Events

• BioTeach Career Exploration Day - Statement of Interest for 2016/2017 Academic year Upcoming is November 30th and the next will be in early April of 2017. | 8:45 am - 1:00 pm

  The Career Exploration Day provides students with a connection between classroom science and the science that drives the life sciences industry. Through interaction with industry mentors, students…

• PCR for your Classroom (Cambridge) Friday, September 30th, 2016 | 8:30 am - 3:00 pm

  Learn the basics of PCR and where to source equipment and curricula to bring PCR to your students. Experience two hands-on labs that use PCR and gel electrophoresis to determine the identity of DNA…

• Learning by doing:Explore Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Enzymes (Cambridge) Tuesday, October 11, 2016 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

  Do you want fun labs to investigate photosynthesis, respiration and enzymes? Join us for this free, hands-on workshop using sodium alginate encapsulated algae and yeast to study photosynthesis,…

• Learning by Doing: Agarose Gel Electrophoresis (Cambridge) Wednesday, October 12th 2016 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

  Participants will perform three different gel electrophoresis activities: electrophoresis of dyes; restriction enzyme analysis and gel electrophoresis of lambda DNA; and a lab that simulates the…

• Biotechnology Project Management, October 2016 October 12 – November 16, 2016 | Wednesday evenings, 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm

  This six-evening in-depth seminar examines critical aspects of project management, including an overview of the drug development process and regulatory agencies. Participants gain practical…

• Learning By Doing: Explore Photosynthesis, Respiration, and Enzymes (UMass Amherst) Friday, October 21st, 2016 | 8:30 am - 4:00 pm

  Do you want fun labs to investigate photosynthesis, respiration, and enzymes? Learn how to make algae and yeast balls (sodium alginate encapsulated algae and yeast) to use as a model system to study…

• Making the Transition to Leader/Manager, November 2016 Wednesday, November 2, 2016 | 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

  The transition from individual contributor to leader or manager can be challenging because it requires a new set of perspectives, skills, and responsibilities. Individual contributors are often…

• Modeling Molecular Biology (Cambridge) Thursday, November 10, 2016 | 8:30am - 2:00pm

  Explore how a new set of molecular models can help your students experience what DNA, RNA, and protein molecules do, not just how these molecules look. Manipulate representations of molecules to…

• Learning By Doing: Plasmid Mapping, Bacterial Transformation, and Easy PCR (Cambridge) Monday, November 21st, 2016 | 8:30 am - 4:-00 pm

  Participants will perform two labs: Plasmid mapping using restriction enzyme analysis and gel electrophoresis and identification of antibiotic resistance bacteria using PCR. In addition, participants…

• Bio-Rad Workshop Day 1 (Cambridge) Friday, December 2nd, 2016 | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

  MassBioEd hosts Bio-Rad. We will use Bio-Rad kits including: Comparative Proteomics Using Western Blots, Green Fluorescent Protein Chromatography, pGLO SDS-Page Extension.