Northwest Association for Biomedical Research

Understanding the Hidden Costs of Research
Susan Adler, NWABR Executive Director
Puget Sound Business Journal, March 14, 2008

What does it mean when a researcher cuts short his or her career because of fear? How can we possibly measure that? Read the rest of the story...

Modeling Early Embryology and Stem Cell Concepts
NWABR Staff and Teachers
American Biology Teacher Journal , February 2008

Stem cells renew and also have the potential to give rise to daughter cells that can differentiate into many types of cells. In this activity, students make play dough models of early embryonic development.
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Education Week
Science Teachers Learning to Tackle Thorny Issues Inherent in Subject
This article focuses on NWABR's Ethics in the Science Classroom program and how it supports teachers' efforts to address important scientific and ethical issues with their students.

Student Biotech Expo Articles

Seattle Post Intelligencer
Increased Science Literacy A Worthy Goal for the Northwest
This opinion piece, authored by Theresa Britschgi at Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, with support from NWABR's Jeanne Chowning, was featured in the August 4, 2005 issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The article describes the recent Life Sciences Education Advancement Partnership (LEAP) Summit and the importance of increased science literacy in our region. The LEAP Summit was a collaborative effort of science education outreach organizations in Washington and Oregon. LEAP was created to increase awareness of the life science outreach work being done in our community and to facilitate opportunities for partnerships. Outreach organizations will be featured in a resource guide describing the many exciting programs across the Pacific Northwest.

Puget Sound Business Journal
Summit: Groups Hope to Attract Next-Gen Bioscientists
NWABR and the LEAP Summit were also featured in the August 5, 2005 edition of the Puget Sound Business Journal. NWABR and the LEAP partners thank the Life Sciences Cluster of the Prosperity Partnership for their support!

Smoke Bombs in Seattle: Anti-research Terrorism

Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Medical Researchers Unfairly Targeted (7.26.02)
Opinion by Susan Adler, NWABR Executive Director.

Seattle Times: Hundreds Evacuated After Smoke Bombs Triggered in Downtown Seattle (7.10.02)

Other NWABR-related media stories

For the Greater Good: Animals and Research: A five-part series organized by Seattle Post-Intelligencer Assistant Editor Sam Sperry

We need the tools to stop attacks on laboratories - An article by U.S. Representative George Nethercutt on the importance of federal legislation to address violence and terrorism targeted at researchers and research facilities.

The Northwest Association for Biomedical Research and Patty Wood to be Honored for Medical Research Advocacy - A News in Brief prepared by Research! America

The Lifesaving Gift of Biomedical Research - An special editorial to the Seattle Times celebrating biomedical breakthroughs in Washington State written by NWABR President Joe Eschbach in honor of Biomedical Research Day

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