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JoVE in Action: Dr. Maren Kuhne berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Vorlesungen einsetzt
Dr. Maren KuhneSeit 2015 freiberufliche Dozentin im Masterstudiengang Biotechnologie an der Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT), sowie in der Erwachsenenweiterbildung (CQ und GLA); 2009-2015 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Bundesanstalt...
Feb 9th 7 min read -
Reimagining Course-based Research Experience (CRE) courses: Joslyn Mills, Brown University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 30th 9 min read -
Adaptation of online lab work to “dry lab”: Biljana Mojsoska, Roskilde University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist researchers worldwide in joining the future-focused research network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes, notes,...
Nov 25th 12 min read -
Playful Physiology for Physiotherapists: Kate Grafton, Leeds Beckett University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 24th 10 min read -
Psychology Quips or How to Use Students’ Smartphones to Your Advantage
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 23rd 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Dr. Katja Köhler berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Laborkursen einsetzt
Dr. Katja Köhler ist Direktorin des CAL (Center for Active Learning) an der ETH Zürich und unterrichtet in Grundkursen der Genetik und Zellbiologie Studierende der Biologie, Pharmazie und Medizin. Zu Ihren Aufgaben gehört ebenfalls die...
Nov 22nd 5 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Charles Clark ‘Live streaming the unseen: How to use real-time video streaming in the lab.’
Single Cell Analysis Project This blog post highlights the 2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award winner Charles Clark’s winning entry in which he reveals how to use real-time video streaming in the lab and its benefits. Charles’ current...
Nov 19th 7 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr. Shefaly Shorey’s Webinar: “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 12th 7 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Eric Hamlett ‘Adapting international research conferences to virtual web-based systems’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 8th 5 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Claudia Jorgensen: “How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 7th 7 min read -
Highlighting 7 JoVE publications authored by Nobel laureates
While the 2021 Nobel Prizes are being announced, we take the opportunity to highlight all our Nobel laureates, and the research articles they published in JoVE; The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 Michael...
Oct 6th 5 min read -
Was macht JoVE-Videos besonders?
Akademische Einrichtungen weltweit haben sich während der Pandemie schnell an das digitalisierte Lehren naturwissenschaftlicher Kurse gewöhnt. Videolektionen sind ein großartiges Werkzeug, um komplexe Themen auf vereinfachte Weise zu vermitteln...
Aug 6th 7 min read -
4 Arten, JoVE zur Prüfungsvorbereitung und Revision zu nutzen
Nach dem Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie hatten Institute weltweit Mühe, innovative Wege zu finden, um ihre naturwissenschaftlichen Kurse in Fern- oder Hybridunterricht umzuwandeln. Videos sind nach wie vor ein bevorzugtes Lehrformat an vielen...
Jul 27th 8 min read -
Back to the lab after lockdown? Some changes in research may continue indefinitely…
When COVID-19 first started, laboratories around the world scrambled to make operating decisions with little time to implement changes. Some shut down, some moved to minimal functioning, while the rest did their best to stay partially operational...
Jul 15th 9 min read -
Last week to apply to the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards!
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a testing ground for innovations. The crisis brought upon a persistent question: With millions of students, researchers, and educators across the world forced to stay home, how could the education world assure quick...
Jul 8th 7 min read -
JoVE-Videos: Das perfekte digitale Tool für Ihre naturwissenschaftlichen Kurse
Millennials sind inmitten der Digitalisierung aufgewachsen und damit vertraut, digitale Medien zu konsumieren. Etwa 79 % aller Studierenden sehen sich beispielsweise Videos an, um sich eigenständig weiterzubilden [1]. In dieser Zeit des globalen...
Jul 5th 6 min read -
Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Educational Videos
In last week’s JoVE webinar, Dr. Ella Maysami - Lecturer in Neuroscience, KIITE Fellow in Curriculum Design and Internationalisation, Keele University, England and Dr. Tsaffrir Zor - Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv...
Jul 1st 9 min read -
Engaging Students Through Blended Learning: Takeaways From a Medical Professor
Professor Gian Battista Parigi is the President of the Committee for International Cooperation for Development (CICOPS) & Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Pavia, Italy. When COVID-19 struck last year, Prof....
Jun 24th 8 min read -
How Can You Keep Students Engaged in Science Courses?
The need for instructors to find effective ways to support students and to keep them engaged is now more important than ever. The use of traditional print-based methods of teaching might not be enough to keep the current tech-savvy generation...
Jun 17th 7 min read -
How JoVE videos help boost students’ confidence in the laboratory
The use of videos in instruction has become increasingly common in science courses worldwide. Step-by-step video demonstrations of experiments help students become familiar with the method & equipment before entering the lab. When...
Jun 10th 6 min read -
Every Colored Dot in This Photo Is a Cell. How Was it Made?
You might have heard of Pointillism: a genre of art pioneered in the 1880s, in which colored dots are shaped into beautiful patterns. The image above could easily be a modern example of this classic genre — except that the colored dots...
Jun 2nd 4 min read -
Virtual Lab Training: The Travel-Free Approach Scientists Are Opting For
For years, scientific researchers have encountered the need to travel for training. Sometimes, this involves traveling to laboratories on the other side of the country — or even the world — to learn an essential research method under the...
May 27th 8 min read -
The ‘Netflix’ of Science Education | JoVE
When Mohammed Khurram Javed — a materials science student at Nankai University — needed to learn more about crystal growth, he did what any student would do: look it up online. Try as he might, however, he simply couldn’t find an...
May 18th 10 min read -
Visually Explained: How Exactly Are Vaccines Developed?
Within a few months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories around the world had successfully developed vaccine technologies and begun clinical trials. Some months after that, vaccine manufacturing and distribution had entered full...
May 12th 3 min read -
Librarians on User Outreach & Resourcing: Takeaways from ACRL 2021
What are the most successful ways librarians have interacted with faculty and students during the pandemic? What are some new channels they used for outreach, and how do they evaluate new resources? As the long-term need for virtual...
May 4th 11 min read -
How Effective is the Use of Video in Scientific Research & Lab Training?
Scientific publishing has traditionally been dominated by text-only journal articles. Yet it is often difficult to capture crucial details of scientific methods using text alone. To effectively communicate and visualize nuances associated with the...
Apr 22nd 3 min read -
Learning and Dissemination on Twitter: A Conversation with Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi
Dr. Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI@Pooh_Velagapudi JoVE Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi is a structural and interventional cardiologist, educator, and social media strategist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We spoke to...
Apr 8th 7 min read -
Introducing the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards…
We’re excited to announce the 2021 JoVE Innovation Awards! This past year has been one of great disruption, but also one of great innovation. Faced with novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the science research and education...
Apr 7th 3 min read -
Scientists Are Moving to Visual Standard Operating Procedures – Here’s Why
“Videos are great training tools and serve as visual standard operating procedures in my lab,” says Dr. Raja Sriperumbudur, Director of In-Vivo Resource Center at Biogen. “[Video protocols] are easy to reproduce because you have all the...
Mar 31st 7 min read -
Tips for Teaching with Video via Your Learning Management System (LMS)
Using high-quality educational videos in your science instruction can have numerous benefits, research shows. It can help students better engage with complex material, enhance comprehension, and improve their test performance. For these reasons,...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
How Effective are Videos for Teaching Science? Here’s What the Research Says
For years, many educators have been using instructional videos in innovative ways to support science courses and laboratory classes. The shift to remote learning last spring has led even more science instructors to utilize video resources, and many...
Mar 17th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enabling Educational Flexibility in Chemistry Lab Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Mar 4th 6 min read -
Adjusting to the New Normal: Librarians Discuss Challenges & Opportunities
Ellen C. Kimbro is a Reference Librarian at Meharry Medical College, and Megan Toups is a STEM Librarian (Research and Instruction Services) at the Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University. Both Ellen and Megan began their positions...
Feb 26th 9 min read -
Overcoming the Challenges of Hybrid Courses: 7 Takeaways from Science Instructors
Last fall, Dr. Meghan Porter (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington) and Dr. Johnny El-Rady (Instructor, Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida) adopted models of...
Feb 23rd 17 min read -
From Microbial Ecology to Cancer Research: A Conversation with Dr. Laura Sanchez
Dr. Laura M. Sanchez is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz. A marine natural product chemist by training, her research focuses on the use of mass spectrometry to understand microbe and...
Feb 11th 9 min read -
Exploring the Chemistry of Proteins: A Conversation with Dr. Flora Meilleur
Dr. Flora Meilleur is a structural biologist specializing in protein chemistry and neutron crystallography at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. She is also an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Department...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Building a Virtual (Reality) Classroom: A Conversation with Dr. Amaya Arigita-García
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Amaya Arigita-García is a scientist, professor and the Director of Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Applied Sciences at the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid, Spain. She conducts...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Creando una Clase basada en la Realidad Virtual: Una conversación con la Dra. Amaya Arigita-García
Lee esta publicación en inglés aquí. La Dra. Amaya Arigita-García es científica, profesora y directora de Educación en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Ciencias Aplicadas de la Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio de Madrid, España. Realiza...
Feb 11th 10 min read -
Where Engineering Meets Architecture: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Villanueva
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Paula Villanueva is an architect, engineer, researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Structures and Physics at the Technical University of Madrid. She recently co-authored a JoVE...
Feb 11th 7 min read -
Cuando la Ingeniería y la Arquitectura se fusionan: Una conversación con la Dra. Paula Villanueva
Lee esta publicación en inglés aquí. La Dra. Paula Villanueva es arquitecta, ingeniera, investigadora y profesora a tiempo completo en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, en el Departamento de Estructuras y Física de...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Developing New Antibiotic Drugs: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Read this blog post in German here. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann is a senior research scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland. Her current research focuses on characterizing new natural products — compounds found in...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika: Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Lesen Sie diesen Blogbeitrag hier auf Englisch. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann ist leitende Wissenschaftlerin am Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland. Ihre aktuelle Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Charakterisierung neuer...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
Visualizing the Zebrafish: 5 Exciting Research Protocols, in Video
As a model organism, zebrafish are wonderfully versatile — they are used in research areas ranging from toxicology to molecular genetics to behavior. To celebrate the zebrafish, we’ve brought together five recent video articles from JoVE...
Feb 2nd 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Preparing Students for Lab Work in a Biological Research Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 27th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: Improving the Chemistry Lab Class Experience
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 19th 7 min read -
How the Aranne Central Library in Israel Helps its Researchers & Educators Benefit from JoVE Videos
With over 20,000 students and 1,000 faculty members, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of the leading research and teaching universities in Israel. The Aranne Central Library is an intellectual hub for visitors from across the Negev, and is...
Jan 14th 10 min read -
5 Online Assessment Ideas for Your Science Course
As we enter a new year and a new semester, hybrid and remote teaching continue to be the preferred formats of instruction at many institutions around the world. Many instructors have begun embracing these models by building variety into the graded...
Jan 12th 12 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Unique Lab Project for an Online Biotechnology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 5th 10 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Video Articles in 2020
2020 has been a difficult year but the scientific community has continued to push through the obstacles it has posed, making groundbreaking discoveries, developing new technologies and methods, and constantly reaching new frontiers in the quest for...
Dec 29th 2 min read -
How to Improve Laboratory Productivity: 5 Tips from Librarians
Looking for actionable ways to improve productivity in your lab? We spoke with 5 librarians who work closely with scientists and research students in their institution, providing them with resources, ideas and tools to help them achieve their...
Dec 22nd 9 min read -
Make a Wish for a JoVE Video: The Story of Dr. Lyra
In a chemistry lab, in a land far away,our friend Dr. Lyra and all her lab membersare working away on a very special projectto spread some light and cheer this December. See, the story began with a dropped video call,with video so distorted,...
Dec 9th 4 min read -
JoVE in Action: Helping Students with Concept Mapping in Biology, Using Videos
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Dec 1st 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Video to Support Community College Biology Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 24th 8 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enhancing Virtual Labs in a General Chemistry II Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 17th 7 min read -
5 Ways to Use Video to Support STEM Students at Community Colleges
As a greater number of students head to community colleges to begin their journey in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the need to find effective ways to support them — as well as their STEM course instructors...
Nov 10th 11 min read -
10 Remote Learning Challenges and Effective Ways to Address Them
At our three-part webinar series in October, science professors Dr. Dawn Bazely, Dr. Nir Ohad and Peter Ronai and librarian Liz Grace spoke about their experiences of shifting to remote learning in the spring: — Dr. Dawn Bazely...
Nov 4th 14 min read -
Making the Most of Hybrid Learning: 5 Tips From Prof. Peter Ronai & Dr. Nir Ohad
When COVID-19 struck earlier this year, Prof. Peter Ronai (Clinical Professor of Exercise Science at Sacred Heart University) and Dr. Nir Ohad (Director of the Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security at Tel Aviv University) both looked...
Oct 29th 11 min read -
How Can Libraries Meet Remote Learning Challenges? 5 Tips From Librarian Liz Grace
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Grace is the Head of Collections & Systems at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Edward G. Miner Library. When her institution shifted to remote learning earlier this year, Liz and her colleagues worked...
Oct 23rd 8 min read -
Dr. Dawn Bazely’s Top 5 Tips for Building a Remote Science Lab Kit
In March, Dr. Dawn Bazely — University Professor in the Department of Biology at York University — was faced with the task of transforming her Biodiversity & Watershed Management field course into a fully remote format. She devoted over...
Oct 21st 9 min read -
6 Tips for Effectively Using Video in Remote STEM Courses
Over spring and summer this year, educators worldwide developed innovative ways to transform their science courses into remote or hybrid formats. Chief among these was using video to address unique remote learning difficulties: e.g., diversifying...
Oct 15th 11 min read -
JoVE Playlist: Understanding CRISPR, the Nobel Prize–Winning Genetic Tool
On October 7th, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on developing the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool. This method allows researchers to target and alter specific sequences of...
Oct 13th 2 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in an Online Biology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Oct 6th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Teach Virtual Organic Chemistry Labs
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 29th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Develop a Low-Cost, Online Biology Course for Non-Majors
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 23rd 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 15th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching a Biomedical Sciences Research Class Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 8th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Creating a Flipped Lab for a Biochemistry Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 1st 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Videos to Teach Inorganic Chemistry Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 25th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Bring a General Chemistry Lab Course Online
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 18th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Virtual Immunology Lab Exercise
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 11th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: How Are Students in Hybrid STEM Classes Using Videos for Lab Preparation?
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 4th 6 min read -
JoVE Launches New Aeronautical Engineering, Immunology, & Microbiology SciEd Collections
JoVE is expanding its Science Education database with three new collections: we’re adding Aeronautical Engineering, and in the Advanced Biology series, Immunology and Microbiology. I’m excited for the JoVE subscriber community. We’re...
Oct 11th 3 min read -
How Good Are Your Lab’s Pipette Skills?
What is a lab Pipette? We use pipettes constantly to accurately or easily measure liquid volumes. So maybe the common use and seeming simplicity leads anyone who has seen the pipette in action once to assume they’re proficient. Does this...
Oct 7th 6 min read -
Experts: Librarians Can Help Students Pass MCAT
Pre-med students face great burdens and challenges when preparing for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The process can be overwhelming. Purchasing preparation materials or hiring private tutors can be expensive and out of the reach...
Oct 4th 5 min read -
JoVE Video Gains in K-12, China, and More
As a science video solutions provider, JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers globally. We’re excited and proud to list the names of institutions that either are new to us, or have expanded their existing...
Oct 2nd 5 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2019
Make the Research Difference There are dozens of ways for you to support faculty research! Consider all the librarian techno-tools and programs. Read all about it in this blog by academic medical librarian Dr. Parveen Babbar...
Oct 1st 3 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: September 2019
Welcome to our newsletter: A free, monthly, STEM-librarian focused publication for academic, corporate, and medical audiences! We offer articles, Q&As, librarian blogs, and more, all to promote your STEM librarian career. To receive the...
Oct 1st 4 min read -
Postdoc Early Career Groups Are Key: Start One!
Why did we need such a group? I studied in France and came to Leeds for my first postdoctoral position more than 10 years ago. I just love research and being at the bench. I specialise in cancer research, but within this field, I have worked...
Sep 20th 8 min read -
Turkish STEM Librarian Uses Databases to Support Science
Our university is established on the theme of health. It conducts education and training activities exclusively in health care. Through its two main hospitals, it also provides convenient health services to students. Another of the...
Sep 17th 7 min read -
Outdoor Research Problems? Get JoVE Creative!
It’s hard enough to perform reproducible experiments inside a familiar and completely controlled lab. When having to take the research outside, things get even tougher. One of our JoVE editors, Dr. Lyndsay Troyer, has faced this very...
Sep 13th 8 min read -
JoVE Customer Success: Serving Librarians, Faculty, Researchers
Name: Claire WinthropTitle: Director of JoVE Customer SuccessDegree: Master of Business Administration, Suffolk University Tell me about what you do. I came on board to build a team to help our existing subscribers become aware of JoVE...
Sep 11th 4 min read -
When STEM Ed Fails Students
Science is hard. It involves complicated concepts, intricate experiments, and advanced equipment. And our traditional textbook-based, lecture-centric teaching methods are demonstrably outdated. A well-known 2013 U.S. Department of Education...
Aug 28th 6 min read -
JoVE Closes Summer With Gains in North America, Biopharma, and K-12
JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers in labs and classrooms across the globe. We appreciate each subscriber and are excited to help each of them change how science is taught and done. The following organizations are either...
Aug 27th 5 min read -
For This JoVEr, Seeing is Repeating (the Experiment)
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Aaron BerardTitle: JoVE Senior Science...
Aug 14th 10 min read -
This Indian Academic Librarian Promotes Domain Information Expertise
First, about me: I am a deputy librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, with 14 years of experience in my job. Now, as for JNU: It’s a premier university for research in physical and chemical sciences and mathematics. The...
Aug 14th 5 min read -
5 Fieldwork Prep Tips to Save Time/Effort
While pursuing my Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, I did field work collecting soil cores from an abandoned mine tailings site in a remote location in South Dakota. The trip took some planning. I had driven over 400 miles from my own lab in...
Jul 31st 7 min read -
Helping Libraries Get JoVE Subscription Value
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Colin Treanor Title: Onboarding and Curriculum...
Jul 25th 9 min read -
How Medical Librarians Can Provide Resource Access 24/7
First, about me: I have been working as senior documentation officer and head, National Documentation Centre (NDC), National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) in New Delhi for 21 years. My colleagues and I work to support the...
Jul 24th 6 min read -
5 Collaboration Technologies for Flipped Classrooms
Today’s science classrooms can be riddled with challenges. Educators face time and budgetary constraints for their experiments — while also needing to cover all of their mandatory course materials. Complex scientific jargon can put...
Jul 18th 6 min read -
5 Tips to Improve Your Postdoc Productivity
For many Ph.D.s, working as a postdoc can strengthen your professional skills, expand your professional network, and provide an opportunity for you to think and choose your next career. I worked in two postdoc positions after receiving my...
Jul 12th 6 min read -
How These Research Librarians Juice STEM Lab Productivity
I’ll start with a question: How are you or your library helping to boost the lab productivity of science students and faculty? We know that researchers and students face an increasing (and sometimes overwhelming) deluge of scientific...
Jul 11th 7 min read -
JoVE Physical Sciences Newsletter | May 2019
Isolating Free Carbenes Dominik Munz and colleagues, at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, present a protocol for the isolation of stable heterocyclic carbenes. Silk-Based Micro-Stirrers Xiubo Zhao, at the University of...
May 15th 5 min read -
JoVE Biology Newsletter | May 2019
Proteomics Analyses Using OpenProt Database Xavier Roucou’s lab, at the Université de Sherbrooke, presents a protocol for using OpenProt databases when interrogating mass spectrometry datasets. Comparing Protein Levels with...
May 9th 5 min read -
JoVE Newsletter – November 2018
Force-Sensitive Protein Dynamics in Living Cells Dr. Brenton Hoffman’s lab, at Duke University, presents a protocol for the simultaneous use of Förster resonance energy transfer-based tension sensors to measure protein load and...
Nov 28th 6 min read -
JoVE Author Profiles – a new feature that showcases your research and you!
JoVE is pleased to announce a new feature for its authors: Author Profiles. Authors now receive their own dedicated web pages, when they publish with JoVE. With a sleek new design, these Author Profiles highlight both the research and the...
Oct 10th 2 min read -
JoVE Environment: 10 Techniques from Beyond the Bench
Ten JoVE Video Articles featuring field methodologies from the Environment section of the journal. The majority of science takes place in the lab which makes labs the setting for most JoVE Video Articles. However, environmental scientists and...
Apr 12th 7 min read -
4 Scientists Leading the Charge to Solve the Reproducibility Crisis
There are scientists who are taking remarkable steps to address the reproducibility crisis in scientific research. Read about the four scientists who started four unique initiatives to lend their voice to this conversation. In 2016, we witnessed...
Jan 25th 8 min read -
Science Advancement, Career Advancement: The JoVE Career Path Guide
The JoVE team is full of passionate, innovative people who are constantly working to make our resources even more valuable and essential for the scientific community. That's why we've always begun team-building efforts from within and why we're...
Nov 9th 7 min read -
A Solution to the Current Reproducibility Crisis in a Technologically Advanced Era
The reproducibility crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing the scientific community today. A number of solutions have been proposed, but none fully respond to the issue. Read on for a unique, new solution that actually could bring more...
Nov 2nd 7 min read -
The Art of a Work-Life Balance in Scientific Research
Scientists wrestle with some of the biggest, most impactful problems on the planet every day, yet very few have success in establishing something which seems so much easier: a work-life balance. It begs the question: can you be a great scientist...
Jul 27th 9 min read -
Scientific Research Funding: 10 Grant Application Sources Worth Your Time
Finding research funding today is harder than ever before. That doesn’t mean your work is coming to an end, though. Use these 10 grant application sources to get your laboratory the money it needs and keep your research going. Ask just about any...
Jul 13th 10 min read -
How to Achieve Better Learning with Visual Learning
Incorporating learning styles (visual learning, in particular) has been a growing trend in the academic and scientific worlds for years now but what brought about its burst in popularity and is there more to the idea than we’ve all been...
Jul 6th 7 min read -
JoVE on PRI’s The World radio show
This afternoon, JoVE was highlighted on PRI’s The World radio broadcast. CEO Moshe Pritsker addressed how science was broken but that sharing methods via video can help alleviate the strain of trying to replicate others’ results. To learn more...
Nov 14th 1 min read -
Alaska: Not Only Moose and Bears, but also a lot of Good Science
When you hear ‘Alaska', what's the first thing that comes to mind? Moose and bears, salmon and glaciers, oil pipelines and snow? Perhaps. But in addition to the famous Iditarod sled race, Alaska is also home to a number of prestigious academic...
Oct 24th 3 min read -
How Drosophila melanogaster are used in science
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the "fruit fly," is a small insect that is commonly found...
Nov 13th 3 min read -
A Video Introduction to Plasmid Purification
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. Plasmids are circular, extra chromosomal DNA molecules, and in molecular biology they act as...
Nov 12th 3 min read -
A demonstration of ELISA, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. We'd like to introduce you to ELISA, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay! In this video...
Nov 7th 3 min read -
30 Days of Science Education: An Introduction to Cell Passaging
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. HeLa is the oldest and perhaps most famous immortal cell line used in scientific research today....
Oct 31st 4 min read -
30 days of Science Education: Day 1—DNA Gel Electrophoresis
Join us over the next 30 days as we explore a variety of demonstrations on fundamental techniques (today, DNA gel electrophoresis) in the lab. Imagine if all scientific research and experiments were automated. “Siri,” you could say to your...
Oct 28th 4 min read -
The 5 components to making it on TV as a scientist
Dr. Adam Ruben is a comedian, a writer and a molecular biologist. While his day job consists of developing a malaria vaccine for a company called Sanaria he also does something a little more captivating. He is a co-host for the Science...
Aug 28th 9 min read -
The cutting edge: A surgeon’s persuasive use of social media
Dr. Stephen J. Wigmore is not your ordinary transplantation surgeon. Though he is a professor, a medical doctor, and has published 153 scholarly articles he remains extremely active in another function — one not so common among his colleagues....
Aug 19th 4 min read -
The 10 ingredients of a healthy young scientist
The 60-hour workweek that accompanies earning your PhD doesn’t exactly encourage a healthy lifestyle. Pairing up with anesthetist and freelance writer Nick Angelis, author of “How to succeed in Anesthesia School,” and his wife, nutritionist...
Aug 15th 5 min read -
Launching a career with a fan letter
Brooke Paige, founder of 7ContinentsCollaboration, says she owes her career to a single letter she sent 18 years ago. With this letter, what seemed like a shot in the dark — an application for a research internship position at the National...
Aug 8th 4 min read -
8 Tips for Perfect Poster Sessions
When Leigh Steere prepares scientific research for a poster session, her greatest challenge is figuring out how to boil it all down. Assembling a compelling presentation from a complex experiment — and then fitting it onto a piece of poster...
Aug 1st 5 min read -
Introducing JoVE Science Education!
Let’s face it, research science isn’t easy to get into. Due to a rich history and thousands of researchers adding to the knowledge pool almost daily, there is a steep learning curve that those interested in the sciences need to overcome to...
May 1st 3 min read -
New Subscribing Institutions and This Year In JoVE!
How’s your week going, faithful readers? Once again, JoVE’s library team has brought Journal of Visualized Experiments to new users all around the world. Here are some of the new schools we’re excited for: University Teknologi Petronas in...
Jan 7th 1 min read -
Leading Edge High School Adopts JoVE
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was the first post-secondary school to adopt JoVE. “We’re just not your typical high school,” explains Dr. Andrea Cobb, lab director at Jefferson. She teaches biotechnology and...
Sep 18th 2 min read
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JoVE in Action: Teaching Organic Chemistry Lab Techniques Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 15th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Teach Virtual Organic Chemistry Labs
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 29th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE to Develop a Low-Cost, Online Biology Course for Non-Majors
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 23rd 6 min read -
Scientific Research Funding: 10 Grant Application Sources Worth Your Time
Finding research funding today is harder than ever before. That doesn’t mean your work is coming to an end, though. Use these 10 grant application sources to get your laboratory the money it needs and keep your research going. Ask just about any...
Jul 13th 10 min read -
JoVE in Action: Teaching a Biomedical Sciences Research Class Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 8th 6 min read -
The Science You Watched this Year: Popular Video Articles in 2020
2020 has been a difficult year but the scientific community has continued to push through the obstacles it has posed, making groundbreaking discoveries, developing new technologies and methods, and constantly reaching new frontiers in the quest for...
Dec 29th 2 min read -
JoVE in Action: Creating a Flipped Lab for a Biochemistry Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Sep 1st 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Videos to Teach Inorganic Chemistry Remotely
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 25th 6 min read -
The ‘Netflix’ of Science Education | JoVE
When Mohammed Khurram Javed — a materials science student at Nankai University — needed to learn more about crystal growth, he did what any student would do: look it up online. Try as he might, however, he simply couldn’t find an...
May 18th 10 min read -
How to Improve Laboratory Productivity: 5 Tips from Librarians
Looking for actionable ways to improve productivity in your lab? We spoke with 5 librarians who work closely with scientists and research students in their institution, providing them with resources, ideas and tools to help them achieve their...
Dec 22nd 9 min read -
Visualizing the Zebrafish: 5 Exciting Research Protocols, in Video
As a model organism, zebrafish are wonderfully versatile — they are used in research areas ranging from toxicology to molecular genetics to behavior. To celebrate the zebrafish, we’ve brought together five recent video articles from JoVE...
Feb 2nd 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: How Are Students in Hybrid STEM Classes Using Videos for Lab Preparation?
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 4th 6 min read -
Developing New Antibiotic Drugs: A Conversation with Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Read this blog post in German here. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann is a senior research scientist at the Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland. Her current research focuses on characterizing new natural products — compounds found in...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Virtual Immunology Lab Exercise
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 11th 6 min read -
5 Ways to Use Video to Support STEM Students at Community Colleges
As a greater number of students head to community colleges to begin their journey in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), the need to find effective ways to support them — as well as their STEM course instructors...
Nov 10th 11 min read -
Make a Wish for a JoVE Video: The Story of Dr. Lyra
In a chemistry lab, in a land far away,our friend Dr. Lyra and all her lab membersare working away on a very special projectto spread some light and cheer this December. See, the story began with a dropped video call,with video so distorted,...
Dec 9th 4 min read -
5 Tips to Improve Your Postdoc Productivity
For many Ph.D.s, working as a postdoc can strengthen your professional skills, expand your professional network, and provide an opportunity for you to think and choose your next career. I worked in two postdoc positions after receiving my...
Jul 12th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Bring a General Chemistry Lab Course Online
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Aug 18th 7 min read -
JoVE Playlist: Understanding CRISPR, the Nobel Prize–Winning Genetic Tool
On October 7th, Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer A. Doudna were awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on developing the CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing tool. This method allows researchers to target and alter specific sequences of...
Oct 13th 2 min read -
Dr. Dawn Bazely’s Top 5 Tips for Building a Remote Science Lab Kit
In March, Dr. Dawn Bazely — University Professor in the Department of Biology at York University — was faced with the task of transforming her Biodiversity & Watershed Management field course into a fully remote format. She devoted over...
Oct 21st 9 min read -
Tips for Teaching with Video via Your Learning Management System (LMS)
Using high-quality educational videos in your science instruction can have numerous benefits, research shows. It can help students better engage with complex material, enhance comprehension, and improve their test performance. For these reasons,...
Mar 24th 7 min read -
Highlighting 7 JoVE publications authored by Nobel laureates
While the 2021 Nobel Prizes are being announced, we take the opportunity to highlight all our Nobel laureates, and the research articles they published in JoVE; The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2020 Michael...
Oct 6th 5 min read -
Adaptation of online lab work to “dry lab”: Biljana Mojsoska, Roskilde University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist researchers worldwide in joining the future-focused research network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes, notes,...
Nov 25th 12 min read -
How Can Libraries Meet Remote Learning Challenges? 5 Tips From Librarian Liz Grace
Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Grace is the Head of Collections & Systems at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Edward G. Miner Library. When her institution shifted to remote learning earlier this year, Liz and her colleagues worked...
Oct 23rd 8 min read -
10 Remote Learning Challenges and Effective Ways to Address Them
At our three-part webinar series in October, science professors Dr. Dawn Bazely, Dr. Nir Ohad and Peter Ronai and librarian Liz Grace spoke about their experiences of shifting to remote learning in the spring: — Dr. Dawn Bazely...
Nov 4th 14 min read -
5 Online Assessment Ideas for Your Science Course
As we enter a new year and a new semester, hybrid and remote teaching continue to be the preferred formats of instruction at many institutions around the world. Many instructors have begun embracing these models by building variety into the graded...
Jan 12th 12 min read -
Introducing the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards…
We’re excited to announce the 2021 JoVE Innovation Awards! This past year has been one of great disruption, but also one of great innovation. Faced with novel challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the science research and education...
Apr 7th 3 min read -
From Microbial Ecology to Cancer Research: A Conversation with Dr. Laura Sanchez
Dr. Laura M. Sanchez is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of California Santa Cruz. A marine natural product chemist by training, her research focuses on the use of mass spectrometry to understand microbe and...
Feb 11th 9 min read -
Reimagining Course-based Research Experience (CRE) courses: Joslyn Mills, Brown University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 30th 9 min read -
How Effective are Videos for Teaching Science? Here’s What the Research Says
For years, many educators have been using instructional videos in innovative ways to support science courses and laboratory classes. The shift to remote learning last spring has led even more science instructors to utilize video resources, and many...
Mar 17th 4 min read -
Making the Most of Hybrid Learning: 5 Tips From Prof. Peter Ronai & Dr. Nir Ohad
When COVID-19 struck earlier this year, Prof. Peter Ronai (Clinical Professor of Exercise Science at Sacred Heart University) and Dr. Nir Ohad (Director of the Manna Center Program for Food Safety & Security at Tel Aviv University) both looked...
Oct 29th 11 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enhancing Virtual Labs in a General Chemistry II Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 17th 7 min read -
Adjusting to the New Normal: Librarians Discuss Challenges & Opportunities
Ellen C. Kimbro is a Reference Librarian at Meharry Medical College, and Megan Toups is a STEM Librarian (Research and Instruction Services) at the Pius XII Memorial Library, Saint Louis University. Both Ellen and Megan began their positions...
Feb 26th 9 min read -
Learning and Dissemination on Twitter: A Conversation with Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi
Dr. Poonam Velagapudi, MD, MS, FACC, FSCAI@Pooh_Velagapudi JoVE Guest Editor Poonam Velagapudi is a structural and interventional cardiologist, educator, and social media strategist at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. We spoke to...
Apr 8th 7 min read -
Back to the lab after lockdown? Some changes in research may continue indefinitely…
When COVID-19 first started, laboratories around the world scrambled to make operating decisions with little time to implement changes. Some shut down, some moved to minimal functioning, while the rest did their best to stay partially operational...
Jul 15th 9 min read -
Last week to apply to the 2021 JoVE Science Education & Research Innovation Awards!
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a testing ground for innovations. The crisis brought upon a persistent question: With millions of students, researchers, and educators across the world forced to stay home, how could the education world assure quick...
Jul 8th 7 min read -
6 Tips for Effectively Using Video in Remote STEM Courses
Over spring and summer this year, educators worldwide developed innovative ways to transform their science courses into remote or hybrid formats. Chief among these was using video to address unique remote learning difficulties: e.g., diversifying...
Oct 15th 11 min read -
JoVE in Action: How to Create a Unique Lab Project for an Online Biotechnology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 5th 10 min read -
JoVE in Action: Improving the Chemistry Lab Class Experience
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 19th 7 min read -
Playful Physiology for Physiotherapists: Kate Grafton, Leeds Beckett University
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 24th 10 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Charles Clark ‘Live streaming the unseen: How to use real-time video streaming in the lab.’
Single Cell Analysis Project This blog post highlights the 2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award winner Charles Clark’s winning entry in which he reveals how to use real-time video streaming in the lab and its benefits. Charles’ current...
Nov 19th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using Video to Support Community College Biology Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Nov 24th 8 min read -
JoVE in Action: Using JoVE in Synchronous and Asynchronous Learning in an Online Biology Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Oct 6th 7 min read -
Experts: Librarians Can Help Students Pass MCAT
Pre-med students face great burdens and challenges when preparing for the Medical College Admissions Test (MCAT). The process can be overwhelming. Purchasing preparation materials or hiring private tutors can be expensive and out of the reach...
Oct 4th 5 min read -
How Effective is the Use of Video in Scientific Research & Lab Training?
Scientific publishing has traditionally been dominated by text-only journal articles. Yet it is often difficult to capture crucial details of scientific methods using text alone. To effectively communicate and visualize nuances associated with the...
Apr 22nd 3 min read -
Scientists Are Moving to Visual Standard Operating Procedures – Here’s Why
“Videos are great training tools and serve as visual standard operating procedures in my lab,” says Dr. Raja Sriperumbudur, Director of In-Vivo Resource Center at Biogen. “[Video protocols] are easy to reproduce because you have all the...
Mar 31st 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Enabling Educational Flexibility in Chemistry Lab Courses
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Mar 4th 6 min read -
How Medical Librarians Can Provide Resource Access 24/7
First, about me: I have been working as senior documentation officer and head, National Documentation Centre (NDC), National Institute of Health and Family Welfare (NIHFW) in New Delhi for 21 years. My colleagues and I work to support the...
Jul 24th 6 min read -
Every Colored Dot in This Photo Is a Cell. How Was it Made?
You might have heard of Pointillism: a genre of art pioneered in the 1880s, in which colored dots are shaped into beautiful patterns. The image above could easily be a modern example of this classic genre — except that the colored dots...
Jun 2nd 4 min read -
How JoVE videos help boost students’ confidence in the laboratory
The use of videos in instruction has become increasingly common in science courses worldwide. Step-by-step video demonstrations of experiments help students become familiar with the method & equipment before entering the lab. When...
Jun 10th 6 min read -
JoVE in Action: Helping Students with Concept Mapping in Biology, Using Videos
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Dec 1st 7 min read -
How Can You Keep Students Engaged in Science Courses?
The need for instructors to find effective ways to support students and to keep them engaged is now more important than ever. The use of traditional print-based methods of teaching might not be enough to keep the current tech-savvy generation...
Jun 17th 7 min read -
How the Aranne Central Library in Israel Helps its Researchers & Educators Benefit from JoVE Videos
With over 20,000 students and 1,000 faculty members, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev is one of the leading research and teaching universities in Israel. The Aranne Central Library is an intellectual hub for visitors from across the Negev, and is...
Jan 14th 10 min read -
Turkish STEM Librarian Uses Databases to Support Science
Our university is established on the theme of health. It conducts education and training activities exclusively in health care. Through its two main hospitals, it also provides convenient health services to students. Another of the...
Sep 17th 7 min read -
Psychology Quips or How to Use Students’ Smartphones to Your Advantage
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards aimed to recognize and celebrate creative solutions to assist faculty members worldwide in joining the future-focused learning network. This series of blog posts consolidates themes,...
Nov 23rd 6 min read -
Exploring the Chemistry of Proteins: A Conversation with Dr. Flora Meilleur
Dr. Flora Meilleur is a structural biologist specializing in protein chemistry and neutron crystallography at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. She is also an Associate Professor in the Molecular and Structural Biochemistry Department...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Entwicklung neuer Antibiotika: Ein Gespräch mit Dr. Jennifer Herrmann
Lesen Sie diesen Blogbeitrag hier auf Englisch. Dr. Jennifer Herrmann ist leitende Wissenschaftlerin am Helmholtz-Institut für Pharmazeutische Forschung Saarland. Ihre aktuelle Forschung konzentriert sich auf die Charakterisierung neuer...
Feb 4th 9 min read -
How These Research Librarians Juice STEM Lab Productivity
I’ll start with a question: How are you or your library helping to boost the lab productivity of science students and faculty? We know that researchers and students face an increasing (and sometimes overwhelming) deluge of scientific...
Jul 11th 7 min read -
Helping Libraries Get JoVE Subscription Value
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Colin Treanor Title: Onboarding and Curriculum...
Jul 25th 9 min read -
Librarians on User Outreach & Resourcing: Takeaways from ACRL 2021
What are the most successful ways librarians have interacted with faculty and students during the pandemic? What are some new channels they used for outreach, and how do they evaluate new resources? As the long-term need for virtual...
May 4th 11 min read -
JoVE Author Profiles – a new feature that showcases your research and you!
JoVE is pleased to announce a new feature for its authors: Author Profiles. Authors now receive their own dedicated web pages, when they publish with JoVE. With a sleek new design, these Author Profiles highlight both the research and the...
Oct 10th 2 min read -
JoVE in Action: Dr. Katja Köhler berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Laborkursen einsetzt
Dr. Katja Köhler ist Direktorin des CAL (Center for Active Learning) an der ETH Zürich und unterrichtet in Grundkursen der Genetik und Zellbiologie Studierende der Biologie, Pharmazie und Medizin. Zu Ihren Aufgaben gehört ebenfalls die...
Nov 22nd 5 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Claudia Jorgensen: “How to establish and implement best practices in remote instruction.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 7th 7 min read -
Virtual Lab Training: The Travel-Free Approach Scientists Are Opting For
For years, scientific researchers have encountered the need to travel for training. Sometimes, this involves traveling to laboratories on the other side of the country — or even the world — to learn an essential research method under the...
May 27th 8 min read -
Visually Explained: How Exactly Are Vaccines Developed?
Within a few months of the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, laboratories around the world had successfully developed vaccine technologies and begun clinical trials. Some months after that, vaccine manufacturing and distribution had entered full...
May 12th 3 min read -
This Indian Academic Librarian Promotes Domain Information Expertise
First, about me: I am a deputy librarian at Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, India, with 14 years of experience in my job. Now, as for JNU: It’s a premier university for research in physical and chemical sciences and mathematics. The...
Aug 14th 5 min read -
JoVE in Action: Preparing Students for Lab Work in a Biological Research Course
JoVE in Action is a series of blog posts highlighting how STEM educators around the world have used JoVE to support their remote teaching efforts. We hope these stories will be useful for instructors looking for effective ways to deliver their...
Jan 27th 9 min read -
JoVE Video Gains in K-12, China, and More
As a science video solutions provider, JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers globally. We’re excited and proud to list the names of institutions that either are new to us, or have expanded their existing...
Oct 2nd 5 min read -
Takeaways from 2021 JoVE Innovation in Instruction Award Winner Dr. Shefaly Shorey’s Webinar: “Improving learning outcomes in the hybrid science classroom.”
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation Awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers, and librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 12th 7 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: August 2019
Make the Research Difference There are dozens of ways for you to support faculty research! Consider all the librarian techno-tools and programs. Read all about it in this blog by academic medical librarian Dr. Parveen Babbar...
Oct 1st 3 min read -
How Good Are Your Lab’s Pipette Skills?
What is a lab Pipette? We use pipettes constantly to accurately or easily measure liquid volumes. So maybe the common use and seeming simplicity leads anyone who has seen the pipette in action once to assume they’re proficient. Does this...
Oct 7th 6 min read -
Overcoming the Challenges of Hybrid Courses: 7 Takeaways from Science Instructors
Last fall, Dr. Meghan Porter (Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University Bloomington) and Dr. Johnny El-Rady (Instructor, Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida) adopted models of...
Feb 23rd 17 min read -
Hybrid Teaching and Learning Post-Pandemic: 5 Ways to Make the Most of Educational Videos
In last week’s JoVE webinar, Dr. Ella Maysami - Lecturer in Neuroscience, KIITE Fellow in Curriculum Design and Internationalisation, Keele University, England and Dr. Tsaffrir Zor - Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Tel Aviv...
Jul 1st 9 min read -
JoVE Customer Success: Serving Librarians, Faculty, Researchers
Name: Claire WinthropTitle: Director of JoVE Customer SuccessDegree: Master of Business Administration, Suffolk University Tell me about what you do. I came on board to build a team to help our existing subscribers become aware of JoVE...
Sep 11th 4 min read -
2021 JoVE Researcher Innovation Award Winner: Eric Hamlett ‘Adapting international research conferences to virtual web-based systems’
The 2021 JoVE Science Education and Research Innovation awards have paved the way for a series of blog posts highlighting how science educators, researchers and Librarians worldwide have used visual resources to support their remote efforts. We...
Oct 8th 5 min read -
The Art of a Work-Life Balance in Scientific Research
Scientists wrestle with some of the biggest, most impactful problems on the planet every day, yet very few have success in establishing something which seems so much easier: a work-life balance. It begs the question: can you be a great scientist...
Jul 27th 9 min read -
JoVE Closes Summer With Gains in North America, Biopharma, and K-12
JoVE promotes the success of researchers and teachers in labs and classrooms across the globe. We appreciate each subscriber and are excited to help each of them change how science is taught and done. The following organizations are either...
Aug 27th 5 min read -
Engaging Students Through Blended Learning: Takeaways From a Medical Professor
Professor Gian Battista Parigi is the President of the Committee for International Cooperation for Development (CICOPS) & Associate Professor of Pediatric Surgery at the University of Pavia, Italy. When COVID-19 struck last year, Prof....
Jun 24th 8 min read -
Introducing JoVE Science Education!
Let’s face it, research science isn’t easy to get into. Due to a rich history and thousands of researchers adding to the knowledge pool almost daily, there is a steep learning curve that those interested in the sciences need to overcome to...
May 1st 3 min read -
Librarian Impact Newsletter: September 2019
Welcome to our newsletter: A free, monthly, STEM-librarian focused publication for academic, corporate, and medical audiences! We offer articles, Q&As, librarian blogs, and more, all to promote your STEM librarian career. To receive the...
Oct 1st 4 min read -
5 Collaboration Technologies for Flipped Classrooms
Today’s science classrooms can be riddled with challenges. Educators face time and budgetary constraints for their experiments — while also needing to cover all of their mandatory course materials. Complex scientific jargon can put...
Jul 18th 6 min read -
Building a Virtual (Reality) Classroom: A Conversation with Dr. Amaya Arigita-García
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Amaya Arigita-García is a scientist, professor and the Director of Education in the Faculty of Social Sciences and Applied Sciences at the Alfonso X el Sabio University in Madrid, Spain. She conducts...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
When STEM Ed Fails Students
Science is hard. It involves complicated concepts, intricate experiments, and advanced equipment. And our traditional textbook-based, lecture-centric teaching methods are demonstrably outdated. A well-known 2013 U.S. Department of Education...
Aug 28th 6 min read -
Where Engineering Meets Architecture: A Conversation with Dr. Paula Villanueva
Read this blog post in Spanish here. Dr. Paula Villanueva is an architect, engineer, researcher and Assistant Professor in the Department of Building Structures and Physics at the Technical University of Madrid. She recently co-authored a JoVE...
Feb 11th 7 min read -
For This JoVEr, Seeing is Repeating (the Experiment)
JoVE Snapshot: This is a regular series profiling the JoVErs doing outstanding work in editorial, customer success, videography, and more. Together, they are changing how science is done. Name: Aaron BerardTitle: JoVE Senior Science...
Aug 14th 10 min read -
The 5 components to making it on TV as a scientist
Dr. Adam Ruben is a comedian, a writer and a molecular biologist. While his day job consists of developing a malaria vaccine for a company called Sanaria he also does something a little more captivating. He is a co-host for the Science...
Aug 28th 9 min read -
5 Fieldwork Prep Tips to Save Time/Effort
While pursuing my Ph.D. in analytical chemistry, I did field work collecting soil cores from an abandoned mine tailings site in a remote location in South Dakota. The trip took some planning. I had driven over 400 miles from my own lab in...
Jul 31st 7 min read -
8 Tips for Perfect Poster Sessions
When Leigh Steere prepares scientific research for a poster session, her greatest challenge is figuring out how to boil it all down. Assembling a compelling presentation from a complex experiment — and then fitting it onto a piece of poster...
Aug 1st 5 min read -
A Solution to the Current Reproducibility Crisis in a Technologically Advanced Era
The reproducibility crisis is one of the biggest challenges facing the scientific community today. A number of solutions have been proposed, but none fully respond to the issue. Read on for a unique, new solution that actually could bring more...
Nov 2nd 7 min read -
A demonstration of ELISA, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. We'd like to introduce you to ELISA, the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay! In this video...
Nov 7th 3 min read -
Creando una Clase basada en la Realidad Virtual: Una conversación con la Dra. Amaya Arigita-García
Lee esta publicación en inglés aquí. La Dra. Amaya Arigita-García es científica, profesora y directora de Educación en la Facultad de Ciencias Sociales y Ciencias Aplicadas de la Universidad Alfonso X el Sabio de Madrid, España. Realiza...
Feb 11th 10 min read -
Postdoc Early Career Groups Are Key: Start One!
Why did we need such a group? I studied in France and came to Leeds for my first postdoctoral position more than 10 years ago. I just love research and being at the bench. I specialise in cancer research, but within this field, I have worked...
Sep 20th 8 min read -
Outdoor Research Problems? Get JoVE Creative!
It’s hard enough to perform reproducible experiments inside a familiar and completely controlled lab. When having to take the research outside, things get even tougher. One of our JoVE editors, Dr. Lyndsay Troyer, has faced this very...
Sep 13th 8 min read -
JoVE Launches New Aeronautical Engineering, Immunology, & Microbiology SciEd Collections
JoVE is expanding its Science Education database with three new collections: we’re adding Aeronautical Engineering, and in the Advanced Biology series, Immunology and Microbiology. I’m excited for the JoVE subscriber community. We’re...
Oct 11th 3 min read -
JoVE Environment: 10 Techniques from Beyond the Bench
Ten JoVE Video Articles featuring field methodologies from the Environment section of the journal. The majority of science takes place in the lab which makes labs the setting for most JoVE Video Articles. However, environmental scientists and...
Apr 12th 7 min read -
How Drosophila melanogaster are used in science
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. Drosophila melanogaster, also known as the "fruit fly," is a small insect that is commonly found...
Nov 13th 3 min read -
JoVE Physical Sciences Newsletter | May 2019
Isolating Free Carbenes Dominik Munz and colleagues, at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, present a protocol for the isolation of stable heterocyclic carbenes. Silk-Based Micro-Stirrers Xiubo Zhao, at the University of...
May 15th 5 min read -
4 Scientists Leading the Charge to Solve the Reproducibility Crisis
There are scientists who are taking remarkable steps to address the reproducibility crisis in scientific research. Read about the four scientists who started four unique initiatives to lend their voice to this conversation. In 2016, we witnessed...
Jan 25th 8 min read -
Cuando la Ingeniería y la Arquitectura se fusionan: Una conversación con la Dra. Paula Villanueva
Lee esta publicación en inglés aquí. La Dra. Paula Villanueva es arquitecta, ingeniera, investigadora y profesora a tiempo completo en la Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, en el Departamento de Estructuras y Física de...
Feb 11th 8 min read -
Leading Edge High School Adopts JoVE
Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology was the first post-secondary school to adopt JoVE. “We’re just not your typical high school,” explains Dr. Andrea Cobb, lab director at Jefferson. She teaches biotechnology and...
Sep 18th 2 min read -
JoVE Biology Newsletter | May 2019
Proteomics Analyses Using OpenProt Database Xavier Roucou’s lab, at the Université de Sherbrooke, presents a protocol for using OpenProt databases when interrogating mass spectrometry datasets. Comparing Protein Levels with...
May 9th 5 min read -
How to Achieve Better Learning with Visual Learning
Incorporating learning styles (visual learning, in particular) has been a growing trend in the academic and scientific worlds for years now but what brought about its burst in popularity and is there more to the idea than we’ve all been...
Jul 6th 7 min read -
JoVE-Videos: Das perfekte digitale Tool für Ihre naturwissenschaftlichen Kurse
Millennials sind inmitten der Digitalisierung aufgewachsen und damit vertraut, digitale Medien zu konsumieren. Etwa 79 % aller Studierenden sehen sich beispielsweise Videos an, um sich eigenständig weiterzubilden [1]. In dieser Zeit des globalen...
Jul 5th 6 min read -
Science Advancement, Career Advancement: The JoVE Career Path Guide
The JoVE team is full of passionate, innovative people who are constantly working to make our resources even more valuable and essential for the scientific community. That's why we've always begun team-building efforts from within and why we're...
Nov 9th 7 min read -
JoVE in Action: Dr. Maren Kuhne berichtet, wie sie JoVE-Videos in ihren Vorlesungen einsetzt
Dr. Maren KuhneSeit 2015 freiberufliche Dozentin im Masterstudiengang Biotechnologie an der Berliner Hochschule für Technik (BHT), sowie in der Erwachsenenweiterbildung (CQ und GLA); 2009-2015 Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin an der Bundesanstalt...
Feb 9th 7 min read -
A Video Introduction to Plasmid Purification
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. Plasmids are circular, extra chromosomal DNA molecules, and in molecular biology they act as...
Nov 12th 3 min read -
The cutting edge: A surgeon’s persuasive use of social media
Dr. Stephen J. Wigmore is not your ordinary transplantation surgeon. Though he is a professor, a medical doctor, and has published 153 scholarly articles he remains extremely active in another function — one not so common among his colleagues....
Aug 19th 4 min read -
Was macht JoVE-Videos besonders?
Akademische Einrichtungen weltweit haben sich während der Pandemie schnell an das digitalisierte Lehren naturwissenschaftlicher Kurse gewöhnt. Videolektionen sind ein großartiges Werkzeug, um komplexe Themen auf vereinfachte Weise zu vermitteln...
Aug 6th 7 min read -
JoVE Newsletter – November 2018
Force-Sensitive Protein Dynamics in Living Cells Dr. Brenton Hoffman’s lab, at Duke University, presents a protocol for the simultaneous use of Förster resonance energy transfer-based tension sensors to measure protein load and...
Nov 28th 6 min read -
30 days of Science Education: Day 1—DNA Gel Electrophoresis
Join us over the next 30 days as we explore a variety of demonstrations on fundamental techniques (today, DNA gel electrophoresis) in the lab. Imagine if all scientific research and experiments were automated. “Siri,” you could say to your...
Oct 28th 4 min read -
Alaska: Not Only Moose and Bears, but also a lot of Good Science
When you hear ‘Alaska', what's the first thing that comes to mind? Moose and bears, salmon and glaciers, oil pipelines and snow? Perhaps. But in addition to the famous Iditarod sled race, Alaska is also home to a number of prestigious academic...
Oct 24th 3 min read -
4 Arten, JoVE zur Prüfungsvorbereitung und Revision zu nutzen
Nach dem Ausbruch der COVID-19-Pandemie hatten Institute weltweit Mühe, innovative Wege zu finden, um ihre naturwissenschaftlichen Kurse in Fern- oder Hybridunterricht umzuwandeln. Videos sind nach wie vor ein bevorzugtes Lehrformat an vielen...
Jul 27th 8 min read -
Launching a career with a fan letter
Brooke Paige, founder of 7ContinentsCollaboration, says she owes her career to a single letter she sent 18 years ago. With this letter, what seemed like a shot in the dark — an application for a research internship position at the National...
Aug 8th 4 min read -
The 10 ingredients of a healthy young scientist
The 60-hour workweek that accompanies earning your PhD doesn’t exactly encourage a healthy lifestyle. Pairing up with anesthetist and freelance writer Nick Angelis, author of “How to succeed in Anesthesia School,” and his wife, nutritionist...
Aug 15th 5 min read -
JoVE on PRI’s The World radio show
This afternoon, JoVE was highlighted on PRI’s The World radio broadcast. CEO Moshe Pritsker addressed how science was broken but that sharing methods via video can help alleviate the strain of trying to replicate others’ results. To learn more...
Nov 14th 1 min read -
New Subscribing Institutions and This Year In JoVE!
How’s your week going, faithful readers? Once again, JoVE’s library team has brought Journal of Visualized Experiments to new users all around the world. Here are some of the new schools we’re excited for: University Teknologi Petronas in...
Jan 7th 1 min read -
30 Days of Science Education: An Introduction to Cell Passaging
Thank you for checking out our “30 days of Science Education” series. Use Science Education videos to introduce undergraduates to the lab. HeLa is the oldest and perhaps most famous immortal cell line used in scientific research today....
Oct 31st 4 min read