The Best Hands-On Lab Kit for AP Biology Unit 5 (That Helps You Keep Your Sanity)
Unit 5: Heredity, is where AP Biology starts to feel very real for students…and can feel very heavy for teachers. Between inheritance patterns, probability, and pedigree analysis, this unit asks a lot of everyone! And while hands-on labs are one of the best ways to...
MiniOne for Everyone – Electrophoresis Now Just $199
Over the past year, we’ve had countless conversations with educators across the United States, at conferences and PDs, from large districts and small ones, urban and rural schools. And while their stories vary, one theme keeps coming up again and again: Budgets are...
Breast Cancer Awareness & STEM Education
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to celebrate survivors, remember those we’ve lost, and reflect on progress made in screening and treatment. It’s also a great time to focus on inspiring future generations to carry essential research...
MiniOne Public Health Spotlight
Like many educators, Crystal McDowell describes incorporating MiniOne Technology into her class as a game-changer. After receiving multiple grants, she has been able to equip her lab as a biotechnology lab! Her goal is to integrate biotechnology into all of her...
Storing Casted Electrophoresis Gels – a Teacher Guest Blog
Hello! I’m Diane, an AP Biology teacher who attended a recent MiniOne workshop in New Jersey, and I’d like to share an interesting revelation I had while working with my MiniOne DNA Electrophoresis System in my classroom: it’s possible to store...
Understanding Valley Fever: Key Facts at a Glance
While fungi play a crucial role in the environment and food web, medicine, food production, environmental cleanup, research and industry, biotechnology and agriculture, some species of fungi can pose serious health risks. There’s a reason you’re not supposed to eat...
New Study Could Pave the Way for Better Huntington’s Disease Treatments
Huntington’s disease, a genetic condition that causes progressive movement problems, psychiatric issues, and cognitive decline when neurons (nerve cells) in the brain die, is caused by an abnormal expansion of a DNA sequence (called a “CAG repeat”) in the...
Celebrating 10 Years of MiniOne
Time flies when you’re having fun and getting great results – the MiniOne Electrophoresis System turns 10 years old this year! Our game-changing set up was launched 10 years ago at the 2014 NSTA annual convention in Boston. At NSTA 2014, the inventor...MiniOne PCR System
