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October 19, 2022

Check out “Life Lab”, a podcast featuring EBRC members!

“Life Lab” is a podcast series aimed at kids ages 9-12 and their families. Created in collaboration with Tumble Science Podcast for Kids, “Life Lab” is five episodes about engineering biology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, featuring EBRC members and leaders in the engineering biology community. Listen here!
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Check out the latest episode of “Life Lab” – a podcast collaboration between EBRC and Tumble Science Podcast for Kids!

“Life Lab” is a podcast series collaboration between EBRC and Tumble Science Podcast for Kids about engineering biology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation. Listen to Episode 1 – ”More Cheese, Please” – here.

July 8, 2022

Education Module: Synthetic Biology and Machine Learning

A collection of six discussions with researchers who work at the interface of synthetic biology and machine learning.

September 28, 2020

Read EBRC’s response to the National Defense Education Program’s RFI

Read EBRC’s response to the DoD’s Request for Information (RFI) on Biotechnology Education and Workforce Development. (August 2020)

August 19, 2020

The Genetic Code Kit: An Open-Source Cell-Free Platform for Biochemical and Biotechnology Education

Layne C. Williams, Nicole E. Gregorio, Byungcheol So, Wesley Y. Kao, Alan L. Kiste, Pratish A. Patel, Katharine R. Watts and Javin P. Oza. Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology.

YouTube resources for synthetic biology education

Publication Date: September 2019 | Originally published in Synthetic Biology.

EBRC aims to serve as a resource for disseminating educational content and resources for engineering/synthetic biology. This article shares information about the compilation of publicly produced and accessible videos on YouTube for audiences interested in learning more about the field. Six playlists are described in the publication: Synthetic biology overview, Synthetic biology concepts, Synthetic biology teaching or public lectures, Synthetic biology research lectures, Synthetic biology in the lab, and iGEM. These playlists and the resulting publication were created by Aaron Dy, a former EBRC Student and Postdoc Association member, to share with the EBRC and wider community.

August 19, 2019

Check out our new “Synthetic Biology Media Resources” page

… and subscribe to EBRC’s YouTube channel to watch more than 170 videos about synthetic biology!

July 8, 2019

Expanding access to engineering biology – STEM outreach in high schools

EBRC SPA member Kathryn Brink authors a Nature Communities blog post about increasing engagement in STEM through outreach, providing a first-person perspective about bringing engineering biology to underserved communities.

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May 21, 2019

BioBuilder Teacher Training Workshops

Attention all teachers: There are still open spots for BioBuilder’s three-day professional development workshops this summer! Tuition scholarships are available. See the BioBuilder Professional Development website for more info.

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New publication from Jewett Lab

A new publication from Jessica Stark (Mike Jewett‘s lab at Northwestern Univ.) describes the use of cell-free synthetic biology in easy-to-use educational kits for teaching CRISPR and antibiotic resistance to high schools students. Check out the paper in ACS Synthetic Biology.

March 4, 2019

Tumble Science Podcast for Kids

Grab your kiddos and take a listen to February’s episode of Tumble Science Podcast for Kids featuring Danielle Tullman-Ercek discussing engineering bacteria.

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February 16, 2019

Oxford University Press has issued a call for papers

Oxford University Press has issued a call for papers for a Special Issue on Synthetic Biology Education.

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October 19, 2022

Check out the latest episode of “Life Lab” – a podcast collaboration between EBRC and Tumble Science Podcast for Kids!

“Life Lab” is a podcast series collaboration between EBRC and Tumble Science Podcast for Kids about engineering biology to solve some of the world’s biggest challenges. Supported with funding from the National Science Foundation. Listen to Episode 1 – ”More Cheese, Please” – here.

July 8, 2022

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YouTube resources for synthetic biology education

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May 21, 2019

New publication from Jewett Lab

A new publication from Jessica Stark (Mike Jewett‘s lab at Northwestern Univ.) describes the use of cell-free synthetic biology in easy-to-use educational kits for teaching CRISPR and antibiotic resistance to high schools students. Check out the paper in ACS Synthetic Biology.

March 4, 2019

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