Community Forensics Workshop Features MiniOne Electrophoresis

Community Forensics Workshop Features MiniOne Electrophoresis

For nearly four years, volunteers at the La Jolla/Riford Library have been offering hands-on science programs that are free and open to the public. Enthusiasm for using science to solve crimes makes forensics a consistently popular topic for our community science...
Beyond Biotech- the STEM Behind MiniOne Electrophoresis

Beyond Biotech- the STEM Behind MiniOne Electrophoresis

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...
Gel Electrophoresis

Gel Electrophoresis

Looking at a sample of purple dye, how can you know if it is really purple? Could it be a mixture of blue and red dyes? Electrophoresis is a technique used in many areas of science to analyze and separate samples by applying a constant electric field across a...
DIY Bio Home Enthusiast

DIY Bio Home Enthusiast

Running the MiniOne Gel Electrophoresis at Home by Su-Lin, DIY Bio Home Enthusiast The MiniOne system is a very convenient to use system for Gel Electrophoresis experiments at home. It contains everything you pretty much need to run the gel, and leaves you to focus...
Libraries as a Hub for Literacy – AND Science too!

Libraries as a Hub for Literacy – AND Science too!

Libraries began as a deliberate accumulation of documents and evolved into more identifiably as a hub for literacy, knowledge and learning. As pioneers, the La Jolla/Riford Library has taken the definition of, “library” to a whole new level by putting in a...
Amgen Biotech Experience Ireland and Gel Electrophoresis

Amgen Biotech Experience Ireland and Gel Electrophoresis

Seeing biology students get excited about science is reassuring for our global future!  When students capture images of DNA and post to their social media with a “Wow!  Gel electrophoresis is sweet!”  we know we are doing something right.  The MiniOne System is...
The Summer of the MiniOne!!!

The Summer of the MiniOne!!!

Written by Guest Blogger, Sharon Price Students: During a 1 week bootcamp at Miramar College this summer, I prepared students for internships at local research institutes and life science companies. This preparation involved teaching them basic lab skills and...