A seductive gene

Cubicle sticker: Call 1-800-my advisor

Bumper stickers are usually about driving, and for instant feedbacks, something like "call my boss", "call my company", etc.
and
This is the dry lab version "Cubicle sticker" for grad students.

Synthetic Cell

While I was drawing this cartoon, I influenced by the research about creating synthetic cell.

Dr. Venter described  the converted cell as  “the first self-replicating  species we've had on the  planet whose parent is a  computer.” NYT, May 20, 2010

While a PhD student was dreaming...

Unwind me by the sun!

No more helicases!

Scoring matrix of love

Layers of happiness

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Human Genome Anniversary (10th year)

15 years ago, J.Craig Vender's team published the first complete genome sequence of a living species. It was a Haemophilus influenza. They used whole genome shotgun sequencing.

Searching for gene-gene interactions.

Gene interrogation is needed for identification of gene-gene interactions.

Synthetic biology: try me!

Synthetically constructed molecules can mimic the original ones.

Info for non-science readers:

Synthetic biology is a new area of biological research that combines science and engineering. Synthetic biology encompasses a variety of different approaches, methodologies and disciplines, and many different definitions exist. [Wikipedia]

Spidermania may exist in your genes?!

Topology of DNA

The other face of biology lab equipment "Shaker"

Do you know everything about the shakers in your lab?

Are they just shakers? 

Are they just sitting on the bench and shaking the erlenmeyer flasks?