Welcome to our first installment of “Techniques”! With these posts about methods and tools, we hope to give you a […]
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The Power of Model Organisms
By Allyson Roberts While watching the news, reading the paper, or even checking your favorite social media sites, occasionally we […]
Continue readingHow to Copy DNA: The Invention of the Polymerase Chain Reaction
By Matt Niederhuber There’s a good chance you’ve heard about DNA testing before, probably on a crime TV show or […]
Continue readingLab Mice: the True Heroes of Science
By Michelle Engle The phrases “laboratory animals”, “lab rats”, and even the idea of scientific testing on lab mice tend […]
Continue readingLab Life
By Kelsey Gray I was 16 years old the first time I stepped into a research lab. I was in […]
Continue readingHatching a Chick: No Egg Needed
By Michelle Engle Scientists have been attempting to find a way to directly observe the developmental process of chicks for […]
Continue readingWhy Does the “Bench-To-Bedside” Path Progress So Slowly?
By Yitong Li One of the biggest funding agencies in the United States, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends […]
Continue readingSeeing the Unseeable
By Mike Pablo Today I’m writing about microscopy. One of the great pleasures of the field of microscopy is being […]
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