DIY molecular biology

Perhaps the real reason for not publishing lab-bred H5N1 strain data is hiding in his mother's spare bedroom. Check out Cathel Garvey's blog chronicling his work on making molecular biology more accessible to the hobbyist. You have to admire his Steve Jobs-like vision.

What's The Most Boring Molecule in the Cell?

The knee-jerk for many of us raised on the Western blot loading control is actin, but biologically speaking, it's far from it...

But surely not everything in the cell is such a barrel of monkeys?????

What's your pick for the cell's most boring molecule?


(Video is from Michael Way's lab. Even boring molecules do cool things when viruses are in the house!)