Hands-on event links students with biotech, life sciences, STEM careers.
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Friday, January 13
On Jan. 11, over 240 Massachusetts high school students and teachers participated in Biotech Futures, including Norton’s own Marissa McCabe and Kaitlin Murrin. Biotech Futures is a full-day career exploration event featuring scientist speakers, panel presentations, company presentations, science demonstrations and laboratory visits at Bridgewater State University. The event, organized by the Massachusetts Biotechnology Education Foundation (MassBioEd) is part of an ongoing effort to increase interest in careers in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Lance Hartford, executive director of MassBioEd, said Biotech Futures “will allow the students who participated to apply science and theory to the practical world while …
Biotechnology class demonstrates DNA separation with grant tools.
Students from Mr. Jason Henry’s science class at Norton High School treated the school committee to a special presentation of the school’s biotechnology program. The program began in spring 2007 when fellow science teacher Tanya Benoit received a $10,000 BioTeach Grant. With the grant, a lot of equipment was bought, some of which Henry’s class showed off Monday when they went through the process of separating DNA. “Massachusetts is the haven of biotechnology,” Henry said. “We have about 1,500 biotechnology companies nationwide, and about 450 in Massachusetts alone. So this is a really great opportunity to get some of these great minds introduced into the field.” Norton High School has also received a $6,000 grant from Life Sciences Career…
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