This article will go over all the complex terms in gene editing that you will need to understand if you want to dive deeper into this area… — In this article I will will go in detail about many technical/scientific terms and concepts in gene editing and biology. Table of contents Nucleic acids: Bases, DNA, RNA, nucleotides, amino acids, polypeptides, oligopeptides, gene, codon, anticodon, adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP)

A technical article about the process of NHEJ & HDR, and how these two processes differ. — While I was doing research about genomics and CRISPR I came across all these different ways cells repair double stranded breaks (DSB). Homology directed repair, non-homologous end joining, homologous recombination and the list of processes goes on and on. …

Imagine being able to actually edit the genome of an organism in your basement? *Spoiler alert* you can! — I am officially done my role as a bacteria mom. For the past two weeks I have been a “mom” to fourteen plates of e.coli. All I thought about were the plates; my babies. I tended to my plates, I cared for the plates, heck!, the first thing I did…

Breaking common myths about genetically modified organisms. — Have you seen pictures like these before?

A step-by-step guide on how to use CRISPR-Cas9 to engineer a strand of cassava resistant to the whitefly. — A step-by-step guide on how to use CRISPR-Cas9 to engineer a strand of cassava resistant to cassava mosaic disease. You are a small scale farmer in East Africa who makes your living off farming cassava. It is up to you to care for the crops, take care of your 6…

Learn about DNA, data storage, bits, bio-computes and how we can program bacteria to store our data. This is the future of data storage. — In three years the hard drive disc on your computer will deteriorate, possibly loosing much of your data, forcing you to buy a new one. In four years your laptop will begin to slow down, because of the vast amount of data being stored in it. The quantity of global…

What’s all the hype about blockchain? Decentralized, Ethereum, proof-of-work are are words that are dominating the headlines. But why? — What’s all the hype about blockchain? Decentralized, Ethereum, proof-of-work are are words that are dominating the headlines. But why? And how does blockchain work? And how can complete beginners understand what blockchain is? Although blockchain seems very complicated, the key principles are very simple.

Is it a wave? Is it a particle? Wave? Particle? Wave? Particle? This is a blurry line in quantum physics that I’m going to clear up. — Is it a wave? Is it a particle? Wave? Particle? Wave? Particle? I know. There is a blurry line in quantum physics, and we often get confused about the answer. Is light a wave? Or is light a particle? The truth is: Light (along with all matter) is both. 🤯 The Double Slit Experiment With Ping-Pong Balls

Learn about what quantum computing is, how it works, the parts of a quantum computer, and the challenges/future of this amazing technology. — Quantum computing gets a really bad rap for being very complicated, hard to understand, and challenging. For this exact reason many people don’t learn about quantum computing, which is a shame, because it is so awesome!😜 I like this quote from Neil Bohr a lot, which perfectly describes Quantum physics: