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Meet the Lab

Meet the Lab connects middle school classrooms with extraordinary scientists and cutting edge research. Check out these resources to discover how researchers are working to answer scientific questions relevant to everyday life, to understand how scientists solve problems, and to build their own identity as scientists.

Directed Differentiation

In this activity, participants will explore how stem cells can change, or differentiate, into other cell types. This can occur spontaneously due to stress or because of changes in their environment. Participants will also discover how scientists can encourage, or direct, a stem cell to differentiate into a certain cell type by adding growth factors or changing certain conditions.