Introducing BioBits®: Antibiotic Resistance
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The spread of antibiotic resistance is one of the great public health challenges of our times. Explore the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance with an easy-to-implement hands-on lab. Our BioBits® cell-free model lets you study antibiotic resistance without growing bacteria!
A molecular level antibiotic resistance lab easy to implement in the classroom
In the BioBits: Antibiotic Resistance lab, students will examine how two antibiotics disrupt baterial protein synthesis and how antibiotic resistance genes provide protection in an antibiotic-specific manner:
- Use an authentic cell-free model of protein synthesis, real antibiotics, and DNA that encodes actual resistance genes and fluorescent protein readouts
- Visualize results using a simple, visual fluorescent readout under blue light
- Demonstrate the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance to your students in a classroom friendly system — without growing bacteria or doing transformations!
See all of the labs using the BioBits cell-free system available at minipcr.com.