Education News
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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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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.
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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)
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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.
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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!
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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.