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I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).
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September 30, 2008
Category: biotechnology
I learned via e-mail yesterday that the biotechnology program, that I taught with for ten years during the 90's, is ending due to low enrollments. I also learned yesterday, via...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 11:01 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Microbiology
HealthMap is a great site that could be an excellent resource when teaching a biology, microbiology, or health class. Not to mention, I can picture people using it before they...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 5:06 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Science education
One time, I suggested in a list-serve that science teachers make more use of primary scientific literature. Naturally, I learned all the reasons why teachers don't do this-lack of access...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:09 AM • 3 Comments •
September 29, 2008
Category: biotechnology
This First Annual Conference for New Jersey Biotechnology Educators will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4th at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. I'm excited about attending this...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 2:02 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Science education
Calling all scientists and science-fans: you can help with science education by letting students know you're interested. How? Go and comment on classroom blogs and wikis. I've been gradually collecting...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:00 AM • 9 Comments •
September 28, 2008
Category: Science culture
Ozzie's will never be the same. The sun shone so brightly yesterday afternoon that it left us with no choice. We had to go outdoors. Luckily, Ozzie's has a wonderful...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 11:25 AM • 3 Comments •
September 27, 2008
Category: Biology (Macroscopic )
Then you need to head over to The Oyster's Garter and read Miriam Goldstein's incredibly funny post about the problems of male sea squirts. Apparently, if you're a sea squirt,...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:16 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: HIV/AIDS
One of the holy grails of modern medicine is the development of a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDs. An obstacle to attaining this goal has been the...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:03 PM • 0 Comments •
September 26, 2008
Category: Bioinformatics
Let's play anomaly!...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 10:00 AM • 0 Comments •
September 25, 2008
Category: Genetics & Molecular Biology
Lots of bloggers in the DNA network have been busy these past few days writing about Google's co-founder Sergey Brin, his blog, his wife's company (23andme), and his mutation in...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 7:39 PM • 8 Comments •
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