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Thursday, October 16, 2014

Monday, September 8, 2014

Seminar in Biotechnology - Tuesday Meeting - 9th Sept 2014 - Room 919


The use of electronic devices in the classroom is currently being debated. Some instructors allow access to all devices whereas some instructors have a “no device “ policy.  The authors of today’s paper, conclude that multitasking on electronic devices impairs learning.  In today’s journal club,  we will examine whether the data supports this conclusion.    

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

The road less travelled

 A very relevant podcast from the Life Scientific  

"Carol Robinson describes her remarkable journey from leaving school at 16 to work as a lab technician at Pfizer, to becoming the first female Professor of Chemistry at both Oxford and Cambridge University, despite an eight year career break to bring up three small children."

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Trevi raises 25 million !

Local Biotech company, Trevi raised 25 million to start trial on new anti-iching medication.

Monday, March 3, 2014

A Human mutation that prevents Diabetes

Investigators at Amgen, Pfizer and DeCODE  have discovered a mutation in a zinc transporter that appears to prevent the onset of Diabetes.  This will likely have significant therapeutic interest.

Friday, February 28, 2014

How to develop a clear and engaging presentation

A key part of the training in the Capital Biotechnology program is to enable students to develop a clear and engaging presentation. In this video,  Susan  McConnell  presents some very useful tips on creating a clear and interesting scientific presentation.  

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Scientists Transform Skin Cells into Functioning Liver Cells

In our intro Biotechnology course , there  has been considerable interest in generating reagents  useful for the development of functional liver cells.  In this report, investigators at the Gladstone Institute  report success in  transforming  human skin cells into functioning liver cells. 

Friday, February 21, 2014

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Monday, January 6, 2014

The Foundations of Molecular Cloning - Past, Present and Future

A very useful and practical article  on the history and application of molecular cloning.