by Dan on March 11, 2008

And now for something completely different... It's always good to introduce a little levity to the lab, before we as researchers begin to take ourselves too seriously. With that in mind, below the fold, I have a handful of (read on...)

by Nick on February 28, 2008

A picture tells a thousand words. So I suppose a movie tells 24,000+ words per second. Whether you use them for educating, self-study or just for your viewing pleasure, photos and movies of biological concepts and processes are (read on...)

by Nick on February 14, 2008

Yawn.... The awards season is upon us once again. Overpaid, under-worked and over-ego'd celebrities get together to slap each other's backs and tell each other how great they are. But little do they know where the real party in (read on...)

by Nick on January 18, 2008

The late Francis Crick once said that "Trying to determine the structure of a protein by UV spectroscopy was like trying to determine the structure of a piano by listening to the sound it made while being dropped down a flight of (read on...)

by Terry on January 9, 2008

It’s easy to get bogged down in the day-to-day of producing experimental results but as a scientist it is your job to do the exact opposite - a good scientist has to think about their work on all levels. Here is a light-hearted (read on...)

by Nick on December 20, 2007

The Bitesize Bio team will be taking a well-earned rest over the holidays and we would like to wish our readers a very merry Christmas. Myself, Dan, Suzanne and Terry have really enjoyed bringing you the best of molecular and (read on...)

by Suzanne on December 19, 2007

Have you ever had a sales person suggest just the right new kit or enzyme that makes your life a whole lot easier? Or on the flip side, how about when a sales person doesn’t get the hint that you are in the middle of keeping (read on...)

by Nick on December 18, 2007

I've always thought that it takes a good imagination to study molecular and cell biology since we never actually see much of the molecular processes we study, dissect and hypothesize on every day. Think about the mental models (read on...)

by Terry on December 11, 2007

To the general public, scientists seem all seem pretty much the same. However, as someone who has studied these fascinating beasts up close I have found that there are in fact several distinct species within this genus. In order (read on...)

by Nick on December 7, 2007

It's Friday again, so nothing too heavy from me today, just a little light entertainment to ease you into the weekend. Here are three (somewhat) entertaining molecular biology-related movies from you tube. (read on...)