Fluorescent stains like EtBr, DAPI, and SYBR stains, can bind to nucleic acids (DNA & RNA), steal UV light we […]

Today I wanted to look at small amounts of RNA – so I went for the gold! SYBR gold, that […]

I’m in the 5th year of my PhD program and this is still the most useful equation I have ever […]

Marion Sewer (1972-2016) was a pharmacologist and Professor at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD)’s Skaggs School of Pharmacy […]

Last night I reached a new geek masterclass level: I literally dreamt I was teaching someone about serial dilutions. Probably […]

I’m always forgetting forward vs. reverse genetics, so I thought I’d share a memory tip stemming from phonetics! I hate […]

Would you like a phosphate cherry on top or on the side of your protein? Kinases are like “presentation chefs” that […]

Happy Easter peeps! Did you know Peeps are ideal for demonstrating ideal gas laws?  note: this is adapted from a […]

One of the things I didn’t learn until I think my 3rd year of undergrad was that, at least for […]