Alexandre Zanghellini can’t help but think about what makes up the world around him. Sitting in a conference room, Zanghellini considered the paint on the walls, the table, the window shades, the ...

There was a time when only scientists used computers. Now systems that are thousands of times more powerful are available to nearly everyone. Bio-technology could follow the same course. However, if ...

Concerns about the lack of reproducibility of experimental research 1,2, the numerous labor-intensive tasks required for high-throughput research, and the dangers (and costs) associated with ...

Unlocking the nanoscale world on standard biology lab equipment Date: August 18, 2019 Source: Macquarie University Summary: Standard optical microscopes can image cells and bacteria but not their ...

Researchers use laboratory tools every day to help them make groundbreaking discoveries. Read on to find out which ...

From left to right: SoundBio co-founders Michal Galdzicki, Zach Mueller, and Regina Wu, with SoundBio founding member Wakanene Kamau. (SoundBio Photo) Despite a vibrant maker culture, and one of the ...

In my last post I claimed that you can do biology, even synthetic biology, at home. But the kicker is that it's an expensive hobby. Outfitting a commercial or academic lab is incredibly expensive, ...

There are a variety of machines, consumables, and safety equipment needed to operate a molecular biology lab. And yes, for the vast majority of labs, purified salmon sperm DNA is one of those ...

The story of Ginkgo Bioworks shows the challenges and progress in the emerging field of synthetic biology. The synthetic biology labs of Ginkgo Bioworks, which plans to go public on ...