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Oakwood biotech program adds ‘precision protein’ equipment, expands student research
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Science teacher Heidi Edwards told the Oakwood City School Board that new precision-protein equipment purchased with Oakwood Foundation support and a $700 Parker Love of Teaching award will let students run protein electrophoresis, CRISPR labs and bioinformatics projects; two students are finalists for university research scholarships.
At the February meeting of the Oakwood City School Board, science teacher Heidi Edwards described new “precision protein” laboratory equipment purchased with support from the Oakwood Schools Foundation and a $700 Parker Love of Teaching award that will expand hands-on biotechnology opportunities in AP Biology and the semester-long Biotech class.
Edwards told the board the equipment lets students run vertical protein electrophoresis, isolate and image proteins, and analyze protein content in food samples. “Precision protein sounds like a mouthful. It kinda is a mouthful,” Edwards said, adding that students will use the gear to…
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