Put the M into STEM: Quantitative Techniques for the Biotech Lab

One of the fundamental decisions when designing a biotechnology experiment relates to the method used to collect and analyze the data. As we have discussed previously, a key distinction lies in the difference between quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Let's…

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024: Breakthroughs in Protein Science

The 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker for computational protein design and Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for protein structure prediction. These researchers utilized computational biochemistry to further our understanding of proteins, the essential molecules…