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Biotechnology:

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Biotechnology

RESOURCE	GRADE LEVEL	MEDIA TYPE
Associate Scientist Andres Berrio In this video segment produced for Teachers' Domain, Andres Berrio, an associate scientist at Biogen Idec, discusses what he has done to succeed in the biotechnology field.	9-12	Video
Biotechnology Student Profile Follow a high school student who is exploring the field of biotechnology by taking community college classes and job shadowing in this video segment adapted from Pathways to Technology.	9-12	Video
Careers In Biotechnology This interactive activity produced for Teachers' Domain examines several career paths available in the biotechnology field.	8-12	Interactive
Chemist and Biologist Catherine Drennan In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, learn about MIT professor Cathy Drennan's research into microorganisms that remove carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from the atmosphere.	9-12	Video
DNA Separation Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World Research This video produced by WGBH features students in the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program preparing a recombinant DNA molecule, and examines how this work relates to the way real-life scientists approach similar work.	9-12	Video
Protein Purification Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World Research This video produced by WGBH features students in the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program purifying a protein, and also examines the motivations people have for choosing a career in science.	9-12	Video
Publishing Genome Research Watch how NJ high school students apply basic principles of molecular biology to solve real research problems, and publish their own genome research at GenBank — the international genomic sequence database.	7-12	Video
Quality Control Microbiologist In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, go behind the scenes with a quality control microbiologist and find out why this job is so important to drug manufacturing.	9-12	Video
Recombinant DNA Lab in the Classroom and in Real-World Research This video produced by WGBH features students in the Amgen-Bruce Wallace Biotechnology Lab Program inserting a recombinant DNA molecule into bacterial cells, and illustrates how industry and academic scientists use the exact same techniques.	9-12	Video
Research Assistant Sandra Bustamante In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, meet Sandra Bustamante, a university research assistant who started her career with a biotechnology certificate and is now using nanotechnology—rather than needles—to deliver vaccines.	9-12	Video
Synthetic Biologist Karmella Haynes In this video produced for Teachers' Domain, meet researcher Karmella Haynes, a synthetic biologist who is using biotechnology to create living "devices" that help visualize how cancer develops.	9-12	Video
Tissue Engineering In this video segment from Design Squad, see where medical science meets tissue engineering in an implantable device designed to help people suffering from liver disease.	9-12	Video