by Sarah Angle Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? A checkerboard assay is useful for […]
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Flow Cytometry
by Ahana Mallick Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Flow cytometry rapidly measures and analyzes […]
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Analytical Balance
(noun /an-a-LIT-i-cul BAL-anse/) by Claire Greene Whitfield What does it mean? An analytical balance is a device that can be […]
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Measuring pH: Covering all your bases (and acids)!
by Claire Greene Whitfield Fun Rating: 3 / 5 Difficulty Rating: 3 / 5 What is the general purpose? pH […]
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Culture media
(noun. /kul-chur MEE-dee-uh/) by Liseth Orosco Barrionuevo What does it mean? Culture media is a mixture of nutrients that scientists […]
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What do making soup and fighting cancer have in common? Find out here 🙂
by Liseth O. Barrionuevo CANCER CELL CULTURE What is the general purpose? The general goal of cancer cell culture is […]
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Complementary (indirect) RNA Sequencing
by Wendy Sun Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Complementary RNA sequencing, or RNA-seq, allows […]
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Multiphoton Microscopy
by Newton PenkoffLidbeck Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Multiphoton microscopy is a type of […]
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Autoclave
Noun. /Aw-TOE-clay-ve/ by Claire Greene (Whitfield) What does it mean? An autoclave is a specialized piece of equipment that uses […]
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Centrifugation (Spinning it down!)
by Claire Greene Whitfield Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 1/5 What is the general purpose? Centrifugation is a widely used […]
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Confocal Microscopy
by Jessica Zhang Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Confocal microscopy is used to capture […]
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DNA Methylation Microarrays
by Hazel Milla Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? We can use microarray technology to […]
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Cryosectioning
by Siyao Wang Fun Rating: 2/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Cryosectioning is a lab method in […]
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Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR)
by Siyao Wang Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a […]
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Fluorescence-Activating Cell Sorting (FACS)
by Julia Riley Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Fluorescence-Activating Cell Sorting (FACS) is a […]
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Lighting Up Biology: All About Fluorescent Probes
by Sarah Angle Timely and accurate disease detection often determines how effective treatment will be. However, many diseases are difficult […]
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Amplicon Sequencing
by Erin Dickert Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Amplicon sequencing is a molecular biology […]
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Morris water maze
by Wendy Sun Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? The purpose of the Morris water […]
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EdU Staining
by Natalie Thomas Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Proliferation is a measurement of how […]
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Transwell Migration Assay
by Hannah Thrash Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists use migration assays to watch […]
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