Nobel Prize-winning science, right in your MiniLab!

Nobel Prize-winning science, right in your MiniLab!

10/26/2018

For fans of biotechnology and biomedical innovation, the 2018 Nobel Prize announcements have been especially exciting. The 2018 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith, and Sir Gregory P. Winter, pioneers of directed evolution...
Teaching Evolution? Koala Genome Reveals Unique Adaptations

Teaching Evolution? Koala Genome Reveals Unique Adaptations

08/6/2018

Bitter taste receptors help an iconic mammal survive on a toxic diet In your classroom, you may have tasted PTC paper while learning about genetics and evolution. PTC is a bitter compound that some people can taste, and some people cannot. The difference is linked to...
Beyond Biotech- the STEM Behind MiniOne Electrophoresis

Beyond Biotech- the STEM Behind MiniOne Electrophoresis

07/11/2018

Are you looking for classroom activities that will bring together science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in one integrated experience? The solution could be at your fingertips – gel electrophoresis! Electrophoresis typically enters the biology...
Lettuce Investigate! Studying Foodborne Outbreaks in the Lab

Lettuce Investigate! Studying Foodborne Outbreaks in the Lab

05/31/2018

Beginning in April 2018, a foodborne outbreak of Shiga toxin-producing E. coli O157:H7 caused a nationwide alert about tainted greens. Cases first appeared in Canada and ultimately spread to 32 US states. According to the last Centers for Disease Control and...