Genomics: Up to the Minute
HudsonAlpha and Carolina produce quality kits and activities that provide students with a clearer understanding of biotechnology and genomic science.
Which PCR Kit Is Right for You?
We’ve made PCR accessible to all classrooms by providing a variety of kits from which to choose.
Building Careers through Exciting New Fields of Biotechnology
BioBuilder gives students the chance to integrate biology and engineering through hands-on lessons and club activities.
Which Electrophoresis Kit Is Right for You?
Use this companion guide to compare kit characteristics so you can prepare yourself and your lab accordingly.
Electrophoresis of DNA is a fundamental technique in biotechnology that covers a variety of subject material on the structure and function of DNA. Carolina makes the study of electrophoresis attainable for any classroom by offering a number of kits that include valuable teacher resources.
DNA Learning Center: Resources for Teaching Remotely
Teaching biotechnology remotely can be challenging. Let our learning partners at the DNA Learning Center help keep your students engaged and learning from behind their devices. When students in classrooms around the world were displaced and educators had to deal with a new teaching environment, our partners at the DNA Learning Center (DNALC) at Cold […]
Biotechnology Remote Learning Resources & Strategies
Biotechnology resources that work for your classroom Whether you are teaching remotely full time or removed temporarily from the classroom, Carolina Biological Supply Company is dedicated to supporting you with resources that keep students engaged while helping them meet performance expectations and learning goals at home. Carolina partners have developed unique content that can be […]
How Green Fluorescent Protein Is Used in Research
From Jellyfish to the Bench Green fluorescent protein (GFP) is used in teaching biotechnology, genetics, and AP® Biology. What is the significance of this protein other than allowing students to create fluorescent green bacteria? Perhaps your students have seen news headlines about transgenic animals that fluoresce green under ultraviolet (UV) light because the gene for […]
Making Scents of the World
Nobel Prize-Winning Research My terrier, Harley, spends most of his life with his nose to the ground. The intensity of his olfactory surveillance makes me think that the world must smell entirely different to him than it does to me. Recent research on the molecular genetics of sensory receptors gives us a clue to Harley […]
Debunking the 4° C Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) Myth
Myth:PCR product needs to be refrigerated if left overnight in the thermal cycler. Truth 1: DNA will be stable for days, even weeks, inside a PCR tube. Truth 2: Extended cold holds will reduce your PCR machine’s lifetime. Many scientists and other polymerase chain reaction (PCR) users believe samples need to be refrigerated immediately after […]
Biotechnology: An Essential Curriculum
This essential curriculum for introductory biotechnology covers DNA structure and function, basic lab techniques, transformation, electrophoresis, restriction analysis, PCR and sequencing, bioinformatics, and bioethics. Supplemental materials include a biotechnology vocabulary assessment and optional labs and activities. DNA structure and function Our curriculum begins with a DNA extraction lab. This introductory lab lets your students examine […]