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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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A Look Into Biotechnology

STEMe

Biotechnologists can pick from a wide range of topics within biotechnology to study and places to pursue a career such as small startups, pharmaceutical companies, and government research agencies. These companies can develop new treatment options for rare and complex diseases, as well as genetic tests to better identify inherited diseases.

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The engineering behind Evolutor

Futurum

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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Building and training human tendons in the lab

Futurum

Bioengineering — the application of engineering principles to the fields of medicine and biology. It involves taking the principles of biology and the tools of. Developing pharmaceuticals from biological origins, such as vaccines. TALK LIKE A… BIOENGINEER. Building medical imaging technology or disease diagnostic devices.

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How can data management tools help us discover new treatments for a chronic disease?

Futurum

Linda and Megan hope that their work will continue to support researchers with the goals of understanding the biology of ME/CFS and developing new treatments. The goal is to learn about the biology of a disease and to identify new treatments or biomarkers. proteins) to better understand how they function.

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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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Opioids: From our Past to Our Future

STEMe

False studies began to spread promoting the safety of opioids, and pharmaceutical companies began to see what a lucrative business prescription opioids are. To stop this first wave of deaths, pharmaceutical companies began to restrict the availability of these drugs, hoping it would discourage abuse, which it did.