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YSP 2024 – Open for Applications

Northeastern University

This 6 week summer research program will run from June 24 to August 1 and will involve research in various fields of STEM such as chemistry, biology, pharmaceutical sciences, computer engineering, chemical engineering, and bioengineering with faculty and graduate student mentors.

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes

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Synthetic biology: the power of modified microbes Published: Microbes are the world’s most brilliant chemists, able to turn simple sugars and other compounds into a vast array of complex chemicals. The general idea of synthetic biology is that we can engineer microbes to do things that naturally occurring microbes don’t do,” he says.

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How can we discover new antibiotics?

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To address this need, Professor Mohammad (Mo) Seyedsayamdost, a professor of chemistry and molecular biology at Princeton University, has been investigating important substances called ‘natural products’. For humans, natural products have provided a tremendous source of pharmaceutical drugs. WHY ARE NATURAL PRODUCTS IMPORTANT?

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The engineering behind Evolutor

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The team in Sheffield has over 40 years of accumulated research experience in applying an evolutionary approach to engineering biology. The engineering behind Evolutor. TALK LIKE A BIOMANUFACTURER. BIOECONOMY — the economic potential of harnessing the power of bioscience. EVOLVING PROPERTIES.

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What Do Geneticists Do?

Smore Science

Quite simply, geneticists are leaders in pushing the limits of what biology can be! A Bachelor of Science degree in either chemistry or biology can help you get a job as a lab assistant. Most geneticists find jobs in universities, the government, or even pharmaceutical companies. How to make a career in Genetics?

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Examining the extremely small

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Nanoscientists manipulate materials at the atomic and molecular level, and thus nanoscience merges physics, chemistry, materials science and biology,” explains Susanne. For us, CeNS is the ideal hub to catch the scientific questions in physics, chemistry, materials science and biology that can be addressed with TEM,” he says.

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Can soil microbes improve agricultural sustainability?

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Using synthetic biology to increase BNF activity in these free-living diazotrophs has the potential to generate enhanced biofertilisers that are compatible with a wide variety of crop plants,” Nate explains. Study for a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry or a related field such as biology, molecular biology or biomedical engineering.