For Conversational Biology series Welcome to Life and Biology’s new blog series called “Conversational Biology”. There are several reasons that I’m initiating this effort and I wanted to put them up front. *Before all that, I have a confession to make. I am fairly proficient at starting projects and not seeing them through to completion. … Continue reading Preface for writing this series
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Introduction to Discover Biology Lab and BIOMES Chambers
For Discover Biology Lab Welcome to Discover Biology Lab. Each week, I will have a reading assignment for you. Because there is no textbook requirement for this course, the reading assignments will typically be in the form of blog posts on my Life and Biology website. There will be quizzes on the material discussed in … Continue reading Introduction to Discover Biology Lab and BIOMES Chambers
Introduction to Biotechnology
Defining Biotechnology. Biotechnology is the use of biological organisms and processes to produce commercially valuable products. Many of the earliest biotech products made use of bacteria to produce recombinant proteins. That is, the bacteria produced human proteins that could be used as therapeutics in humans. This feat is possible because both humans and bacteria shared … Continue reading Introduction to Biotechnology
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