BioMEMS is a HUGE field that is growing at an extremely rapid pace. The field of BioMEMS includes any microdevice that is used for medical applications, biological analysis, or that employs a biomolecular component. In this topic you explore many of the areas of BioMEMS and some specific applications currently used for diagnosing disease, treating disease, analyzing specimens, analyzing environments, and identifying specific genomes.
The activities in this topic range from an exploration of DNA to how microtechnology allows for the identification of a specific DNA sequence, and from a size comparison of biomolecules to the use of biomolecules in microsystem devices. Some of the activities are online tutorials and others involve research or a comparison of the size of biomolecular components. Below are some of the activities you can complete:
- Exploration of DNA Concepts and Applications
- Protein Structure and Function
- Gene Transcription
- Biomolecular Functions
- The Scale of Biomolecules
- Marketing a BioMEMS Device
- Building a DNA Microarray Model
SCME's "DNA Microarray Model Kit" supports the latter of these activities.
The concepts taught in this topic can be applied to biology, general science, biomedical, biotech mathematics, organic chemistry, genetics, nursing, and micro and nanotechnologies.
