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This high school-college level activity screens for cellulase-producing microbes from environmental samples of the students' choice. Students prepare samples, isolate them on selective media, and screen for cellulase activity. Two methods are provided, one focusing on isolation of pure microbial...

This resource contains presentations from the 2014 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2014, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This resource contains presentations from the 2015 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2015, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This resource contains presentations from the 2016 cohort of the Biotechnology Industry Fellowship Program at Forsyth Technical Community College. In June 2016, nine Fellows spent four weeks traveling throughout North Carolina to gain hands-on skills and practice in lab techniques utilized in...

This 17-page syllabus provides an overview of the Survey of Biotechnology course taught at Kennedy King College. This course is an introduction "... to modern biotechnology which is based on recent developments in molecular biology, especially those in genetic engineering and bioengineering." The...

This 12-page syllabus provides an overview of the Laboratory Math for Biotechnology course taught at Kennedy King College. This course provides an introduction to mathematical tools used in a biotechnology lab. During class, students will "... apply mathematical concepts to solve problems such as...

This 5-page syllabus provides an overview of the Cell Culture Laboratory course taught at Kennedy King College. This course covers the techniques of animal and plant cell culture. The plant unit covers media preparation isolation, growth factor bioassays, plant regeneration, and genetic engineering...

This 7-page syllabus provides an overview of the Molecular Biology Techniques course taught at Kennedy King College. This course covers concepts in molecular biology, emphasizing "classical" techniques including DNA extraction, Gel Electrophoresis, restriction enzyme analysis, cloning, Southern...

This 6-page syllabus provides an overview of the Biotechnology Techniques II class taught at Kennedy King College. This course covers intermediate level molecular biology concepts with a emphasis on topics related to the biotechnology industry. Cell and gene therapy techniques are also...

This 6-page syllabus provides an overview of the Bioinformatics for Biotechnology course taught at Kennedy King Community College. During this course, students will explore a variety of bioinformatics research topics and concepts through case studies and a problem solving approach. The course...