Bacterial Transformation with E. coli.
Biotechnology is the use and alteration of biological materials to make food, drugs, and other goods. Genetic engineering encompasses many different techniques for moving DNA between different organisms.
Cancer and the World of Drug Development
The Role of Regulatory Science in Drug Development is a case study activity that exposes students to cancer and the various steps and departments involved in cancer drug approval. It is based on the drug, acalabrutinib, which was developed by Acerta Pharma.
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Coral Bleaching: Responding to Stress Factors
Climate change and symbiotic relationships are important elements of the work in my fellowship position with the John R.
CRISPRi: Controlling Gene Expression
CRISPR technology has revolutionized the field of genetic engineering due to its accuracy and ease of use. Scientists can use this system to precisely modify DNA at specific loci, which has tremendous potential to benefit human life.
DDT and the Environment
DDT and the Environment introduces the detrimental phenomenon of biomagnification using the example of DDT. After learning about the history of DDT and effects to the environment, students will be given data to analyze about how DDT flows through a food chain/food web in an ecosystem.
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Developing Ocean Literacy to Understand Ocean Acidification
At the Virtual Human Interaction Lab (VHIL) at Stanford University, I created a mini unit on ocean acidification. This curriculum is divided into three main sections.
Drug Development: Discovering a Novel Antibiotic
Groundbreaking cancer drug research is happening at pharmaceutical companies such as Acerta (a small pharmaceutical company owned partly by the large AstraZeneca) everyday.
Finding Chemo: Robot Modeling of Chemotaxis
All living things need to obtain materials in order to stay alive. Chemotaxis is the directed movement towards or away from a chemical stimulus. In many cases, chemotaxis is a matter of life or death, so sensing and acting on feedback from the environment is a crucial life function.
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Introduction to Cause and Effect
In this learning segment, students will build an understanding of how controlling for a single variable in an experiment can help determine a cause and effect relationship in that situation. Students will first practice identifying causes and effects in everyday life situations.
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