Science Education

Formerly known as European Learning Laboratory for the Life Sciences

Our inspiring educational experiences share the scientific discoveries of EMBL with young learners aged 10-19 years and teachers in Europe and beyond. We belong to EMBL’s Science Education and Public Engagement office.

TeachingBASE

The EMBL TeachingBASE is a collection of STEM teaching modules designed for teachers and young learners, developed by EMBL science education experts and scientists.

The materials are freely available but each module carries a creative commons copyright.

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Focus on: Insulin

Explore the biological structure of the insulin molecule – from primary to quaternary structure.

Topic area:  Structural & Computational biology   Age group:  16-19

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Caccia al tesoro GFP

‘Treasure hunt’-style introduction to bioinformatics approaches using the protein GFP.

Topic area:  Bioinformatics   Age group:  16-19

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Segui PAX6 nel WWW

‘Follow’ the Pax6 protein through biological databases and learn about its function and structure.

Topic area:  Bioinformatics   Age group:  16-19

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Come produrre insulina ricombinante?

Learn how to use protein databases and simulate the synthesis of recombinant insulin in a practical.

Topic area:  Bioinformatics   Age group:  16-19

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Che cosa è una cellula staminale?

Play the Stem Cell Game – a board game designed as a non-formal teaching aid to learn about stem cells.

Topic area:  Developmental biology   Age group:  14-16

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Come funzionano i microarrays?

Run your own microarray using a custom-made mat, Velcro and torches.

Topic area:  Genome biology   Age group:  16-19

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