By Hannah Wiedner Take a close look at the burger patties below. One of them was created through conventional agriculture […]
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In vivo
(adjective. /in VEE-voh/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? “In vivo” is a term used to describe a process […]
Continue readingCrystal Violet Biofilm Assay
by Leslie Kent Technique Name: Crystal Violet Biofilm Assay Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? […]
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by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Focus Forming Assay Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? Unlike […]
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by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Plaque Assay Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 What is the general purpose? When growing […]
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By Mikayla Feldbauer This interview was conducted in Fall 2022. On the date of publication, Odessa Goudy had just earned […]
Continue readingMetabolomics
(noun. /me-ta-buh-LO-miks/) by Yasemin Cole What does it mean? The study of all the global small molecules (also called metabolites) […]
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by Margaret Dedloff Technique name: Cytotoxicity assay or lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release assay Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What […]
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by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Next Generation Sequencing Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Scientists […]
Continue readingSanger Sequencing: Reading our DNA
by Seth Veenbaas Technique name: Sanger sequencing Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 General purpose: Sanger sequencing, and other DNA […]
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by Yasemin Cole Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? To separate one of the smallest […]
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(noun. /LIE-sihs/) by Nicole Gadda What does it mean? Lysis is the process in which cells burst open and their […]
Continue readingDigest and Ligation of DNA
by Rami Major Technique Name: Restriction Digest and Ligation Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? […]
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by Deepika Jayaprakash Technique Name: Metaphase spreads Fun Rating: 4/5 Difficulty Rating: 4/5 This technique is invaluable for clinical diagnosis and […]
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by Nicole Gadda Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 1/5 Isolation streaking gets a 1 out of 5 on the difficulty […]
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by Yasemin Cole Technique Name: Immunohistochemistry, abbreviated IHC Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? The […]
Continue readingMapping Genetic Recombination
by Nila Pazhayam Technique Name: Mapping genetic recombination during meiosis Fun Rating: 5/5 Difficulty Rating: 3/5 Intro: There are two […]
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by Catalina Cobos-Uribe Technique Name: Cell counting Fun Rating: 3/5 This technique, although extremely important when carrying out cell experiments, […]
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(Adjective. /in VEE-troh/) by Anna Wheless What does it mean? The term “in vitro” describes a biological experiment or process […]
Continue readingMeasuring Optical Density
By Nathan Seals Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 1/5 Why do we use it? Optical density measurements are used to […]
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