Hi guys! Today I would like to talk about biotechnology as well as various different branches of biotechnology. If you have no clue what biotechnology is and why the hell is the name of the article: All

Hi fellow Steemians! Today I am going to teach you a bit more about optogenetics. Quick recap – optogenetics represent new method of controlling cells with high precision in space and time. In order to

Source Hi guys, today I would like to present you with basic experiment that you can also recreate at home by yourselves! Red cabbage pH indicator! Well, you surely heard about pH. What is it? It is basically

Hi guys! Welcome to the third part of my series about optogenetics. Today I would like to talk about basic components of optogenetic systems as well as light-sensitive proteins termed opsins that are critical

Hi guys! Today I would like to talk about small, yet not microscopic, astonishing creatures – Ants. They are called social insects, meaning that they cohabitate in colonies and basically act together as

Hi guys! Welcome to the next episode of my microbiology series (first episode HERE)! Today I would like to introduce you to the father of microbiology – Antonie van Leeuwenhoek a Dutch scientist born in

Source Hi guys! Today I would like to give you broader perspective about optogenetics – novel scientific method used to control activity of cells in space and time. I already created brief introduction

Source Dear Steemians, today I would like to introduce you to basics of microbiology and explain to you differences between viruses, bacteria and yeast (spoiler: yes, they are not the same). I will try

Hi steemians! Today I would like to share with you some of my lab failures. The microorganism I am primarily working with is the budding yeast – Saccharomyces Cerevisiae. You surely know this yeast as

Yeah, you heard right. Stop eating that banana! Nah, just kidding, keep eating. But as matter of fact bananas are radioactive. How is that possible?! Well bananas are rich in potassium and some of that

Hi guys! Today I would like to share my experience of visiting ossuary underneath the Church of St. James in Brno, Czech Republic. Ossuary- not that common word really, but it is basically a final resting

Imagine a world in which there is a technology that allows acute control of specific brain regions and thus can induce movement or change in behaviour of the subject that it is used on. It can make you

Hi guys! Well I would like to share a story that occurred few weeks ago, sometimes around Christmas. It is not really something that scientific, it’s more like detective work on microbiological level.

Hello there… Hi Steemit! My name is Jepper and I am here to share some of my interests as well as experiences mainly in the field of life sciences. Surely for many people science means something hard to