When we are in the lab, we often think of safety as reducing injury from chemical spills or electrical shock. However, one of the biggest factors that can lead to lab injury is the lack of a well-designed space. Slouching…
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Biotechnology Basics: Exploring the Scientific Method
Figure 1: The Scientific Method. CK-12 Foundation, CC BY-SA 3.0 Today, let's delve into the essence of the Scientific Method. It's a topic likely on your teaching radar every year, and with every experiment, since our experiments are built around…
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Top Five Blog Posts of 2023
Believe it or not, the Edvotek blog was founded in April of 2014! For a few years, it lived on our main website at Edvotek.com. That blog has been retired, and we returned here to blog.edvotek.com. In that time, we have published…
The Big ELISA Roundup
The Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay, or ELISA, is a fundamental technique that is used daily in diagnostic and research labs around the world. The technique uses antibodies to detect an antigen of interest, and can be used for disease detection, diagnostic…