Cell Bio at Scitable is Coming!

When I joined Student Voices a little more than a year ago, Scitable covered a lot of genetics topics ranging from the basics in the Essentials of Genetics "eBook" to more advanced articles on chromosomes and evolution and even social issues. It still does, although the website has since expanded to include a variety of other science-related content, like interviews with scientists, blogs, spotlights on science and culture, and even a forum on Women in Science. There is also some new content in Ecology as part of a section called the Knowledge Project. Overall, Scitable has been expanding into all kinds of different ways to present science, and have even re-designed the website to a streamlined version for your favourite mobile device.

Scitable's ultimate aim is to cover all the life sciences and, while doing so, present the information in a clear and concise manner that would appeal to students, especially undergraduates. Actively working towards this aim, Scitable will launch a new portal alongside their genetics content on September 22, and this time the subject will be cell biology. This whole new section comes with five new topic rooms, and some basic content in a new cell biology eBook.

Upon hearing about this upcoming launch, we got uber-excited and decided to roll out a group of posts that would mix the science of cells with our Student Voices perspectives, which we are calling the "Favorite Organelle" series. We're pretty excited about it. You'll get to know how Radwa played the part of Endoplasmic Reticulum in her school's play, why Whitney suddenly realized that mitochondria aren't as boring as textbooks make them seem, and even read a sonnet about the Golgi apparatus by Tara. Of course, we'll still keep up with non cell-obsessed Student Voices musings.

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Viva mitochondria, ribosomes, and golgi!

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