I found that the blog post about plasmids that I had outlined in my head had been written already on a website called Addgene. The beginning of the Addgene post echoes many of the points that I made in

Now that I've started investment gardening, I can't help but continue to add to my portfolio. This past weekend, I planted a couple of aronia (chokeberry) bushes to a few gaps in the ornamental coniferous

It would probably be difficult to find a molecular biology laboratory that didn’t have a freezer full of E. coli. Species that are commonly used in biology labs are called model organisms. You will find

Life and Biology focuses on the latter, but here's my dog, Reginald Von Hoobie-Doobie (named after a character in a children's book), a big joy in my life.

Our laboratory studies E3 ubiquitin ligase enzymes. This video puts these E3 enzymes into the context of the ubiquitin enzyme cascade that consists of E1, E2, and E3 enzymes as well as ubiquitin and target

What a great story Katherine Johnson's life is. It looks like she will turn 100 in August.

Tick-borne diseases are very common in the United States. While the number of tick-borne disease cases in Montana is relatively small, these diseases can be serious and include Lyme disease, tularemia,

Exploring Spring Creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota

The average last frost date in Butte, Montana is in July. Needless to say, this makes gardening especially difficult. Tizer Gardens in Jefferson City, Montana was recommended as a place to go to find plants

Gardening is a lot of work...and, because of the way I did it, I had to start over every year. I recently moved to Butte, Montana which is in zone 3. Last year, my return on investment was essentially

When a cell is infected with a virus, it defends itself by responding with the production of hundreds of proteins. A large proportion of the proteins that are made during the infection are encoded by

Macrophages are an amazing cell type. Literally translated as “big eaters”, these cells are found abundantly in nearly every tissue of the body. Typically, macrophages quietly go about their business eating

Neglected tropical diseases, such as leishmaniasis, are exactly what the name implies; these diseases occur mostly in third-world countries and have typically received less attention from research agencies

Science Quote: George Washington

A one-minute summary of "Systematic discovery of antiphage defense systems in the microbial pangenome" by Doron et. al Some of the most useful tools in the molecular biologists toolkit come from

Location: Tizer Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, Jefferson City, Montana Occasion: Mothers Day

Location: Tizer Botanical Gardens and Arboretum, Jefferson City, Montana Occasion: Mothers Day

Commensal bacteria live on our bodies (e.g. on skin) and in our bodies (e.g. mucosal surfaces). These bacteria typically do not cause pathology. When might they cause pathology and why? (Hint: Location,

Hey steemit community, think you know immunology? Provide your best answers to these questions and we'll see whose answers get up-voted the most. I'll provide feedback to your answers and we'll see how

Antibodies were originally called “antitoxins” because they neutralized toxic/pathogenic molecules produced by infectious organisms. It was originally thought that the diversity of antibodies/antitoxins