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Summit student researchers searching for antibiotic producing bacteria
Three Summit Country Day School students spent a portion of their summer researching antibiotic producing bacteria at the school’s Schiff Family Science Research Institute alongside Tiny Earth Partner Instructor Jessica Replogle, Ph.D.
Massive grant brings upper secondary school students into the fight against antibiotic resistance
Danish upper-secondary school students can now try their hand at scientific research and perhaps even help in a discovery that could have a major impact on millions of people all over the world. A grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation has given Aarhus University the opportunity to let school students join Tiny Earth.
Penn State: Schuylkill students seek to improve public health through antibiotic discovery
More than 30 Schuylkill students participated in Tiny Earth during the Spring 2020 semester.
Tiny Earth to #ShutDownSTEM June 10, 2020
On Wednesday, June 10, Tiny Earth joins an international initiative to call out racism in STEM and academia and take action to eradicate that racism.
TE2020: Registration Open for Virtual Tiny Earth Symposium
The symposium will take place online June 10-12. Instructors and students are encouraged to register now (registration open until June 1).
WisBusiness: WID director warns that bacterial infections may follow COVID-19
Tiny Earth Founder Jo Handelsman warned the Wisconsin Technology Council that bacterial infections following the coronavirus pandemic may be made more deadly by antibiotic resistant bacteria.
Aarhus students part of world-wide hunt for new antibiotics
Aarhus University is the first Danish university to join the Tiny Earth global crowdsourcing initiative which, with the help of teaching staff and thousands of students all over the world, is trying to combat antibiotic resistance.
Waukee APEX Research Students Join the Quest to Discover New Antibiotics from Soil Bacteria
Waukee APEX is joining the push to mitigate one of the most critical public health crises facing the world: antibiotic resistance. Dr. Holly Showalter, Waukee APEX instructor, recently attended the Tiny Earth Partner Instructor Training.