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Films, courses, and resources for college level students
OBSERVER
OBSERVER

An adventure in eight chapters. 🟥 There's a universe everywhere you turn.

Decoding Ancestral Knowledge
Decoding Ancestral Knowledge

Nitrogen Cycling by Microbes in Native Hawaiian Culture

Picture a Scientist
Picture a Scientist

The Fight for Gender Equity in Science

Human Nature
Human Nature

The story of CRISPR — the most important scientific discovery of the 21st century.

The Most Beautiful Experiment
The Most Beautiful Experiment

Matt Meselson and Frank Stahl share the story of how they proved semiconservative DNA replication

How to Kill a Superbug
How to Kill a Superbug

Fighting antibiotic resistance with phage therapy

Good Chemistry
Good Chemistry

Jennifer Doudna & Emmanuelle Charpentier's historic Nobel Prize for CRISPR

The Hidden World of Plant Roots
The Hidden World of Plant Roots

Uncovering the hidden, dynamic world of plant roots with Stanford biologist José R. Dinneny

Life Recombined
Life Recombined

The Story of Recombinant DNA featuring Janet Mertz and Nobel Laureate Paul Berg

Corals: On the Brink
Corals: On the Brink

Can we save coral reefs from extinction?

Scientific Curiosity: Finding Sublime in the Mundane
Scientific Curiosity: Finding Sublime in the Mundane

Finding Sublime in the Mundane

Homology-Directed Repair
Homology-Directed Repair

How the cell edits DNA after a CRISPR-induced break

Archaea and The Tree of Life
Archaea and The Tree of Life

These Microbes Changed Evolutionary Biology Forever

The CRISPR Apostle
The CRISPR Apostle

Rodolphe Barrangou tells the story of his discovery that laid the groundwork for the gene editing revolution

Gregor Mendel’s Famous Genetics Experiment
Gregor Mendel’s Famous Genetics Experiment

Shirley Tilghman tells the story of Mendel’s studies and how his data led to an understanding of how the information within genes is passed from generation to generation.

Tinkering with Nature’s Tools
Tinkering with Nature’s Tools

Feng Zhang shares why CRISPR-Cas9 was such a groundbreaking tool.

Electric Microbes
Electric Microbes

How Geobacter microbes produce electricity

Fire Among Giants
Fire Among Giants

What happened after the redwoods burned?

Fire Among Giants: Extended Voices
Fire Among Giants: Extended Voices

In-depth interviews with forest experts about the Big Basin State Park after the 2020 wildfire.

Coming Home
Coming Home

The Journey of a Puerto Rican Scientist

The Future of Forests
The Future of Forests

Will they survive the threats of climate change?

Saving The American Chestnut
Saving The American Chestnut

A case study in genetic engineering

Finding Faith in Science
Finding Faith in Science

Finding Faith in Science

Charting an Original Path
Charting an Original Path

Charting an Original Path

Century of Biology
Century of Biology

CRISPR ethics and how it will impact our future

Pieces of a Puzzle
Pieces of a Puzzle

Christopher Rudd's seminal experiments on T-Cell Activation

Talking about Race and Medicine
Talking about Race and Medicine

Importance of Improving Diversity and Inclusion in Science

Judith Simcox: A Risk Worth Taking
Judith Simcox: A Risk Worth Taking

A biochemist's inspiring journey from cancer survivor to mentor

A Winding Life Through Science
A Winding Life Through Science

Virginia Man-Yee Lee recounts her inspiring journey into becoming a lead researcher of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases

Studying Coronaviruses
Studying Coronaviruses

The steps taken once an outbreak hits and the ways in which this process could change for the better

The Discovery of Lung Surfactant
The Discovery of Lung Surfactant

John Clements details his groundbreaking discovery which has saved millions of neonatal lives

The SOS Response in Bacteria
The SOS Response in Bacteria

Evelyn Witkin shares her journey to the discovery of the SOS DNA damage response in bacteria.

Planning Your Scientific Journey
Planning Your Scientific Journey

How to Develop and Plan a Research Project

Build Your Research Community
Build Your Research Community

Learn Skills to Develop a Mentoring Network to Succeed in Graduate School and Beyond

The Trainee Podcast
The Trainee Podcast

Learn realistic strategies to navigate your own sticky research advisor situations.

Let’s Experiment
Let’s Experiment

How to Design Experiments in Biological Research

Share Your Research
Share Your Research

How to Create and Deliver a Good Research Talk

Career Planning for Early Career Scientists
Career Planning for Early Career Scientists

Create an Actionable Plan to Achieve Your Career Goals

Mentoring Up
Mentoring Up

Strengthening and Expanding Mentor-Mentee Relationships

Strategies for Effective Public Engagement
Strategies for Effective Public Engagement

Key Principles to Succeed in Public Engagement Projects

The Milky Sea
The Milky Sea

Feature documentary about a team determined to solve one of the great ocean mysteries of our time — the bioluminescent “milky sea” phenomenon.