Palm Beach State College Biotechnology

Name: Palm Beach State College Biotechnology
Address: 3160 PGA Boulevard, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, 33410, US
Telephone: (561) 207-5003

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Biotechnology career opportunities continue to grow in South Florida. The highest growth categories will be research technicians and associates. Biotechnology is an applied biological science that uses living organisms to create products, perform valuable processes, and solve problems or otherwise benefit humans and/or surroundings.

10/29/2026

10/28/2026

“The instant I saw the picture my mouth fell open and my pulse began to race.” So wrote James Watson in The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA, his controversial account of how he and Francis Crick deciphered the structure of DNA in 1953.

The image, now known as photograph 51, showed an elegant, symmetrical pattern of spots formed by x-rays diffracted from strands of DNA—the fingerprint of the molecule's helical structure.

Rosalind Franklin, an x-ray crystallographer, had produced the image in the spring of 1952. But Watson's 1968 book, amid other slights and sexist language directed at Franklin, implied the flash of insight was his alone.

Popular accounts still routinely suggest Franklin missed the significance of the photo. She never had a chance to challenge Watson's dismissive narrative; she died of cancer in 1958, a decade before his memoir was released and became a bestseller.

But an analysis of her notes on another x-ray image, which she made just days earlier using the same DNA sample, offers a firm rebuttal.

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10/26/2026

📘 Title: VSEPR Molecular Geometry | Shapes of Molecules & Bond Angles 🧪

Do you want to understand the shapes of molecules easily? 🧪🔬

Explore VSEPR Theory (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) and learn how electron pairs determine molecular geometry!

📚 In these notes, you will learn about:
🔹 Linear — 180°
🔹 Trigonal planar — 120°
🔹 Tetrahedral — 109.5°
🔹 Trigonal pyramidal — ~107°
🔹 Bent — ~104.5°
🔹 Trigonal bipyramidal — 90° and 120°
🔹 Octahedral — 90°

💡 Remember: Lone pairs repel more strongly than bonding pairs and can change molecular bond angles.

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10/26/2026

Theory: High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) is an analytical technique used to separate, identify, and quantify components in a mixture. It works by pumping a liquid mobile phase under high pressure through a column containing a stationary phase. Different compounds move at different speeds depending on their interactions with these phases. The main types include reversed-phase, normal-phase, ion-exchange, size-exclusion, and chiral HPLC. Its major instruments are a pump, injector, column, detector, and data system. HPLC is widely used in pharmaceutical analysis, food testing, environmental monitoring, biological research, and chemical industries to ensure product quality and safety.

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10/24/2026

Functional groups

10/23/2026

Happy Mole Day! No burrowing animals here, just chemistry.

The mole is how chemists count atoms and molecules, and it equals about 6.02 × 10²³ particles. That’s why chemistry classrooms celebrate on 10/23, with festivities running 6:02 AM-6:02 PM.

How will you celebrate? Find chemistry resources from NSTA: https://bit.ly/3VSj8Wn

10/13/2026

HPLC (High Performance Liquid Chromatography) | Complete Guide to HPLC System & Components 🧪🔬

10/11/2026

Theory of Functional Groups

Functional groups are specific atoms or groups of atoms that determine the characteristic chemical properties and reactions of organic compounds. Hydrocarbons include alkanes (C–C), alkenes (C=C), and alkynes (C≡C). Oxygen-containing groups include alcohols (–OH), ethers (–O–), aldehydes (–CHO), ketones (>C=O), carboxylic acids (–COOH), esters (–COOR), and acid anhydrides. Nitrogen-containing groups include amines (–NH₂), nitriles (–C≡N), and oximes (>C=N–OH). Sulfur-containing groups include thiols (–SH) and sulfonic acids (–SO₃H). Functional groups help classify organic compounds, predict their chemical reactions, and determine their IUPAC nomenclature.

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3160 PGA Boulevard
Palm Beach Gardens, FL
33410

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(561) 207-5003

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