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Ponder these while the BDC plans the debates!
The semester starts anew, and the Bioethics Debates Committee (a partnership between the Biology Council of Majors and Philosophers Anonymous) begins to organize another semester’s worth of...
February 5, 2015
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9:37 PM
Exciting debates in biology and ethics!
Hi everyone, I wanted to let everyone know that BioCOM Ethical Debates (B-Ethical for short) is returning to campus and has grown from the bioethics debates that we hosted in the spring....
September 5, 2014
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5:12 PM
Hi all, we now have an official logo! Let us know what you think of it in the comments below.
April 29, 2014
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8:20 PM
First ever creation of an artificial eukaryotic chromosome
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/mar/27/designer-chromosome-brewers-yeast-eukaryotic-saccharomyces-cerevisiae
March 30, 2014
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3:09 PM
Up-to-date articles on the BioCOM website
The acid-bath stem cell technique mentioned last week is getting some strong skepticism. Researchers have been having difficulty reproducing the original results from Haruko Obokato, Charles...
February 21, 2014
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11:31 PM
You heard about STAP cells, right?
Did you hear that a geneticist at Harvard has invented an "evolution machine" in order to study mutations associated with diseases? How about the new technique whereby pluripotent cells can be...
February 7, 2014
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4:50 PM
HAPP 403 course and a research opportunity all in one
Interested in International Field Research? There is an info session 11/11 5-6pm Admn 218. Check out the link below for more information. Here are some of the details at a glance: "In particular,...
November 1, 2013
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9:41 PM
Getting up-to-date with BioCoM
From now on, news relating to BioCoM will be posted here: http://umbcbiocom.webs.com/apps/blog/ Keep an eye out for any unfolding news stories.
November 1, 2012
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11:32 PM
BioCoM goes Modern Age
After over a year of not having a website, BioCoM now has a website. It can be found at http://umbcbiocom.webs.com/. We hope to maintain this website in years to come so that we can continue to...
October 20, 2012
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9:05 PM