Tag: cells

(noun. /my-cro-SOME/) by Raeanne Geffert What does it mean? A microsome is a fraction of a cell that contains some […]

Promoter

Glossary

December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 admin

(noun. /pruh-MOW-tr) by Leslie Kent What does it mean? A promoter is a short region of DNA where proteins such […]

HeLa Cells: The Woman Who Changed Science Forever, But Never Knew

December 4, 2023 admin

by Chelsea Smith Who is HeLa? Deborah Lacks was shocked when she found out that there were thousands, or more […]

Diffusion

Glossary

November 17, 2023 admin

(Noun. / di-FYOO-zhun) by Doris Cruz Alonso What does it mean? Diffusion is the net passive movement of molecules (liquid, […]

Isolating Protein from Cells

Techniques

November 17, 2023 admin

by Macy Osborne-Frazier Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Isolating protein from cells allows a […]

Your Cells are Left-handed: The Chirality of Living Things

October 27, 2023 admin

By Henry Dieckhaus Approximately 10% of people identify as left-handed if asked to write a sentence or throw a ball […]

Yeast-Two-Hybrid

Techniques

October 27, 2023 admin

By Chelsea Smith Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Yeast-two-hybrid screens are used to determine […]

Viral Growth Curves

Techniques

October 27, 2023 admin

by Margaret Dedloff Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 Viral growth curves allow scientists to observe how a virus grows […]

Clathrin

Glossary

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 admin

(noun. /Klaa-TH-RiN/) by Autumn Coleman What does it mean? Clathrin is a protein that assists cells in endocytosis, a process […]

Histology

Techniques

July 23, 2023 admin

by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Histology Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists use histology […]

Culturing Human Brain Organoids

Techniques

May 19, 2023 admin

By Brandon Le Technique Name: Culturing human brain organoids Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? […]

Confluency

Glossary

May 12, 2023May 12, 2023 admin

(noun. /con-FLU-en-see/) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? Confluency is a term used to describe how much available space […]

Lineage Tracing

Techniques

March 31, 2023 admin

by Danica Dy Technique Name: Lineage Tracing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? Genes provide […]

Red Blood Cells

Glossary

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 admin

(noun. /red BLUD sell/) by Emma Bouck What does it mean? Red blood cells (also called erythrocytes) are responsible for […]

Apoptosis

Glossary

March 31, 2023March 31, 2023 admin

(noun. /ay-pop-TOE-sis/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? Apoptosis is a coordinated process in which cells die. Many sources […]

Focus Forming Assay

Techniques

March 9, 2023 admin

by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Focus Forming Assay Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Unlike […]

Plaque Assay

Techniques

March 9, 2023 admin

by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Plaque Assay Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? When growing […]

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 […]

Flagella

Glossary

December 19, 2022March 4, 2023 admin

(noun. /fluh-JEH-luh/) Singular: Flagellum by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Flagella are small, threadlike structures on microscopic organisms like […]

Astrocyte

Glossary

December 19, 2022 admin

(noun. /AS-troh-site/) by Honoreé Brewton What does it mean? An astrocyte is a type of glia (glia support the brain […]