Note: This article and photos were written and contributed by Erica Myatt, Virginia Western Community College. Conventional spring break plans typically involve time away from campus for just that, a break. But this past spring, a group of students — not all of whom are pursuing a science-related degree — ...
Welcome to the InnovATEBIO 2023 series of virtual ATE project talks. This series features leaders in biotechnology workforce education from across the US sharing their work on exciting projects funded by the National Science Foundation's Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program. The ATE program supports the education of technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy. Our speakers this week are both from community colleges in Maryland. They will talk about their experiences with incorporating flow cytometry, cell therapy into the curriculum and developing a new ...
What a difference it makes when our students become more confident working in our Cell & Tissue Culture lab! But none of this is possible without the work from every member of our team, including our peer mentor. From the faculty that developed (and teach) the biotechnology core courses, to ...
Speaker: Bruce Van Dyke, Quincy College, MA Host: Dr. Sandra Porter, Digital World Biology, InnovATE BIO.org 1. Watch Webinar1: Virtual Single-use Biomanufacturing 2. Visit the Virtual Single-Use Biomanufacturing on-line module password: qcbtc 3. Go to the bottom of the page to download the handouts Upstream processing virtual lab description How ...
I think cell culture can be one of the most exacting skill sets in biotechnology. I have done it, and sometimes it went well, and sometimes it did not! Millipore Sigma has posted some terrific (and free!) videos that cover many important topics about cell culture. Some of the videos ...
Hello, my name is Kristine and I'm currently enrolled in State College of Florida's Biotechnology program. I have always been in love with science and remember watching documentaries and television shows wanting to work in the labs that the actors/featured scientist were in. I thought in order to get to ...
This week, Jenn tells us about her pet viruses, dissects a publication, tells us what not to do with SDS-PAGE gels, and shares a bit of job-hunting advice. Enjoy! I'm beginning to wonder if I have some scar tissue on the part of my brain that helps me know my ...
I love imaging. Especially imaging using antibodies. I spent a large amount of time recently creating images of differentiated human iPS cells... and I loved it. A couple of weeks ago, I was giving a plate of undifferentiated stem cells to practice passaging and removing unwanted differentiation. I noticed that ...
Is it science or art? Jennifer tells us about make tubes with lovely colors, better known as Bradford and ss-galactosidase assays, and graphs with Excel. Guest speakers tell the PCC classes about technology transfer at OHSU and cell culture at Najit Technologies. This week (and a half) in Portland Community ...
This week in Basic Lab we continued working with micropipettors and today we had our first lab exam and practical. The practical was actually really fun! There are quite a few tubes that our instructor will have to verify the measurements on though, so it's not likely that we will ...
The results are in! After subsequent checks at 48 and 72 hours, the broth transferred to the glass bottle, two conical tubes and the cell culture petri dish are all uncontaminated! I spent approximately 30-45 seconds doing an imaginary celebratory dance in my head before I realized it is only ...
