Cell Biology

Resources

Read "Greg's Microscope" and learn about microscopes by building your own.

Students will learn the difference between animal and plant cells and obtain an understanding of the major organelles by conducting a scavenger hunt.

Students are introduced to DNA, base pairs and genes and learn the anatomy of DNA by building a DNA beaded bracelet and extracting DNA from bananas.

Resource page including articles and career profiles related to stem cells.

Learn how researchers from Amgen are developing new drugs for cancer.

What exactly are bacteria? What types of bacteria are there? And are they really as bad as people think they are?

When you cut your finger, your immune system kicks in to protect you from pathogens.

Astronauts can experience bone loss in space. To understand why, you need to know a bit about how bones are formed and maintained in your body.

This backgrounder explains the effects of radiation on cells and DNA.

Learn the basics of how DNA can be extracted from cells.

Learn how chemistry and genetics makes redheads stand out from the crowd.

Mitosis is an important part of cell division that helps organisms grow and repair themselves.

When the cells of Henrietta Lacks were collected by medical researchers after her death in 1951, it changed the future of medicine.

This backgrounder explains the different ways that cells repair damage to DNA.

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