NYU-Poly Professor Jin Montclare discusses a DNA Restriction experiment, one component of the Bioengineering Research and Practice course for high school students she developed with students in the Montclare Labs in collaboration with the Center for K12 STEM Education.
DNA Restriction Redux from NYU-Poly Center for K12 STEM on Vimeo.
Priya Chacko is a rising senior in the Chemical and Biomolecular Enigneering program at NYU-Poly. She is a participant in the Chem-Bio Technology Lab with Professor Jin Montclare. Working with the Center for K12 STEM Education, Montclare Lab personnel developed a high school course on Bioengineering Research and Practice.
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