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The Allen Institute for Cell Science has been busy! Two new resources are now available for everyone to explore cells. Here is what the Institute says about their new offerings.

The Allen Integrated Cell summarizes a large collection of live human stem cells, gene edited by Allen Institute scientists to incorporate fluorescent protein tags. By allowing researchers around the world to see many structures inside a living cell together at the same time, the Allen Integrated Cell provides a baseline for understanding cells, studying human disease models, and identifying pathologies.

To see something really amazing,... Read more

Biotech is more than just science... it is business.

Because biotech is creating useful products via biological systems, business is a very important part. In the post-bacc program, we have a weekly business class where we learn about the basics of business organization and management.

Earlier in the program we completed an 8-week project where we had to create a mock company and sell a product. At the end of the 8 weeks we were expected to present our companies at a mock venture capital fair. At the fair, students from the associates program would invest in our... Read more