by Andrew on June 10, 2009

Nobel Laureate Kary Mullis is generally credited with inventing the polymerase chain reaction, but his discovery owes a lot to a microbiologist who loved to travel, some refuted assumptions of what can live in hot springs, and a (read on...)

by Dan on April 15, 2009

There are a lot of places to read about the history of molecular biology, but one theme that generally seems to emerge is that discoveries are dependent upon the experimental technology. Take this list of Nobel prizes for (read on...)

by Dan on August 26, 2008

Last October, Nobel laureate and biochemist Arthur Kornberg passed away, and I've finally gotten around to reading his book For the Love of Enzymes. While there's a lot in the book to talk about, for this post I'm focusing on (read on...)