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Design your own bacteria!
Hands-on Activities
How could you design a new type of bacteria that helps people?
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Colouring Clothing with Bacteria
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Learn about using bacteria to colour clothing.
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Plastic-Eating Bacteria: Nature's Recyclers
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Learn how bacteria can help solve the world’s plastic problem.
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Sara Matthews
Career Profiles
Researcher - Environmental Microbiology
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Allison Guitor
Career Profiles
Researcher - Antibiotic Resistance
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Summer Symposium Series: Health Sciences Career Resources
Backgrounders
A career in the health sciences would let you help people directly in a very 'hands-on' way!
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Marianne Torres-Heckford
Microbiology Technologist
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Resources on Immunology
STEM Explained
Resource page including articles and career profiles related to immunology.
Jessica Lam
Lab Manager (Infectious Disease Research)
Rosadelle Tirados
Biomedical Scientist
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Introduction to Bacteria
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What exactly are bacteria? What types of bacteria are there? And are they really as bad as people think they are?
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How can chemistry help you take care of your teeth?
STEM Explained
What are your teeth made up of? What chemistry is at work in your mouth? Why do some people get cavities even if they brush regularly?
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The Surprising Reason You Feel Awful When You're Sick
STEM Explained
Viruses can make you feel awful! This article explains how feeling bad might be your immune system’s way of helping you heal.
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Phages vs. Antibiotics
STEM Explained
Many doctors prescribe antibiotics to cure infections. But should they be prescribing viruses instead?
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Is Vaping Safer Than Smoking?
STEM Explained
Learn how e-cigarettes and other vaping products work, and why scientists and health professionals have concerns about their safety.