Small World is regarded as the leading forum for showcasing the beauty and complexity of life as seen through the light microscope. For over 30 years, Nikon has rewarded the world’s best photomicrographers who make critically important scientific contributions to life sciences, bio-research and materials science.

A sprinkling of Bis-tris is all it takes improve your protein gels considerably. If you can afford it!

It’s Friday again, so what do you say we hit the feed reader and see what’s goin’ on Around the Blogs… We Are Science There is no “Science.” There is no “Academia.” These things do not exist as coherent entities, any more than “The Market” does. Linkage and the Antibiotic Resistance Problem New data show [...]

What does a stacking gel do? This and other questions about SDS-PAGE answered!

After some of the blog posts that I’ve written on animal rights’ extremists and violence against animal researchers, there’s now a review of a most appropriate book on the topic available in Science – Scientists Under Siege. Suppose you are a scientist and a finalist for the position of vice president for research at the [...]

For something a bit more on the fun side, at least if you enjoy a pint of beer now and then – a genomic-based study has reconstructed the origins by hybridization of the lager yeast Saccharomyces pastorianus, published in the journal Genome Research [Press release]. For thousands of years, ale-type beers have been brewed with [...]

Highlights from the blogsphere this week include 25 million year beer, googlising your lab culture and, of course, the LHC rap. Careers talk with Mr Big. Jonathan at Working the Bench shares some enlightening, and somewhat sobering, excerpts from a recent conversation he had with an industry leader on science careers. Old beer. Aminopop covered [...]

Graduate school in Biology is very different from undergraduate education, Medical School, Law School, or other professional graduate training programs. In graduate school, you will become your own teacher and your own motivator… Experiencing self-doubt is typical, and is best countered by keeping the lines of communication open between yourself and fellow students, and between yourself and your advisor.

Your DNA samples are precious so take care of them! Here are 5 ways that DNA can be damaged, so now you now what to avoid in the future.

Networking has never been easier. Here are 5 sites designed to help scientists to build professional networks.