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How to Interest the Next Generation of Great Minds to Work in STEM Fields

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I’ve had a lot of questions in the last few months about STEM (Science-Technology-Engineering-Math) in the classroom. STEM is the acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, and covers an immense range of subject areas. Connecting Science to Everyday Life. Labs Lost to Educational Rigidity.

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YSP 2024 – Open for Applications

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This 6 week summer research program will run from June 24 to August 1 and will involve research in various fields of STEM such as chemistry, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, computer engineering, chemical engineering, and bioengineering with faculty and graduate student mentors.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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Growing a community: building the Plant Cell Atlas

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To address this, Dr Seung Yon (Sue) Rhee and Dr Selena Rice from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Stanford, California, USA, are helping to build the Plant Cell Atlas, a comprehensive compilation of everything we know about plant cells and the molecules within. Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA.

Biology 98
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The engineering behind Evolutor

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The team in Sheffield has over 40 years of accumulated research experience in applying an evolutionary approach to engineering biology. Evolutor has been built in response to the ‘Bio Revolution’, the biological science innovations that are able to transform economies, societies and our lives. The engineering behind Evolutor.

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

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Linda and Megan hope that their work will continue to support researchers with the goals of understanding the biology of ME/CFS and developing new treatments. About epidemiology and genomic science Epidemiologists study the causes, distribution, control and prevention of diseases. proteins) to better understand how they function.

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Can we create viruses and use them to treat cancer?

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Much of what we have learned about basic molecular biology, such as RNA splicing and DNA replication, arose through studies of adenoviruses.” For example, adenoviruses were recently in the scientific spotlight as they are used in the COVID-19 vaccines developed pharmaceutical companies Janssen and Oxford-AstraZeneca.

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