Quality control bioinformatics

How might we confirm the purity of biomanufactured proteins to ensure that only the intended recombinant protein is being produced in a given batch?

Learning target

Students act as quality control technicians and use a data base to determine if biomanufacturing tanks have been contaminated.

Ohio science standards

Grades 3–12

  • Nature of Science

Biology

  • B.H.3: Genetic mechanisms and inheritance
  • B.H.4: Mutations
  • B.H.5: Modern genetics

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