Syllabus Bites: Solving world problems with biotechnology

Scientific discoveries

Scientific discoveries

Check your understanding of scientific discoveries and the solutions to real-world problems with this matching activity.

Explore this Biotechnology timeline1.

Modern biotechnology is underpinned by the discovery and understanding of DNA2.

The development of microscopes and an understanding of cell biology underpin biotechnology. View these interactive microscopes3 which contain images of organisms responsible for wastewater treatment.

Animated rotating molecular model of the double helical structure of DNA4

B-DNA. Public domain4.

Links

  1. http://www.childrensmuseum.org/themuseum/biotech/timeline.htm
  2. http://www.genome.gov/25520880
  3. http://www.norweco.com/html/lab/microscope.htm
  4. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bdna.gif