Some learn best through books, others through hands-on experiments.
Which one helped you understand biotechnology better: theory or lab? And why?
Let’s hear your learning experiences!
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Reading gave me the foundation, but it was only when I started doing the experiments myself that things really clicked. Handling instruments, making mistakes, and seeing real results made the concepts come alive.
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I learned most of the things in lab by doing practical. What I learned through practicals helped me to gain troubleshooting knowledge.
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Through the books I got the basic knowledge but when I started to apply and test those theoretical concepts in the lab then I was able to understand it even better. The application part is that it give so much curiosity and interest over the subject. It helps you move further and deeper in research.
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I feel both are important, but lab sessions helped me understand biotechnology better. Seeing concepts in real-time made everything clearer than just reading from a book. It felt exciting and made me curious to learn more.
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For me, the wet lab skills brought my biotechnology knowledge to life. While doing wet-lab, more than the technical skills, the troubleshooting methods taught me much. But yes I definitely agree that theoretical concepts are very important to know too as both goes hand-in-hand equally in research. To have a continuous update on global biotechnological research by reading many research articles, one needs to be good in accumulating all the research information and then building their own understanding around it.
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Honestly, for me hands-on lab experience is the best for any subject. Theory sometimes feels hard to connect or easy to forget after a few days. But when I actually do something with my own hands, it becomes real. That practical experience stays in my mind much longer than just reading. Learning by doing hits different!
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Lab classes are the best they help us to understand things pretty well
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Learning from books definitely gives you a solid foundation; it helps you understand concepts and build a base. But the real depth of learning comes when you apply that theoretical knowledge in the lab. Such as techniques like bacterial transformation or plasmid isolation. These can seem complex or confusing in theory, but once you do them hands-on, the process becomes much clearer. You start connecting the dots, and the learning becomes something you won’t easily forget.
Honestly practical did make me understand why we use assays, analyzers etc in real time. Theory just confused me in some aspects related to analyzers reactors etc.