Growing a Shoe

The partnership between scientists, artists, and designers has often produced exciting and transformative technological advances. In particular, Humans have been capitalizing on bacteria for centuries and this last decade was no different, bringing about many exciting new advancements. Between CRISPR…

Biotech Basics: Avoiding Agarose Microwave Explosions

Oh the dreaded agarose microwave explosion! One second your solution is not boiling at all and the next it’s erupted like a volcano. The result: agarose splattering the top and sides of your microwave, a rapidly solidifying pool of the…

Putting the G (and A, C, T) in Genetics

Nucleotides are the basic building blocks of genetics. Thousands of them join together to form DNA (and RNA) molecules. In turn, each nucleotide molecule is itself composed of three subunits: a phosphate group, a five-carbon sugar, and a nitrogen containing…