Tag: DNA

by Seth Veenbaas Technique name: Sanger sequencing Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 General purpose: Sanger sequencing, and other DNA […]

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 […]

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 […]

Did you know that all calico and tortoiseshell cats are female?

October 28, 2022 admin

by Taylor Tibbs Calico cats have a secret hidden under all those cute black, white, and orange spots. While the […]

Digest and Ligation of DNA

Techniques

June 30, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

by Rami Major Technique Name: Restriction Digest and Ligation Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? […]

Metaphase Spreads

Techniques

May 5, 2022November 10, 2022 admin

by Deepika Jayaprakash Technique Name: Metaphase spreads Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 This technique is invaluable for clinical diagnosis and […]

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 […]

Nucleotide

Glossary

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 admin

(noun. /NOO-klee-o-tide/) by Whitney Bell What does it mean? Nucleotides are the basic structural units of a nucleic acid, like […]

Oncogenes: Driving life in fast forward mode

April 15, 2022April 22, 2022 admin

by Deepika Jayaprakash One major cause of human cancer development is the activation of certain genes known as proto-oncogenes. Proto-oncogenes […]

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 […]

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 […]

FISH

Techniques

December 3, 2021November 10, 2022 admin

by Nicole Gadda Technique Name: Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) Fun rating: 4/5 Personally, I love anything that is fluorescent […]

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 […]

qRT-PCR

Techniques

November 12, 2021November 10, 2022 admin

by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: qRT-PCR (quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction) Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 Purpose: In molecular […]