by Marco Gontijo Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? A macrophage invasion and survival assay […]
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Neuronal Tracing
by Jessica Zhang Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Neuronal tracing allows neuroscientists to identify […]
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Size Exclusion Chromatography
by Karly Forker Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Size exclusion chromatography is a technique […]
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Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (Microdilution Technique)
by Marco Gontijo Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 1/5 What is the general purpose? Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) occurs when organisms, […]
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Endogenous Co-Immunoprecipitation Assay
by Hannah Thrash Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Endogenous co-immunoprecipitation is a mouthful to […]
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Pathology
(noun. puh·thaa·luh·jee) by Anna Goddard What does it mean? Pathology is the study of disease, including the exploration of its […]
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Technique Name: Cellular Fractionation
by Caroline Aufgebauer Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Cellular fractionation is a technique used […]
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RNA Immunoprecipitation Sequencing (RIP-seq)
by Caroline Aufgebauer Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Ribonucleic acid (RNA) Immunoprecipitation Sequencing, or […]
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Dr. Luciana Bachega
By Brianna Almeida Dr. Luciana Bachega is a postdoctoral associate (postdoc) from Brazil in the Hawkes lab at North Carolina […]
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Nature’s Light Show: The Discovery and Application of Green Fluorescent Protein
by Aili Hao Nature is full of glowing creatures like fireflies and jellyfish. This ability to produce light is known […]
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Protein Purification
by Luca Montore Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Protein purification is a technique that […]
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Gel Electrophoresis
by Brianna Almeida Fun Rating: 2/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? The purpose of gel electrophoresis is […]
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cDNA
(noun. ˈsē-ˌdē-(ˌ)en-ˈā) by Anna Goddard What does it mean? cDNA, also known as copy DNA or complementary DNA, is a […]
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Spatial Transcriptomics
by Kerstin Baran Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 5/5 What is the general purpose? Spatial transcriptomics is a cutting-edge technique […]
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Transient Transfection
by Olivia Conway Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Transient transfection enables the temporary expression […]
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Antibiotic kill curves
by Jamie Liu Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? This tells the scientist how bacteria […]
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siRNA Knockdown
by Chelsea Smith Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Small interfering RNA (siRNA) is often […]
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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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