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What Does an Award Winning Student Poster Look Like?

They look like the two examples below, which were named Best Student Posters at the 3rd Annual Argonne Soil Metagenomics Workshop held October 5-7 at the Indian Lakes Resort just outside of Chicago, IL.

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Five Ways to Save Time in the Lab and Spend More Time Outdoors

Apr 12, 2011

The weather is finally getting warm which means that we all want to spend more time outdoors getting UV irradiated by natural sunlight instead of under the fluorescent lightbulbs of our labs. That means saving time and working efficiently is of critical importance!
Now is the perfect time to streamline your workflow and find ways to do more with less [...]

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Takin’ It to the Beach with Dye Dots

Apr 04, 2011

This month we are promoting our Dye Dots  invention at two conferences: American Association for Cancer Research and Experimental Biology.   At these conferences, the first question from scientists is always “What is it?” Most of us who work in labs are very familiar with pretty blue colored dye so all we have to say is ”DNA” and “no more parafilm” and people [...]

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Which is Better: Love or Science?

Feb 07, 2011

OK- great job and creative responses! Let’s summarize the results:
There were 21 responses, 62% from men and 38% from women.

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An Interview with the Owners of MO BIO Laboratories

MO BIO Laboratories celebrated 17 years of business this past August.  It is amazing how time flies. It seems like yesterday we celebrated 16 years by sharing with you 10 Little Known Facts about MO BIO.
To celebrate this year, we have compiled questions submitted by long-time MO BIO customers and collaborators, to create a video interview [...]

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10 Cool Websites for Microbiologists

Jul 31, 2010

I spend a lot of time reading internet news and blogs to stay on top of current research. In the course of my web surfing, I have found some really great scientific sites for microbiology news and fun. I wanted to share with you my favorite places to visit and let me know what sites you [...]

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Get Ready for an Exciting ASM 2010 in San Diego!

This year at the American Society for Microbiology Annual Conference hosted in our home town of San Diego, MO BIO Laboratories has some fun activities planned that we wanted to make sure you know about and take part in.
Remember MO BIO in your Methods Section of your Poster

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Renew your Knowledge of Microbiology

Mar 29, 2010

Here are the answers to last week’s microbiology trivia game. Thanks to all who played. Your t-shirts are on the way. Have a great week!
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Enjoy this scientific spring scavenger hunt and find the answers to these 10 questions on the history of microbiology.  The birth of microbiology revolved around many key discoveries beginning around the mid to late 1600’s. These discoveries [...]

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Show some LOVE for environmental microbiology

Feb 11, 2010

Do you love your work? Does nothing make you happier than a day out in the field collecting soil from the rainforest floor, in a boat collecting Vibrio contaminated water from Puget Sound, traipsing the forest looking for animal droppings from wild birds in Venezuela, or aboard the Alvin collecting biofilms from deep sea floor [...]

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Deck the halls! 10 phrases you would have heard in the halls of MO BIO in 2009

Dec 14, 2009

‘Tis the season to be jolly and at MO BIO Labs, we are a merry crew.  A lighthearted and cheerful atmosphere permeates our halls all year round but it is especially strong during the holiday season.  As we look back on our accomplishments in 2009, with products such as PowerWater, PowerFood, and LifeGuard, we are thankful to all [...]

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