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A chemical species is an acid or base, depending on how it reacts in aqueous solution. According to the Brønsted-Lowry definition, an acid (HA) is...
In the Advanced Acid and Base simulation, you will learn more about acid and base equlibria, including pH, Ka, and pKa. You will also learn the dif...
The Animal Genetics Lab guides the student in learning about Mendelian inheritance and how a mutation in the DNA can give rise to an altered phenot...
In this lab, you will learn about the concepts of antibodies and antigens. You will also understand the ABO and Rhesus blood grouping systems and t...
In the Bacterial Isolation simulation, you will investigate the cause of a contamination of poultry meat by a dangerous bacteria strain that is res...
The Biological Circuit Lab is the continuation of the Synthetic Biology Lab. In this Lab, you will improve the design of the previous biological ci...
In the Biosafety Simulation you will be introduced to the concept of laboratory containment, a very special type of laboratory required to work wit...
Carbohydrates are an essential part of a diet because they provide energy to the body. Most people are familiar with carbohydrates, especially when...
Cell culture refers to the removal of cells from an animal or plant and their subsequent growth in a favorable artificial environment. That is why ...
In the Cell Culture basics – Transfection simulation you will transfect a melanoma cell line using a lipid-based reagent in order to overexpress ...
The Cellular Respiration Lab covers the main pathways of glucose metabolism and energy use. The storyline starts with a contract for the student by...
In the Chemistry Safety Simulation you are on a mission to produce sustainable biodiesel. You will learn all the safety measures necessary for a ch...
In the ChIP-exo simulation, you will perform the chromatin immunoprecipitation with exonuclease treatment (ChIP-exo) protocol in order to get a DNA...
In this simulation, you will learn about the benefits of using a confocal microscope over other optical imaging techniques. You will have a close l...
Investigating the crime scene, the student collects blood samples in hopes that the murderer has left traces of DNA. After sampling, the student ac...
Students begin this lab in an ultrasound examination room where a young mother-to-be receives an abnormal ultrasound result. Students must find the...
Sugar, also called glucose, is an important energy source for the human body. In order to use that energy, the body needs the hormone insulin. In d...
Trying to capture a specific protein amongst thousands of types of proteins is like looking for a needle in a haystack. In the ELISA simulation, yo...
Embryology provides evidence of relatedness between now widely divergent groups of organisms. Mutational tweaking in the embryo can have such magni...
In the Enzyme Kinetics Lab, students learn how substrates are converted into products by catalysis. Additionally, students learn about the kinetics...
Equilibrium describes the state of a reversible reaction, in which the forward and backward reaction happen at equal rates. In this state, the conc...
In this lab you act as an environmental investigator whose mission is to solve the massive fish kill mystery. In the Marine Biology Lab you have al...
You will start the lab by identifying an unknown sea creature that was washed ashore in Cambodia in 2013. By sequencing its DNA, you can compare it...
Fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) is a specialized type of flow cytometry. It provides a method for sorting a heterogeneous mixture of cel...
Fermentation technology can be used to produce valuable biological compounds in large quantities. For instance, most antibiotics are produced using...
Flow injection analysis (FIA) is based on the injection of a liquid sample into a moving, nonsegmented continuous carrier stream of a suitable liqu...
To study obesity you will collect a fat sample from lean and obese pigs and extract the RNA using the phenol-chlorophorm method. You will isolate...
The Gene Regulation Lab development is based on the Nobel Prize in Physiology 2012 case study. In this lab, students will learn about gene expressi...
The International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition is a worldwide synthetic biology competition that was initially aimed at underg...
Not only vampires are obsessed with blood. Haematologists love blood as well! In this simulation, you will join a biomedical diagnostics lab and le...
Dairy products are very common in your daily life, but what are the processes needed to manufacture them from raw milk? In the Homogenization simul...
In the first part of the exercise, students explore the HPLC machine. They can open various parts of the machine and learn about the different comp...
Macromolecules are very large molecules created by the polymerization of small units called monomers. Most of the macromolecules are present in eve...
In this experiment students will learn about acids and bases as well as proper risk evaluation in the laboratory. They will mix acid/base with wate...
A patient with a deformed head is examined at the hospital. You are asked by the doctors to find the genetic defect responsible for this rare condi...
Atomic bonding! Learn about how atoms hook up and help a friend to analyze two mysterious substances he got from an alchemist to cure his migraine....
In this simulation you will learn everything you need to know to survive your first day in the laboratory.
The lab that you are going to ent...
Light is everywhere around us. It helps us see and keeps us warm. Light is a collection of photons that behave both like particles and waves. In th...
Multiplex automated genome engineering (MAGE) is a recombinant engineering tool for large-scale programming and accelerated evolution of cells. Bef...
In the Mammalian Transient Protein Simulation, you will use the ExpiCHO expression system to perform a transient protein production in ExpiCHO-S ce...
You begin the investigation of a massive fish kill by collecting water and fish samples. After taking the sample from the field you have to go back...
The MS Sample Preparation simulation is the first simulation in the Mass Spectrometry series. Here, you will assist in a biopsy on a cancer patient...
In the Medical Genetics Lab, students learn about Mendelian genetics, linkage analysis and finding the defected gene in a family with hereditary br...
Identify the main characteristics of male and female gametes: the sperm and ovum. You will use the light microscope for gametes identification. Dur...
In this simulation you will get to know the principles of Mendelian inheritance. You will learn how Mendel’s postulates can be applied in order t...
Students learn how to operate a light microscope and understand the mechanisms behind. They are presented with chicken intestinal slides that have ...
Watch an animation and dive into a mammalian cell to learn about eukaryotic DNA packaging. You will perform a series of microscope examination, lig...
Molecular cloning is one of the techniques that has laid the foundation for modern biotechnology. The technique was first used in the 1980′s and ...
Cystic fibrosis is a type of monogenic disorder caused by a mutation in both copies of the CFTR gene (Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Reg...
In the NGS Simulation students obtain a hair sample from an ancient Greenland man, extract his DNA, and perform DNA sequencing. The NGS technology ...
In this lab, you will learn how to use NMR to characterize binding events between proteins and ligands. You will perform NMR experiments and interp...
In the Pasteurization and Sterilization lab, you will help Adam, an organic farmer, to increase the shelf life of his peach juice. Together with Ma...
Photosynthesis uses the energy in sunlight to produce the chemical energy needed for life. This virtual lab focuses on the light reaction of photos...
In the Plant Transcriptomics Simulation, you will embark on a mission to identify the metabolic pathway that produces an antimalarial compound in a...
In the Pluripotent Stem Cell Culture Simulation, you will culture and expand pluripotent stem cells (PSCs) using a feeder-free system. You will als...
Welcome to the Protein Denaturation Simulation. Here you will learn the different ways to denature proteins and their relation to food science. You...
In the first mission, students will learn the difference about protein synthesis in prokaryote (using E. coli) and eukaryote (using CHO cells). The...
Regeneration is the process of renewal, restoration, and regrowth of tissues, organisms or whole ecosystems. Every species can regenerate. The degr...
While trying to store grains, ancient Greeks created large constructions, commonly known as silos. These are still used in the present day. Many ty...
Muscle is one of the most abundant tissues in animals and humans. It is composed by cells with the ability to contract and therefore provide a part...
Use the specific microRNA profile of cancer cells to design an apoptotic biological circuit that is only activated in cancer cells. You are the onl...
In the Tissue engineering simulation, you will help a sports physician repair athletes’ damaged articular cartilage. During your quest, you will ...
Titration, also known as titrimetry, is a common laboratory method of quantitative chemical analysis that is used to determine the unknown concentr...
In this simulation, you will understand the principles of the Uracil-excision based cloning. You will design specific primers, perform the PCR, and...
Does using viruses as a form of therapy sound like science fiction to you? You’d be surprised, but it’s an uprising technique to deliver functi...
In this simulation, you will study the treatment of urban wastewater. You will learn how to optimize the treatment process so that the cleaned wate...