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DNA Barcoding and Metabarcoding for CURES Workshops

Funded by the NSF Improving Undergraduate STEM Education Initiative

The Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory DNA Learning Center (DNALC), in collaboration with New York City College of Technology (City Tech), Bowie State University (BSU), and James Madison University (JMU), is offering two five-day workshops on DNA barcoding or metabarcoding in course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs). Applicants to these free workshops should be undergraduate teaching faculty with a sincere desire to involve students in authentic research projects, especially in CUREs for students in introductory courses.

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

A QUICK TOUR

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is on our minds. Each day I do a Google search for "COVID 19 counts." Typically I go to https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/ , which is a pretty good site. Today my search led me to COVID-19 Maps and Visuals at http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/covid-19/maps-visuals - hosted by my Alma Mater. This then led me to Coronavirus COVID-19 global cases (Johns Hopkins) at https://gisanddata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashboard/index.html#/bda7594... . I like this one so much I put it in an iframe so we can all stay up to date.

Also the image to the left is transmission electron microscope image showing... Read more

Our schools are closed. The farmers market is suspended. Spring sports are not happening. And our grocery stores have empty shelves.

Like many residents, I'm torn between enjoying the sun, or anxiously pacing around the house and getting teary eyed over the #SeattleWeGotThis hashtag on Twitter. The historians say we can cope by writing. So here goes.

Last December, I thought I had the flu. I was vaccinated in the fall, but still, with the feverish shivers and runny nose, I felt sick, and flu was the easiest microbe to blame. A... Read more

Well, I never knew this existed! What an amazing resource for any event or classroom!

The NSF Speakers Bureau is a volunteer group of scientists, engineers and other professionals who represent the National Science Foundation and are passionate about sharing information on the NSF's mission, programs and the exciting breakthroughs that have come from NSF-funded research. NSF speakers present to a wide range of audiences at civic, professional, educational and other public venues.

NSF values outreach and science communication, and our speakers seek to engage audiences, cultivate curiosity for basic research and inspire the... Read more

Sometimes, great resources can be almost in your backyard. Luckily, these days great resources can be almost anywhere and only a webpage away! In August 2018 I posted a Bio-Link blog about new resources at the Allen Institute, and now I want to tell you about education resources they have available for free! The Allen Institute is a leader in large-scale research and committed to sharing what they learn with the world. They are located in Seattle, Washington, where the teams at the institute investigate the inner workings of the brain, explore structures and functions in our... Read more

Strong work-based learning programs greatly improve student success, helping them gain technical and professional skills that advance their career objectives. The Collaborative to Strengthen Work-Based Learning in Biotech is a group of biotech community college programs and related biotech organizations that seek to work together and share strategies for strengthening work-based learning (WBL) in biotechnology:

If you are interested in learning more, or joining the Collaborative please contact the Collaborative Organizer, James Lewis at jlewis@ccsf.edu... Read more

As a Seattle resident, this field in Walla Walla, Washington, an area famous for growing sweet onions, looked the way I expected.

Downtown Walla Walla was a different story. We visited Walla Walla last September and found the streets lined with winery tasting rooms. Walla Walla's wine industry grew from 20 wineries in 2000 to 140 in 2014 (1) and several have tasting rooms in downtown Walla Walla.

This amazing proliferation of wineries and their tasting rooms results from a unique collaboration between entrepreneurs, investors, the state government, and Walla Walla Community College. All these groups... Read more

Dear Biotechnology Community and Bio-Linkers,

We write to you today to introduce you to InnovATE BIO , the new National Science Foundation-funded Advanced Technological Education Center in Biotechnology . This new center will continue the work of the first national center, Bio-Link, which established much of the communication infrastructure and comradery now in place among individuals in Biotechnology Programs, the Biotechnology industry, ATE centers and projects, workforce agencies, and related-trade organizations.

We hope that the Biotechnology Community (educators, students, industry, workforce and trade organizations) will come to value the InnovATE BIO National Biotechnology... Read more

Dr. Thomas Tubon (an InnovATEBIO CoPI, Madison College, WI), Dr. Amanda Rosenzweig (ARIS, Biology Department Chair, Delgado Community College, LA), Dr. Alexandra Gorgevska (Palm Beach State College, Palm Beach, FL), and Leigh Brown, Bio-Rad, kicked off Advanced Therapies week in Miami, at the Frost Science Museum's Future of Medicine Day the week of Jan 20, 2020. Other partners at the Future of Medicine event were ARIS, the Regenerative Medicine Foundation, World Stem Cell Summit, Bio-Rad Laboratories, and Phacilitate.

Dr. Tubon gave a presentation designed to inspire the next generation of scientists and engineers. This special... Read more