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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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How can we discover new antibiotics?

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To address this need, Professor Mohammad (Mo) Seyedsayamdost, a professor of chemistry and molecular biology at Princeton University, has been investigating important substances called ‘natural products’. For humans, natural products have provided a tremendous source of pharmaceutical drugs. WHY ARE NATURAL PRODUCTS IMPORTANT?

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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.

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

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About epidemiology and genomic science Epidemiologists study the causes, distribution, control and prevention of diseases. Some fields of genomic science are disease agnostic, meaning the focus is more on understanding how the genome functions in a healthy organism. Contact your local university for internship opportunities.

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The engineering behind Evolutor

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Evolutor has been built in response to the ‘Bio Revolution’, the biological science innovations that are able to transform economies, societies and our lives. FUNDERS: Royal Academy of Engineering, Research England, Innovate UK, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council’s (BBSRC), The University of Sheffield.

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Building and training human tendons in the lab

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PROFESSOR PIERRE-ALEXIS MOUTHUY Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, UK. Funders: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (UKRI-EPSRC) (grant number EP/S003509/1). Developing pharmaceuticals from biological origins, such as vaccines. Meet Nicole.