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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.

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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SEPE glossary of biological terms

Definitions of terms related to biology and life sciences research

Topic area:  Resource collections   Age group:  16-19

Focus on: Insulin

Hands-on resource on the biological structure of the insulin molecule

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

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GFP treasure hunt

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

Topic area:  Bioinformatics, Genome biology   Age group:  16-19

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How can you fold a protein?

3D paper model of a TIM barrel-shaped protein

Topic area:  Structural & Computational biology   Age group:  12-14, 14-16, 10-12, < 10

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What is the Code of Life?

Paper and pen-based bioinformatics activity on genes, mutations and phylogeny

Topic area:  Bioinformatics, Genome biology   Age group:  14-16, 16-19

Follow PAX6 in the World Wide Web

Bioinformatics activity following the Pax6 protein

Topic area:  Bioinformatics, Genome biology   Age group:  16-19

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How to produce recombinant insulin?

Bioinformatics practical on the synthesis of recombinant insulin

Topic area:  Bioinformatics, Methods in molecular biology   Age group:  16-19

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Science Education and Public Engagement

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

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