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Science Afternoon Topic Areas

Science Afternoons - Biology

January 18, 2011

Focus on Transcription and Translation (How a Gene Works) - explores how to move a gene into a harmless bacteria with a protein result.

  • Dr. Alison Kraigsley



September 28, 2011

two men looking at a scanning electron microscopy
Credit: NIST

Scanning Electron Microscopy

  • Andras Vladar
  • Brad Damazo
  • Mike Postek
  • Prem Kavuri
  • Bin Ming
  • Kate Klein
Created January 26, 2012, Updated October 1, 2012