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Biological Sciences

Students work on the plasmid toolbox

A Hypothesis, a Collaboration and a Solution

It isn’t often that an entire class of undergraduate students has an opportunity to fill a scientific knowledge gap that may eventually lead to the design of better drugs or treatment strategies. But this year, a group of students in COLSA’s Molecular Biology Research Methods course (BMCB 754/BCHM... Read More

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