Bacterial transformation – heat shock & chemically-competent cells
What are biochemists’ favorite action figures? Transformers! Come as a *shock*? Hopefully I’m *competent* enough to describe how in plasmid transformation we […]
Asymmetric Organocatalysis: The 2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
A catalyst is something that speeds up a reaction without getting used up in the process. We talk about them […]
Reading science articles – some advice
The main way scientists share their findings is through publishing scientific research articles. Reading this literature has tremendous benefits – […]
Intuitive thinking about biochemical binding
Thought I’d do another in this series on kinda intuitively thinking about various aspects of chemistry and biology from a […]
Developing a biochemistry mindset – thinking about atoms, molecules, clouds, bonds, and interactions
Hope this can help people think like a molecule – and a biochemist! It was inspired by me geeking out […]
Enzyme intuition – thinking like a really cool molecule
A catalyst is something that speeds up a reaction without getting used up in the process. We talk about them […]
Dr.! Bumbling Biochemist’s quest to answer grad school questions!
Forever and always bumbling – and forever and always wanting to help people. So, please submit questions about the grad […]
The PhD hat – hat’s off to my amazing lab mates!
Apparently in some labs it’s a tradition to make and decorate a hat to present newly-minted doctors with. These hats […]
What my thesis defense was like
Just trying to make all aspects of grad school less obscure, and this was a pretty big one, so here’s […]
Just a day in the life of a… now doctor!
Thank you to everyone who supported me, came to my defense, and has been congratulating me nonstop. Sorry if I […]
