Genomics education in practice: Evaluation of a mobile lab design

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 224-229

  van Mil, Marc H W ^a,b   Boerwinkel, Dirk Jan ^a,b   Buizer Voskamp, Jacobine E ^b,c   Speksnijder, Annelies ^a   Waarlo, Arend Jan ^a,b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Genomics; High school; Laboratory exercises; Outreach; Tumor biology

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956849515     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20397     Document Type: Article

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