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Biotechnology Saturdays!

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8 sessions

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This series ended on July 30, 2022. All 1:1 and group chats related to this series are disabled 7 days after the last session.

About

Each week, we will be going over an interesting biotechnology topic! This series will be different from a typical biology series as instead of going over biology concepts commonly taught in a normal class, we will be going over the special topic of biotechnology. My goal is to make the sessions pretty interactive, so participation is highly encouraged. Everyone is welcome, and I hope to see you here!

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Grace C 🇺🇸

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Hi, I'm Grace and I'm excited to be a Schoolhouse.world tutor! I'm a current college student at MIT. I mostly host math and biology sessions, but I love all kinds of learning from English to calculus! In the past, I was an AIME, NSDA nationals, and two-time NJSHS/Regeneron STS qualifier. I also attended the Research Science Institute. I look forward to meeting you and working together!

Schedule

✋ ATTENDANCE POLICY

Feel free to skip/miss any sessions. You won't need to have understood/been present at the previous week's meeting in order to understand the next week's topic unless specified ahead of time.

SESSION 1

4

Jun

SESSION 1

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJun 4, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

Hello everyone! In this first session, we will have a quick general orientation with introductions. Then, we will start our first Saturday topic which is PCR (polymerase chain reaction)!  We will go over the basics of PCR, complete a virtual modeling activity, and finally end with a review Kahoot. No prior knowledge is necessary, and I hope to see you there.

SESSION 2

11

Jun

SESSION 2

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJun 11, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

For our second session, our Saturday topic is gel electrophoresis! We will go over the principles of gel electrophoresis, walk through a virtual lab of the procedure, and then finally end with some review. I look forward to another session with you!

SESSION 3

18

Jun

SESSION 3

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJun 18, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

In our third session, we will be talking about microarrays! We will go over the concepts behind microarrays, do a virtual modeling activity, and then review what we've covered. I hope to see you at the session.

SESSION 4

25

Jun

SESSION 4

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJun 25, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

In this Saturday, our topic will be ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays! This technique is used in many different tests such as pregnancy and COVID-19 tests. We will go over the ELISA procedure, do a virtual modeling activity, and finish with some review of what we went over today. I look forward to seeing you at the session!

SESSION 5

2

Jul

SESSION 5

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJul 2, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

Hi! In this session, we will be talking about bacteria and their uses in biotechnology. Did you know that most human insulin is now created by bacteria? This will be a longer lesson and will be split across two Saturdays. The first Saturday is about bacteria and genes.

SESSION 6

9

Jul

SESSION 6

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJul 9, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

During this session, we will pick up where we left off from last Saturday which was about bacteria and biotechnology. We will finish talking about how bacteria can be used to produce other molecules.

SESSION 7

23

Jul

SESSION 7

Catchup

Sat 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTCJul 23, 6:15 PM - 7:15 PM UTC

This is a redo session for PCR! We will be going over the concepts of PCR, do two virtual labs, and if we have time, we will end with a review Kahoot. If you already attended the PCR session from earlier, feel free to skip this one, but we will be doing a second new virtual activity. I hope to see you here! :)

SESSION 8

30

Jul

SESSION 8

Biology

Sat 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM UTCJul 30, 6:15 PM - 6:45 PM UTC

Hi everyone! Thanks for sticking around to Biotechnology Saturdays! It's been a joy to work with you all. This will sadly be the last session in the series where we will have a mini-celebration/wrap-up. See you here. :)

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Jun 4 - Jul 30

9 weeks

30 - 60 mins

/ session

SCHEDULE

Saturdays

6:15PM