guest post by Jim Rea. Jim is a writer and the proud father of Patricia, a science-loving teenage daughter who, since her discovery ...
How I Learned to Make Better Agar Plates at age 12
Welcome to a guest post by Patricia. Patricia is a Grade 8 student in Ontario, Canada and a volunteer with Markham’s youth-led STEM outreach group, STEM Kids Rock. She has been discovering genetic engineering at-home after discovering and exploring CRISPR for a school science fair project (She won her Regional's Bronze!). Here, Patricia talks about her journey to becoming a Genetic Engineering Hero...
Parenting a Teenage Genetic Engineer
“Why don’t you do something with coding?” I asked. “This is coding,” she told me. “The REAL coding. The genetic code.”
Jim is a writer and the proud father of a science-loving teenage daughter. Jim has been discovering genetic engineering alongside his daughter and navigating what it means to be a parent at the forefront of Genetic Engineering at Home. Here, Jim shares his journey...