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Closing Out the School Year by Investigating a Real-World Biotech Mystery
As the school year wound down for most students in the Northern Hemisphere in the first couple weeks of June, some students were still actively…
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A Biotech Collaboration with the Deaf Community in Ireland
Any language is a living system. Language is not about individual words or phrases; it is about how those words uniquely connect as part of the…
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A Student–Teacher Relationship That Continues to Make an Impact
Throughout her career, every time Tara Reed has had to give a public presentation, she thinks of one person: Tammy Fay. Reed’s high school biology…
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Reframing the Discovery of DNA Through a Recreation of Rosalind Franklin’s Pivotal Photo
Until relatively recently, the story of the discovery of the structure of DNA has gone something like: On April 25, 1953, James Watson and Francis…
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A Teacher Finds Personal Meaning Through ABE Professional Experience
Although many people think about careers as a linear journey that continues along roughly the same track, building over time, I experienced a path a…
Career Profile
Linda Murakami
Amgen Thousand Oaks
When Linda Murakami was in third grade, a team of workers came and removed the top 6 inches of soil in her and her neighbor’s backyards. They were…
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Strategies for Increasing Student Engagement in Your Biotechnology Class
Sometimes we forget that our students are, first and foremost, people. It is human nature to be more interested in things and subjects that we are…
Career Profile
Danielle Ernest
Amgen Thousand Oaks
Danielle Ernest thinks of herself as a forecaster—of social media. Her job as a senior manager in corporate affairs at Amgen is to manage and develop…