When the art of selecting, preparing, serving and enjoying good food becomes the science of doing so.
24 Sep20150
08 Sep20150
Can Reverse Genetics and Synthetic Biology Bring Us a New Branch of Life?
Over the last decade or so, the explosion in outputs of DNA sequencing, bioinformatics and modern molecular genetics opens the possibility of completely redesigning new crops from scratch.
20 Aug20150
INTERVIEW: Next Generation Sequencing Today and Tomorrow – Taking a Closer Look of Plant Viruses
Meet Denis Kutnjak, National Institute of Biology (NIB)
28 Jul20150
Gattaca: Humanizing Research and Evolving “Genetic Citizenship”
Whenever the topic of my career choice (molecular biology) comes up, my memories always take me back to when I first saw the movie Gattaca.
02 Jul20150
Human Diploid Genome Sequenced without DNA Amplification Techniques
De novo assembled human genome via single molecule sequencing
18 Jun20150
INTERVIEW: Leading Edge Technologies for Achieving Better Diagnostics
11 Jun20150
Most Impressive Large-scale Sequencing Projects
From the Human Genome Project and ENCODE, to projects that involve sequencing of millions of human genomes and were announced by the US Obama Administration and Companies such as Craig Venter’s Human Longevity Inc., 23andMe and the Chinese BGI.
04 Jun20150
Can Parents Transmit Memories to Their Offspring?
Biologists first observed “transgenerational epigenetic inheritance” in plants. But, over the past few years, evidence has accumulated showing that the phenomenon also occurs in rodents and humans.
26 May20150
Luck or DNA – Genetics of the Four-Leaf Clover and the Search for the Elusive Lucky Gene
The clover genome is very complicated and even though many scientists have tried to find the exact genes responsible for the four-leaf mutation, they haven’t been identified as of yet.
14 May20150
Agents of Change – MIQE Guidelines New iBook
Can we trust your published qPCR data?
The pressure to publish is causing shortcuts which result in misleading papers being published.