...Tom D’Elia; Megan Carroll Understanding how the process of gene expression can be engineered to biomanufacture proteins for medical, agricultural, and industrial applications provides an opportunity to link basic concepts of molecular biology with applications. Here we present a simple activity...

...Khameeka N. Kitt Gene expression plays a pivotal role in the development, differentiation, and maintenance of organisms by allowing genes to encode for an observable trait (i.e., phenotype). To understand the function of a particular gene, several approaches can be taken, ranging from removing...

...Regina Wu; Caren Brinkema; Michaela Peterson; Adam Waltzer; Jeanne Chowning Arts-related science activities provide unique opportunities to engage students' strengths and motivate different types of learners ( Jolly, 2014 ). Incorporating arts into the discussion of gene expression and microbiology...

... to understand how genes regulate cell migration. Students learn to sort males from females, recognize fly genetic markers to identify wild type and mutant animals, hand-dissect ovaries, perform histochemical staining to reveal gene expression in this tissue, and visualize normal and aberrant cell migration...

... translation DNA gene expression heredity By using modified storyboards, students can make connections between content learned in a specific lesson and a more complex biological process. Building an understanding of the relationships between topics such as genes, heredity, and protein synthesis...

...Christine Priano This model-building activity provides a quick, visual, hands-on tool that allows students to examine more carefully the cloverleaf structure of a typical tRNA molecule. When used as a supplement to lessons that involve gene expression, this exercise reinforces several concepts...

... are reversible, a characteristic that opens unprecedented therapeutic avenues, exemplified by the first epigenetic drugs that were recently approved. Understanding the combined contribution of genetic and epigenetic factors to gene expression will be essential to dissect the biological networks shaping...