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ReviewTrends in biotechnology2025

Reducing education inequalities through cloud-enabled live-cell biotechnology.

Samira Vera-Choqqueccota, Baha Eddine Youcef Belmekki, Mohamed-Slim Alouini, Mircea Teodorescu, David Haussler, Mohammed A Mostajo-Radji

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Review in Trends in biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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4citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Samira Vera-ChoqqueccotaLive Cell Biotechnology Discovery Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Baha Eddine Youcef BelmekkiComputer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mohamed-Slim AlouiniComputer, Electrical, and Mathematical Sciences and Engineering (CEMSE) Division, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Mircea TeodorescuLive Cell Biotechnology Discovery Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
David HausslerLive Cell Biotechnology Discovery Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Department of Biomolecular Engineering, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA.
Mohammed A Mostajo-RadjiLive Cell Biotechnology Discovery Laboratory, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA; Genomics Institute, University of California Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA. Electronic address: mmostajo@ucsc.edu.

Funding

Nanoparticle Tracking Analyzer (NTA) for the Center for Live Cell GenomicsRM1HG011543 · NHGRI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI HAUSSLER, DAVID H, SALAMA, SOFIE REDA · 2021 to 2025
$12.0M
Data Resource and Administrative Coordination Center for the Scalable and Systematic Neurobiology of Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Disorder Risk Genes ConsortiumU24MH132628 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ · PI DAVID H HAUSSLER, Tomasz Nowakowski · 2023 to 2026
$7.9M
NHGRI NIH HHS RM1 HG011543NIMH NIH HHS U24 MH132628
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biotechnology holds the potential to drive innovations across various fields from agriculture to medicine. However, despite numerous interventions, biotechnology education remains highly unequal worldwide. Historically, the high costs and potential exposure to hazardous materials have hindered biotechnology education. Integration of cloud technologies into classrooms has emerged as an alternative solution that is already enabling biotechnology experiments to reach thousands of students globally. We describe several innovations that collectively facilitate real-time experimentation in biotechnology education in remote locations. These advances enable remote access to scientific data and live experiments, promote collaborative research, and ensure educational inclusivity. We propose cloud-enabled live-cell biotechnology as a mechanism for reducing inequalities in biotechnology education and promoting sustainable development.

Indexed as

BiotechnologyCloud ComputingEducation, DistanceHumansbiotechnology educationcloud biologycloud technologyinternet of thingsSTEM education

Identifiers

PMID39209603
PMCPMC12083190

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