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Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.

Following graduate school, Sarah Carter headed to Washington, DC to carve out a career in science policy.

Evgeny Kvon leverages transgenic models and genomic techniques to uncover the ways enhancers control the transcription of genes.

Long believed to be purely vestigial, this troublesome organ may play an important role in gut and immune function.

Accumulating lipids may be Wolbachia bacteria’s secret weapon for decreasing viral transmission.

New innovations streamline and simplify SDS-PAGE from a multi-hour workflow to a matter of minutes.

Samples are commonly stored in a way that degrades RNA. Scientists are devising new ways to overcome this obstacle for RNA sequencing. 

There are many techniques that allow scientists to silence a gene, but whether the effect is transient or permanent depends on the type of approach.

Researchers used adult human cells to craft biological robots capable of movement and more.

Genomicist Mehrdad Hajibabaei empowers Canadian communities to monitor bioindicator species in their local freshwater ecosystems.

Put on your thinking cap, and take on this fun challenge.

Bacterial isolate screening improves surveillance, stewardship, and infection control.

From the laboratory to the table, researchers cooked bioengineered fungi into a tempting patty.

A team demonstrated that ultrasound waves improved motility in sperm.

Industry expertise helps scientists navigate and streamline antibody-drug conjugate research and development.

Science plays the long game, but Adrian Liston celebrates the small achievements his team makes along the way. 

Oded Rechavi shares research and relatable science memes at the touch of his fingertips.

Endosymbionts use effector proteins to hijack their fungal host’s ability to produce spores.

As a graduate student, Tharin Blumenschein learned that too much sodium hydroxide breaks down more than just bacterial cells.