Attending the 2019 ASCB EMBO meeting
In December, the Biochemical Society awarded me a travel grant to attend the 2019 ASCB EMBO meeting. I am a final year PhD student in a small lab, so being able to travel to an international conference without depleting my research budget was an opportunity for which I am very grateful. Continue reading Attending the 2019 ASCB EMBO meeting
Lessons from the Young Life Scientists’ symposium
One of the driving forces behind us organising NEB2019, was a lack of alternative meetings focused on our research topic. Whilst it can be interesting to broaden your horizons at conferences, sometimes you just long to settle into a set of talks that are directly relevant to your own research. Continue reading Lessons from the Young Life Scientists’ symposium
Proteins that do not give up easily: Heat-stable & acid-stable proteins
Although most proteins are heat-labile, some proteins are known to be stable even at the boiling temperature of water. Continue reading Proteins that do not give up easily: Heat-stable & acid-stable proteins
Prime editing – a cutting edge new development in genomic engineering
Most biologists would agree that the most extraordinary development of the 21st century has been the discovery and manipulation of the CRISPR/Cas9 method of gene editing – a natural defence mechanism that bacteria use to defend against viral infection which scientists have hijacked to modify the DNA sequence of living cells. Continue reading Prime editing – a cutting edge new development in genomic engineering
