Julie Hastings

Before joining the Bitesize Bio team I spent over 10 years working in reproductive biology in labs in Cambridge, Chicago and Edinburgh. I can be found running around the streets of Edinburgh, literally. Running is my second passion, after science of course!

Articles by Julie Hastings

Antibiotics and antimycotics in cell culture: how do they work and do I really need them?

Anyone who has spent any amount of time in a cell or tissue culture lab will have experienced contamination at some point. You might not admit it, or want to admit it, but you know you have! I performed my graduate work in a basement university lab with an out-of-service emergency exit door in the…