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Mrs. Brawn from Campbell, CA is requesting lab equipment through DonorsChoose, the most trusted classroom funding site for teachers.

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Studying Breast Cancer Genes

Help me give my students a centrifuge, micropipettes, and gel electrophoresis labs kits to separate DNA samples.

  • $964 goal

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My Project

What is a "breast cancer gene" and how do doctors test for it? If you have it, does it mean you will definitely get cancer? How do labs separate DNA strands to determine if you have a particular gene or not? These and other questions will be answered when my students complete these labs using gel electrophoresis.

In this hands-on breast cancer genetics lab activity, students explore the world of breast cancer markers, investigating the scientific and bioethical considerations associated with genetic testing as they perform gel electrophoresis and analyze the fragment sizes by graphing out a standard curve.

The practice loading gels are essential to give the students practice using the micropipettes to load the gels to make sure they will get good results when we run the gels. The centrifuge is an essential piece of lab equipment that will be used not only with my current students, but in years to come as I continue to have them complete biotech labs.

I've been fortunate to have gel electrophoresis boxes that I received in previous years from Donor's choose projects. These additional lab equipment will make us more efficient. As the program grows, so too do our needs for additional equipment. Thank you so much for your generous support.

Joy

AP biology and Anatomy & Physiology Teacher

Mrs. Brawn Westmont High School Grades 9-12

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Campbell, CA View local requests

More than a third of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
BRCA Chronicles: Breast Cancer Genetics MiniLab (M3054) • Embitec $119.00 2 $238.00
The MiniOne Single Speed Centrifuge (M2032) • Embitec $179.00 1 $179.00
Restriction Digest Basics MiniLab (M6050) • Embitec $84.00 2 $168.00
MiniOne 2-20 µl Micropipette (M2008) • Embitec $69.00 1 $69.00
Gel Loading Practice MiniLab (M3002) • Embitec $59.00 1 $59.00

Materials cost

$713.00

Vendor shipping charges

 FREE

Sales tax

 $65.24

3rd party payment processing fee

$10.70

Fulfillment labor & materials

$30.00

Total project cost

$818.94

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$144.52

Total project goal

$963.46

How we calculate what's needed

Total project goal

 $963.46

1 Donor

-$957.58

Donations toward project cost

-$818.94

Donations to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

-$138.64

Excluded support for DonorsChoose

-$5.88

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