Dec 21, 2023
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. As…
Nov 22, 2023
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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.…
Oct 31, 2022
The pre-health to pre-research track is one often taken by biological sciences students, and there’s a reason why it’s so popular: science is really cool! A few years ago, Dr.…