Tag: biochemistry

(noun/uh-mean-OH-ah-sid) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? Amino acids are naturally occurring compounds that are the building blocks for […]

Método de Bradford para Cuantificar Proteínas

Español

May 12, 2023 admin

Original en inglés escrito por Madison Williams, Febrero 10, 2021 (English version) Traducido por Tiffany Riascos Escala de diversión: 3/5 […]

DNA Extraction

Techniques

April 10, 2023 admin

by Mariah Jones Technique Name: DNA Extraction Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? The goal […]

Pineapples and Proteases

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 admin

by Amanda Linke The first time I saw a picture of a pineapple plant growing a fruit I thought the […]

Odessa Goudy

Scientist Spotlights

February 24, 2023 admin

By Mikayla Feldbauer This interview was conducted in Fall 2022. On the date of publication, Odessa Goudy had just earned […]

Metabolomics

Glossary

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 admin

(noun. /me-ta-buh-LO-miks/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? The study of all the global small molecules (also called metabolites) […]

Cytotoxicity Assay

Techniques

December 19, 2022 admin

by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Cytotoxicity assay or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What […]

RNA Extraction

Techniques

November 18, 2022November 21, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? To separate one of the smallest […]

What is RNA Anyways?

October 31, 2022July 23, 2023 admin

by Seth Veenbaas Versión en Español You may already know that DNA is a complex molecule in all our cells […]

Cytokine

Glossary

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 admin

(noun. / SAI-toh-kine /) By Sara Lowe What does it mean? Cytokines can be thought of as the body’s messengers. […]

Kinase

Glossary

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 admin

(noun. /KAI-nayz/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? A kinase is an enzyme that promotes the transfer of a […]

DNA Replication: A Fundamental Yet Highly Complex Process

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 admin

by Dalia Fleifel Cell division: Why and how? The human body is estimated to be made up of ~37 trillion […]

IHC

Techniques

April 14, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Immunohistochemistry, abbreviated IHC Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? The […]

In vitro

Glossary

April 1, 2022April 1, 2022 admin

(Adjective. /in VEE-troh/) by Anna Wheless What does it mean? The term “in vitro” describes a biological experiment or process […]

Epitope

Glossary

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 admin

(noun. /EP-ih-tohp/) by Devina Thiono What does it mean? An epitope is the specific site/location on an antigen (for example, […]

Yield

Glossary

February 17, 2022February 17, 2022 admin

(noun. /yeeld/) by Anna Wheless What does it mean? In chemistry and biochemistry labs, scientists may set up chemical reactions […]

ChIP-ChIP, Hooray!

Techniques

November 29, 2021November 10, 2022 admin

by Riya Gohil Technique Name: Chromatin Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (ChIP-seq) Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Chromatin […]

Antigen

Glossary

October 18, 2021October 18, 2021 admin

(noun. /AN-tih-jen/) by Devina Thiono What does it mean? An antigen is a substance that can be recognized by the […]

The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology

October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 admin

By Riya Gohil The Most Beautiful Experiment in Biology One of my favorite analogies of learning is the expanding circle […]

Denature

Glossary

April 30, 2021November 18, 2022 admin

(verb. /dee-NAY-chur/) By Mariah Jones What does it mean? To “denature” something means to change it fundamentally. In science, this […]