Educational Resources

Bioprocessing: Join Us On The Edge

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This video is designed to educate beginning biotechnology students about specific career opportunities in industrial biotechnology by helping students to: Identify a career path Improve motivation to perform at a high…

BioWork 2050: Safety Survey

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Regular safety surveys are an important part of a company’s occupational health and safety program. It’s a tool for proactively identifying hazards and corrective actions. In this video, we demonstrate some important…

BioWork 3020: Measuring Small Distances with a Caliper

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Dimensional checks are quality control procedures in which a sample of items are measured against the manufacturer's specifications. Items that we purchase for production such as vials, plugs and overseals must be…

BioWork 3050: Measuring Weight

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See how to determine the maximum range of a top loading balance, and learn how to calibrate it using a set of standard weights. Then we'll determine the deviation and percent difference in the actual weight…

BioWork 3100: Working With Proteins

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Denaturation is a process that causes a protein to unfold and lose its shape, and it usually happens as a result of external stress. It’s an important concept for us to understand because we work with so many protein-…

BioWork 3110: Steam Collapse

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In biomanufacturing, we use moist heat  - saturated, pressurized steam - to kill microbes. But steam’s unique physical properties present some real challenges.  When steam cools, it condenses into water. The…

BioWork 4060: Making Media

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Learn how to make a simple type of media called LB+ which is commonly used for growing E. coli. In this demonstration, we'll also test the impact of pharmaceutical formulation - the process of how chemicals and…

BioWork 4075: Making and Observing the Characteristics of a Buffer

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Buffers are solutions that are able to resist changes in pH. In this experiment, we make a buffer of equal parts acetic acid and sodium acetate, and we observe what happens when we add drops of hydrochloric acid and…

BioWork 5060: Plate & Frame Filtration

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Plate and frame filtration is widely used in food, beverage, pharma and chemical manufacturing. Let’s examine mixing, solubility, and tangential flow filtration of a suspension using the Buon Vino MiniJet Wine Filter…

BioWork 5070: Column Chromatography Separation (Grape Soda)

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Chromatography is a common technique to purify a pharma product. It’s how we break down a complex mixture into a single material. In this demonstration, we’ll use a mini chromatography column, the Sep-Pak C-18, to…