Interview

Oct 28, 2024

What is Transcriptomics and Why is it Important? Here’s what Dr. Cartwright has to Say!

Many of us can agree that we have heard of ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and their role in protein synthesis and gene expression. Whereas genomics studies an organism’s genome or the entire DNA sequence, transcriptomics studies all RNA transcripts that are being produced under a certain condition. The entire collection of mRNA sequences in a cell, or the transcriptome, allows scientists and researchers to determine when and where genes are turned on and off in an organism.

Dec 21, 2023

What’s After Graduation? Here’s What Francesca Balestrieri is Doing!

After graduating from NC State in the spring of 2023 with a bachelor of science degree in biological sciences, Francesca Balestrieri joined our BIT program as a post-baccalaureate laboratory technician.…

Nov 22, 2023

Let’s Talk RNA: A Conversation with Dr. Hayden Huggins

What happens to an mRNA, the single-stranded RNA molecule transcribed from the DNA and coding for protein synthesis, after it gets transcribed? This one question led to an almost two-hour-long…

Oct 23, 2023

Biotechnology Through the Eyes of Dr. Raymond Haggerty!

Before we even began talking, the way Dr. Raymond Haggerty dressed and carried himself reflected a most genuine and curious scholar. I was already intrigued that he majored in quantitative…

May 26, 2023

Class Feature: Ethical Issues in Biotechnology

Most undergraduate students have taken an ethics course at some point in their careers. At NCSU, many of those courses are for students pursuing any degree. Although this can be…

Apr 4, 2023

The Many Ways of Studying Biotechnology: A Recap of the MBTP 2022-2023 Student Symposium

The annual Molecular Biotechnology Training Program (MBTP) Research Symposium is where MBTP graduate students get to present their research to peers and faculty. Originally scheduled for November 2022, the symposium…

Mar 7, 2023

Class Feature: Illuminating Disease with Chemical Biology

What is the difference between chemical biology and biochemistry? This may be a question that hasn’t crossed your mind before, but it’s important to a lot of students pursuing science.…

Feb 15, 2023

Meet Dr. Brown!

After a mere three weeks to settle in as the newest Biotechnology Program’s postdoc, Dr. Phillip Brown received an email from me hoping to interview him. I was particularly excited…

Jan 30, 2023

Meet Robert!

The Biotechnology Program’s new lab manager, Robert Thomas, joined the staff last semester. Since the position was empty for a few months, his presence was greatly welcomed on the sixth…

Nov 17, 2022

Introducing…Assay Development!

The time has come for Dr. Noel, one of the BIT Program’s teaching postdocs who started in the Spring semester of 2022, to offer her unique BIT module to students.…