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Book recommendations related to genetic/genomic mapping and/or testing

July 12, 2026August 8, 2026

Books about genetic and/or genomic mapping and/or testing: Mapping Fate, My Life My Science, Breakthrough: The Race to Find the […]

20 Days of Amino Acids 2025

January 9, 2026January 31, 2026

Aminosäuren

January 9, 2026January 9, 2026

Huge thanks to Ivana Radosavljević, immunotherapy scientist, and self-proclaimed science enthusiast for this translation into German!

Nucleophilic acyl substitutions – swapping what’s hooked up to carbonyl C’s

January 10, 2025April 28, 2025

In nucleophilic acyl substitutions you swap out what’s attached to a carbonyl carbon Because oxygen is more electronegative (electron-hogging) than […]

Skills for aspiring scientists (such as people wanting to go to grad school) to develop early on

June 16, 2024June 16, 2024

So you think you want to be a scientist? Maybe you’re an undergrad or postbac hoping to go to grad […]

What motivates me, and an update on my work with the IUBMB

June 2, 2023June 2, 2023

What motivates me more than anything isn’t money, it isn’t prestige or followers, instead it’s being able to make a […]

Discovering the tidyverse – a beginner’s perspective on this R world…

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022

If you’re learning R (a programming language that’s used a lot for some bioinformatics and especially data visualization (charts and […]

Don’t let your electrophoresis gels smile – gel electrophoresis voltage, heat, buffers etc.

June 6, 2022June 6, 2022

Gel smiling is often caused by uneven heating of your gel, often because you’re running at too high of voltage. […]

Protein-protein crosslinking – an overview with emphasis on structural biology uses

November 17, 2021January 7, 2023

I’m crossing protein-protein crosslinking off of my biochemistry bucket list. And thought I’d share what I’m learning. So if you’ll […]

What’s with the cape? Reflections on 5 years of bumbling through grad school, unconventional biochemistry teaching, and cape-given confidence

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021

I can’t believe that next week’s Bri-fing I might be a doctor! So I wanted to share some reflections and […]

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