Tag: cells

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 […]

Lysis

Glossary

November 10, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

(noun. /LIE-sihs/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Lysis is the process in which cells burst open and their […]

Unicellular

Glossary

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 admin

(adjective. /yoo-nih-SELL-yoo-ler/) by Amy Aponte What does it mean? A unicellular organism is made of only one cell. Inside this […]

TUNEL Staining

Techniques

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 admin

by Megan (Frederick) Amason Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 Technique name: TUNEL Staining (TUNEL = terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP […]

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. […]

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 […]

Mapping Genetic Recombination

Techniques

April 8, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

by Nila Pazhayam Technique Name: Mapping genetic recombination during meiosis Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 Intro: There are two […]

Counting Viable Cells

Techniques

April 4, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

by Catalina Cobos-Uribe Technique Name: Cell counting Fun Rating: 3/5 This technique, although extremely important when carrying out cell experiments, […]

Sickle Cell Anemia: How A Spelling Error Can Cause Disease

April 2, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole When it comes to life, spelling is very important. In our day to day life, we take […]