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This study from the National Science Foundation uses data from a nationally representative sample of recipients of doctorates in science and engineering (S&E) to examine the gender differences of four critical outcomes along the postsecondary academic career path of earning tenure. These outcomes...

This 4-page report from Sheila Tobias discusses issues related to women in mathematics and science. Key aspects explored include math anxiety and coping strategies, as well as important research on classroom conditions for female math and science students. This document may be downloaded in PDF file...

This paper, by W.J. Haynie, III, Associate Professor in the Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education Department at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, covers issues of gender in technology education. Using an ethnographic survey approach, Haynie covers his methodology and...

This 7-page paper, from Naomi C. Chesler and Mark A. Chesler, discusses a strategy to improve mentorship for female engineering scholars. The pair "explore the sociological literature on interpersonally- and institutionally- generated gender roles and dynamics that make the construction and...

In the early 1990s, Stephen Fodor and his team developed a technique to produce miniature arrays of biological molecules. Their work led to the first DNA chip, and became the basis of techniques for large-scale genomic studies. The company Affymetrix was spun off in the early 1990s to focus on DNA...

This video, from G. Grant Welstead, Tobias Brambrink, and Rudolf Jaenisch of MIT's Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology explores how to generate iPS cells from Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts. The video is also accompanied by protocols for thawing and freezing...

This is a web page with learning objects on Generators and Distributors. The lessons are on the topics of power distribution, motor control circuits, and generators.

As genetics and genomics research advances rapidly through the knowledge gained from the completed human DNA sequence, teachers and educators require new classroom tools to present the rich history, complexity and excitement of the world of genetics and genomics. These teaching resources include...

The consortium's mission is to bring functional genomic methods into undergraduate curriculum primarily through student research. As part of their mission, GCAT sponsors faculty workshops in DNA Microarrays and, more recently, Synthetic Biology. The consortium also provides a centralized chip reader...

This webinar, presented by Bio-Link on October 21, 2016, provides an overview of the CRISPR-Cas9 system, a cutting-edge technology in the medical device industry. Presenters Sandra Porter of Digital World Biology LLC and Thomas Tubon of Madison College discuss the CRISPR Cas9 system and its uses for...