UW Applied Biotechnology Course Wins ADEIL Distinguished Course Award
ABT 705: Ethics, Safety, and Regulatory Environments—a course within the 100 percent online University of Wisconsin Applied Biotechnology program—won a 2020 Distinguished Course award from the...
View ArticleBiotechnology Breakthroughs Honored in 2020
Despite an ongoing pandemic, looking back on 2020, there have been many interesting discoveries and breakthroughs in biotechnology. The most prescient biotechnology development, of course, was the...
View ArticleHow Biotechnology Can Improve Environmental Health and Sustainability
Although we often think of medical applications when it comes to biotechnology, scientists in the field are making great strides in addressing the needs of the planet. Plastics and other materials...
View ArticleThe Impact of Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is an interdisciplinary field involving the use of computational techniques to analyze large-scale biological datasets. Applications for bioinformatics are widespread, including...
View ArticleHow Bioethics Impacts Biotechnology Practices and Discoveries
As biotechnology becomes ever more adept at techniques to control our cells and our environment, bioethics comes into question. The ability to perform controversial scientific research often outpaces...
View ArticleWisconsin: Outpacing Employment Growth in Biotechnology
Wisconsin is a biotechnology powerhouse. Surprised? You shouldn’t be. There are more than 1,700 biohealth companies across the state that create over 46,610 direct biohealth jobs, according to the 2020...
View ArticleBiotechnology’s Past, Present, and Future
In this month’s column, I’d like to call out three articles I ran across recently. The first article on investigations of the 1918 influenza pandemic shows that with current genetic sequencing...
View ArticleBiotechnology Around the World
The role biotechnology plays in addressing human, animal, energy, and environmental issues has come to the forefront more recently because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the increasing impact that...
View ArticleNew, Online Graduate Certificate in Applied Bioinformatics to Launch this Fall
Applied Bioinformatics certificate offers skills training in high-demand bioinformatics field through a flexible, online format. MADISON, Wis.—July 19, 2021—University of Wisconsin Extended Campus, in...
View ArticleAn Inside Look at a UW Applied Biotechnology Course: Ethics, Safety, and...
In the 100 percent online University of Wisconsin Master of Science in Applied Biotechnology degree program, students acquire the skills and knowledge that prepare them for jobs in the rapidly growing...
View ArticleUW Applied Biotechnology Academic Director Wins Regent Scholar Award for...
By Jennifer Sadowski, Program Manager, Bioscience Programs at University of Wisconsin Extended Campus Dr. Mark Levenstein, an Academic Director for the University of Wisconsin Master’s in Applied...
View ArticleBusiness Professional Returns to School and Attains Biotechnology Job Before...
For more than 20 years, Shelley Nevins worked at Wisco Alloys—her father-in-law’s metals distributor—where she was heavily involved in managing the day-to-day operations and sales. With her...
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