Catalyst Magazine Live Exploring Tissue Engineering Teacher resources
This resource collection complements the Catalyst Live! webinar held on 18 July 2022. Topics covered in the webinar included stem-cells, developmental biology, organ donation, the role of the liver and cutting edge tissue engineering and how it might be used to produce new organs. The resources below have been hand-picked to complement these areas and provide inspirational teaching activities that link these topics to the curriculum.
STEM Cell debate
Debate kit from I'm a scientist get me outta here, Should the UK government fund stem cell research?
ABPI Schools blood sugar and the liver
ABPI schools interactive guide
ABPI Schools STEM Cells
Interactive study guide on stem cells
Posters on stem cells from ABPI schools
Order link for free posters
Wellcome images IVF/stem cells
Wellcome images collection
Nobel prize 2012
Link to Nobel prize for medicine 2012 won by Sir John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka for their work on stem cells. Scroll down for a pdf summary infographic
Nobel prize for medicine 2007
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2007 was awarded jointly to Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans and Oliver Smithies "for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells." Scroll down for a pdf summary of their work
NHS teaching resources on organ donation
Several resources on blood and organ donation and a link to NHS partner organisation resources - especially suitable for ethics, cross-curricular and PSHCE
The Conversation - liver cells from mice
Wider reading resource on liver cells from mice
SAPS cauliflower cloning
A practical on growing a whole mini cauliflower plant from a group of cells
Catalyst magazine live biomedical science in action
A previous episode of Catalyst magazine live biomedical science in action with related resources that are also relevant to this episode. For teacher resource section see 43.16 onwards