Tag: proteins

(noun/uh-mean-OH-ah-sid) by Chelsea Smith What does it mean? Amino acids are naturally occurring compounds that are the building blocks for […]

Your Cells are Left-handed: The Chirality of Living Things

October 27, 2023 admin

By Henry Dieckhaus Approximately 10% of people identify as left-handed if asked to write a sentence or throw a ball […]

Yeast-Two-Hybrid

Techniques

October 27, 2023 admin

By Chelsea Smith Fun Rating: 3/5 Difficulty Rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? Yeast-two-hybrid screens are used to determine […]

Clathrin

Glossary

October 27, 2023October 27, 2023 admin

(noun. /Klaa-TH-RiN/) by Autumn Coleman What does it mean? Clathrin is a protein that assists cells in endocytosis, a process […]

Método de Bradford para Cuantificar Proteínas

Español

May 12, 2023 admin

Original en inglés escrito por Madison Williams, Febrero 10, 2021 (English version) Traducido por Tiffany Riascos Escala de diversión: 3/5 […]

Odessa Goudy

Scientist Spotlights

February 24, 2023 admin

By Mikayla Feldbauer This interview was conducted in Fall 2022. On the date of publication, Odessa Goudy had just earned […]

Cytokine

Glossary

October 28, 2022October 28, 2022 admin

(noun. / SAI-toh-kine /) By Sara Lowe What does it mean? Cytokines can be thought of as the body’s messengers. […]

Kinase

Glossary

May 5, 2022May 5, 2022 admin

(noun. /KAI-nayz/) by Madison Williams What does it mean? A kinase is an enzyme that promotes the transfer of a […]

Denature

Glossary

April 30, 2021November 18, 2022 admin

(verb. /dee-NAY-chur/) By Mariah Jones What does it mean? To “denature” something means to change it fundamentally. In science, this […]

Bradford Protein Assay

Techniques

February 10, 2021November 11, 2022 admin

By Madison Williams Fun rating: 3/5 Difficulty rating: 2/5 What is the general purpose? A Bradford Protein Assay detects protein […]

Substrate

Glossary

October 29, 2020November 10, 2023 admin

By Zoe Terwilliger (noun. /SUB-strate/) What does it mean? In biochemistry, a substrate is a molecule that an enzyme acts […]

Western Blot

Techniques

October 13, 2020November 11, 2022 admin

By Riya Gohil Fun rating: 4/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? Western Blots utilize gel electrophoresis to separate protein […]

Enzyme

Glossary

October 8, 2020February 25, 2021 admin

By Zoe Terwilliger (noun / ENZ-eye-m) What does it mean? An enzyme is a molecule that “speeds up” the rate […]

Immunofluorescence

Techniques

September 22, 2020November 11, 2022 admin

By Natalie Nielsen Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 What is the general purpose? To visually label and detect proteins […]

ELISA

Techniques

September 15, 2020November 11, 2022 admin

By Devina Thiono Technique name: Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) Fun rating: 5/5 Difficulty rating: 4/5 (high focus and concentration needed […]

Antibody

Glossary

September 9, 2020November 10, 2022 admin

(noun. /AN-tih-body/) By Taylor Tibbs What does it mean? Antibodies are proteins produced by immune cells to target foreign elements […]

Gel Electrophoresis

Techniques

September 1, 2020November 11, 2022 admin

Welcome to our first installment of “Techniques”! With these posts about methods and tools, we hope to give you a […]