by msander | Jan 19, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
Geneticist Jennifer Doudna co-invented a groundbreaking new technology for editing genes, called CRISPR-Cas9. The tool allows scientists to make precise edits to DNA strands, which could lead to treatments for genetic diseases … but could also be used to create...
by msander | Jan 19, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry
We went to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office to get the lowdown on the CRISPR gene-editing patent dispute. Read C&EN’s coverage here: http://cen.acs.org/articles/94/web/20… ↓↓Full description and references below↓↓ CRISPR/Cas9 is making gene-editing...
by cbrookallred | Apr 9, 2015 | Gr. 11-12 Biology
Is it nature or nurture? That was the theme of a Café Scientifique in Toronto, hosted by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Three experts talked about the field of epigenetics and how the ‘nature or nurture’ debate is a futile argument. Recent...
by cbrookallred | Mar 26, 2015 | Gr. 11-12 Biology, Teaching Strategies
One of the challenges I faced in teaching evolution to SBI3U was making an abstract concept something the students could grasp. Evolution is a subject fraught with misconceptions and can be a very hard process to imagine. Like all of science, there is a particular...
by msander | Mar 9, 2015 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Biology
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=us-f9epWuuA&w=728&h=408] The arrangement of the letters in your DNA sequence is not the only thing that shapes you—there’s also the mechanisms that decide what genes get turned on or off, and when. Recently, a...
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