(noun. /pro-teen) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? A protein is a molecule composed of amino acids, joined together […]
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Cancer
(noun. KAN-suhr) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? An abnormal and uncontrollable increase in the number and growth of […]
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Cytometry by time-of-flight (CyTOF)
by Hazel Milla Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Mass cytometry, also called cytometry by […]
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Primary cell culture
by Abby Poff Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Primary cell culture is an in […]
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Calculating colony forming units (CFUs)
by Leslie Kent Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Microorganisms, like bacteria, are living things […]
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Chimerism: How Multiple Organisms can Live in the Same Body
By Macy Osborne-Frazier If you watched the recent Percy Jackson and the Olympians show, you might remember a scene where […]
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Immunofluorescence
(noun. /im-yuh-noh-floor-ESS-uhns/) by Anna Goddard What does it mean? A technique used to determine where a protein or antibody is […]
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Innate Immunity – The Unsung Heroes
By Nathaniel Vorhees The human immune system is a fascinating and multifaceted system that is critical to our health and […]
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The Apocalypse Inside: The Hallmarks of Cancer and Zombies
by Sophie Mendell A groan. A shuffle. A hunger for brains. From young adult novels, to gory games, to prestige […]
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Ectoderm
(noun. /EK-tuh-drm/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? The ectoderm is an organism’s outer layer of cells or membrane […]
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Fluorescent transcriptional reporters
by Leslie Kent Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? During gene expression, DNA is transcribed […]
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Microsome
(noun. /my-cro-SOME/) by Raeanne Geffert What does it mean? A microsome is a fraction of a cell that contains some […]
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Promoter
(noun. /pruh-MOW-tr) by Leslie Kent What does it mean? A promoter is a short region of DNA where proteins such […]
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HeLa Cells: The Woman Who Changed Science Forever, But Never Knew
by Chelsea Smith Who is HeLa? Deborah Lacks was shocked when she found out that there were thousands, or more […]
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Diffusion
(Noun. / di-FYOO-zhun) by Doris Cruz Alonso What does it mean? Diffusion is the net passive movement of molecules (liquid, […]
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Isolating Protein from Cells
by Macy Osborne-Frazier Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Isolating protein from cells allows a […]
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Your Cells are Left-handed: The Chirality of Living Things
By Henry Dieckhaus Approximately 10% of people identify as left-handed if asked to write a sentence or throw a ball […]
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Yeast-Two-Hybrid
By Chelsea Smith Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Yeast-two-hybrid screens are used to determine […]
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Viral Growth Curves
by Margaret Dedloff Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 Viral growth curves allow scientists to observe how a virus grows […]
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Clathrin
(noun. /Klaa-TH-RiN/) by Autumn Coleman What does it mean? Clathrin is a protein that assists cells in endocytosis, a process […]
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