What about when you are just so sure that if only you had the perfect picture, your work would be so much clearer? But somehow, even all the googling and AI can't seem to give you what you need without watermarks or fees? With thanks to Rafeeque Mavoor, here is ...
I have been interested in the life sciences for almost my whole life. So there is no question to me that biotechnology is immensely important. And therefore biotechnology/biomanufacturing education is immensely important. Yet perhaps not everyone feels the same way. The labs can be expensive to set up and teach ...
I have been in research for a very long time. There is something exhilarating about uncovering information, and for me, particularly information that could help in the field of medicine. And even though that end result is important, the process of getting to the end result is also important, because ...
Tune in to the April 9, 2025 episode of the Biotech Beat podcast, where Adia describes her career in biotechnology. Adia's family was already in the biotech field so when it was time to make a career choice, she knew enough to feel that the field would be a good ...
I recently read a report that gave me a whole new perspective on how some people perceive the biotechnology/biomanufacturing field in the United States of America. The report, " Charting the Future of Biotechnology", was published in April 2025 by the National Security for Commission on Emerging Biotechnology ( NSCEB) ...
Shoestring budget? It often is! But that doesn't mean you can't have the equipment you need, you just might have to be a bit creative to get it. The "preowned" [used] equipment market might have what you need, with a little digging. I started with a Google Search: Used/Surplus equipment ...
Tune in to the February 24, 2025 episode of the Biotech Beat podcast, where Cesar brings us into his path from law enforcement to biotechnology. Cesar works at Novo Nordisk in North Carolina after retiring from law enforcement. He heard that there was a big biotech presence in Clayton, North ...
To be honest, I had never heard of Ganoderma tsugae (also known as hemlock reishi) before I read the paper " Submerged Fermentation of Ganoderma tsugae for the Optimized Production of Exopolysaccharides" Journal of Advanced Technological Education. Vol. 3, Issue 2, 2024. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.13377110. What I discovered is that the ...
The community-authored ebook on integrating Oxford Nanopore DNA sequencing into hands-on educational experiences is now available! Drs. Anna Feitzinger and Dave Micklos spoke about it at the Spring 2025 InnovATEBIO ATE project talk on March 28th and it is now available on the Nanopore Network webpage. When you download the ...
Dr. Lisa Smelser has been making a difference in peoples' lives for a long time. She served as the Biotechnology Chair for Central Carolina Community College where she sparked generational change, encouraging students to attend and complete BioWork certificates and degrees in biomanufacturing/bioprocessing fields. But her impact was felt far ...
NIIMBL U.S. Biopharma Workforce Partnership Conference, March 26–27, 2025: From Name Tags to Partnering Table Sessions to the Unconference – A Conference That Catalyzed Ideation and Collaboration Last year, I had the chance to attend the National NIIMBL Meeting in Washington, D.C., and it was such a great experience. This ...
A crucial part of building activities for students is choosing a topic that will be engaging and foster the kind of interest that will make students want to take the activity to new heights. The Antibody Hackathon team did just that in choosing to build activities and teaching protocols around ...
In this February 3, 2025 episode of the Biotech Beat podcast you will meet Artemisa, a City College of San Francisco (CCSF) alumna who moved from Mexico City (her home town) to San Francisco, and developed into a Senior Lab Associate along the way. Although she earned a Master's degree ...
Connections--so important in life in general and certainly in the workforce. But how to make them? How to learn from people who have made the leap you want to make too? Speed networking, a program built by Karen Leung and her co-principal investigators, provides excellent opportunities for students and industry ...
A question for you: do we measure mass or weight on a laboratory balance? As we tell our students, weight and mass are not synonymous. Weight is the force of gravity acting on an object and varies depending on the object's location. Mass, on the other hand, is the amount ...
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit organizations that review, reflect, and make recommendations to help shape polices and bring solutions to pressing world problems. The organization recently published a consensus study report titled: " Transforming Undergraduate STEM Education". It is full of advice on how ...
Plastic is a big, and getting bigger, problem for the health and future of our planet. Sure, we might recycle, and try to avoid using plastic when possible, but there is just too much of it. The authors of the paper titled "Potential of Tenebrio molitor and Zophobas morio in ...
In this January, 2025 episode of the Biotech Beat podcast you’ll meet Mike, who is an Austin Community College ( ACC) alum and now works at XBiotech in Austin, TX. Mike had almost finished his entire linguistics degree while still in high school when he took a required science class ...
Modern-day Oracles or Bull**** Machines is the provocative title for a new class that describes itself as "How to thrive in a ChatGPT world". The course is led by Dr. Carl Bergstrom and Dr. Jevin West at the University of Washington and covers Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT ...
The 2024 ATE Survey results are out, and they’re filled with actionable insights to help you and your partners support ATE projects! You can view the highlights document for a quick overview, or the full report for a deeper dive. The survey data, conducted by EvaluATE, can also be viewed ...
