URI Biotechnology Manufacturing

02/13/2023

Upcoming job fair for Biotechnology !

Lining up plans in Boston? Whether you're a local, new in town, or just passing through, you'll be sure to find something on Eventbrite that piques your interest.

02/22/2020

Thinking of following your Biotech career down the "Cell Culture" path...

https://www.thermofisher.com/global/en/home/references/gibco-cell-culture-basics.html?cid=BID_R01_PJT3313_BID88888_VI_YUT_OD_KT_362 The handbook and videos p...

02/22/2020

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Hosokawa Micron offers a wide range of CIP/SIP solutions for wet-cleaning of process equipment, from spray systems and tank cleaners to nozzles and seals.

04/02/2019

https://youtu.be/NYtPw0WiUCo

How to get Lewis structures from electron configuration, and how valence electrons are involved in forming bonds. Created by Jay. Watch the next lesson: http...

01/29/2013

http://youtu.be/CLv3SkF_Eag

018 - Positive and Negative Feedback Loops Paul Andersen explains how feedback loops allow living organisms to maintain homeostasis. He uses thermoregulation...

01/29/2013

http://youtu.be/1Z9pqST72is

Paul Andersen takes you on a tour of the cell. He starts by explaining the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. He also explains why cells ar...

01/29/2013

http://youtu.be/zrXykvorybo

01/29/2013

Something everyone in this industry should know.

Current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMPs) for human pharmaceuticals affect every American. Consumers expect that each batch of medicines they take will meet quality standards so that they will be safe and effective. Most people, however, are not aware of cGMPs, or how FDA assures that drug manu...

01/24/2013

This is will be the second set to study for Exam 1

Vocabulary words for Biology [CHAPTER 35] (Plant Structure, Growth, and Development). Includes studying games and tools such as flashcards.

01/24/2013

First day of Bio Class has begun, here are flash cards to test you on Ch. 26

Vocabulary words for Chapter 36: Plant Form and Function. Includes studying games and tools such as flashcards.

01/17/2013

Biotechnology truly impacts the lives of many around the world, and it's only the beginning...

Biotechnology has helped improve the quality of people’s lives for over 10,000 years. Today’s biotechnologies vary in application and complexity. However, they all have potential to change our society.

12/30/2012

We should all strive to be such examples of courage, pride, perserverence and dedication to the well being of the human condition and scientific discovery.

Today we say goodbye to Nobel prize winner Rita Levi-Montalcini, who passed away today aged 103.

Levi-Montalcini enrolled in medical school in 1930 despite her father's objections (who believed that the role of a woman was to be a wife and mother, not an academic). She earned a degree in medicine and surgery, but her post-graduate career was cut short when Mussolini issued his "Manifesto of Race" which barred those of Jewish descent from professional careers. Rather than fleeing the country, Levi-Montalcini chose to stay in Italy and continue her work alone. She built a small research unit at her home and installed it in her bedroom.

She spent time on her research and as a physician during the war, and then returned to academic life afterwards. In 1947 she joined Washington University and became a full professor there in 1958. In 1962 she established a research unit in Rome, splitting her time between there and St. Louis, and in 1969 she became the Director of the Institute of Cell Biology of the Italian National Council of Research.

In 1986, Levi-Montalcini and Stanley Cohen were awarded the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for isolating Nerve Growth Factor from tumor cells.

Although she officially retired in 1977, she never truly stopped working as a scientist or an educator. Eight years ago she founded the European Brain Research Institute (EBRI) in Rome. She (with her sister Paola) also founded the Rita Levi-Montalcini Foundation, which focuses on the education of girls and young women in Africa. In 2001 she was appointed an Italian Senator-for-life.

Levi-Montalcini was truly an inspiring woman and she will be greatly missed.

Watch an interview with Levi-Montalcini here: http://bit.ly/ZMklM3
Read more about her life and work here: http://bit.ly/12QFbs8