Dr. Joe's Bio Zone

Hey BC students...it's finals week. My guess is this song is quite appropriate (explicit language):

https://youtu.be/f5H91A3Hp8E

Let It Go : Honest Final Exam Version by DrunkenSch0k0muffin I do not own this video, Give credits to the one who posted in 9GAG!!Lyrics:The clock ticks by too fast this timeNot a moment to be lostA sack of books aroun...

Hey BIOL-B3B students...remember reading the CRISPR book? Well, guess who won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry a few weeks ago? The author of the book, Jennifer Doudna, and her co-reseacher, Emmanuelle Charpentier. Here is a link to the Nobel Prize site: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2020/press-release/ (Links to an external site.)

Isn't science cool?!

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 was awarded jointly to Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna "for the development of a method for genome editing".

Hey pre-meds...want to do a summer pre-med internship at UC Davis? Check out the Prep Medico program.
https://health.ucdavis.edu/diversity-inclusion/prep_medico/Prep_Medico.html

Prep Médico | UC Davis Health

What are you doing this summer? How about a PAID summer research internship through USC on Catalina Island? Check it out.
https://dornsife.usc.edu/wrigley/reu

USC Wrigley Institute | REU > Wrigley > USC Dana and David Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences This NSF-funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program will support ten highly motivated and talented undergraduate students to conduct independent but guided research that focuses on Coastal Ocean Processes during an intensive 10-week program at the USC Wrigley Marine Science Center....

I received a new banner for the "Get the Heck out of BC" wall. It sent to me by Miguel from the University of Houston. Go Cougs!!!

Are you transferring to CSUB? Here is an opportunity to do some summer research at CSUB.

Interested in a summer STEM research program? This BC/CSUB partnership opportunity will give you insight into some amazing science and engineering research! The program begins July 15, 2019! Ready to apply or interested in learning more? Email [email protected] to get started.

Roll call! Remember this wall? Are you graduating this year?

I'm honored and humbled to be the keynote speaker for the 2019 KC Science Fair. Isn't science cool?

Kern County Science Fair's guest speaker: Joe Saldivar, Ph.D. - PUBLIC IS WELCOME! At 9am, on March 12th, Dr. Saldivar will discuss "Curi-"loss"-ity - the challenge of keeping critical thinking ALIVE as we grow older. Join us!

Are you interested in Ecology research? Here is a summer internship that will pay you $5500 to do research. Check it out.
https://www.tarleton.edu/timberlakeranch/REU/Overview.html

Program Overview - Tarleton State University

Hey, Bio student...want are you doing this summer? How about a summer research internship? Check it out.
https://www.darkenergybiosphere.org/education-diversity/for-undergraduates/gem-course/

Global Environmental Microbiology (GEM) Summer Course You are mainly microbe – much like Earth’s biodiversity. Microbes are everywhere (in our guts, in the deep seafloor, and everywhere in between) and we are still learning about who they are, what they do, and how they do it.

Any plans next summer? How about a PAID genetics internship at UC Riverside?

https://cepceb.ucr.edu/reu/

Center for Plant Cell Biology: REU Program Overview The Center for Plant Cell Biology addresses significant questions in plant biology on a molecular level to meet such global challenges as improved nutrition, increased crop yield, resistance to pests, sustainable biofuels, and environmental conservation. To accomplish this, the Center engages its wo...

Hey STEM students...any plans for summer 2019? How about a paid internship at Michigan State University? Check out this great opportunity.

https://plantgenomics.msu.edu/sites/_plantGenomics/assets/File/2019%20reu%20poster.png

plantgenomics.msu.edu

The Mars rover, Curiosity, will be getting a visitor...Insight! Check it out. Absolutely amazing.

Watch NASA engineers track the harrowing landing of a spacecraft on Mars today A lot of people and spacecraft will be watching.

What are you doing Summer 2019? Are you interested in a summer research internship? Check out this great opportunity.

http://www.btaa.org/resources-for/students/srop/introduction

Summer Research Opportunities Program Now in its 32nd year, SROP celebrates the achievements of its alumni. To date, 610 program alumni have earned a Ph.D. degree and are now preparing the next generation of SROP scholars as mentors and teachers. Thousands of others have completed graduate training and are pursuing successful career...

Friends don't let friends take antibiotics for a viral infection.

I've made some friends while traveling through Thailand. The Blue Dung Beetle, the Masked Spiny Lizard and Asian elephants.

Happy Summer Solstice. The axial tilt is the "reason for the season".

It's graduation day at Bakersfield College! Here is a mortar board from one of my students. Who else is graduating this year? From where?