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How to Deal With a Failed Experiment by Troy Hibbard Scientific success is often defined by how well your experiments progress and the results you produce. However, scientific research is driven by a curiosity about the unknown, and you cannot always be prepared for the unknown... [read more]

Beneath the Lab Coat Part 2: What is lurking under our readers’ lab coats? By Terrell Brotherton Recently, we wrote an article highlighting the prevalence of science-themed tattoos among scientists, and the particular significance these tattoos have among those who choose to get them ... [read more] What Makes a “Good” Laboratory Buffer? By Andrew Porterfield Just about any molecular biology experiment will involve the action of enzymes or other active proteins. And when enzymes are involved, the pH of your experimental environment is going to change. This is because most enzymatic reactions involve the loss or gain of hydrogen ions (protons), which modifies the pH of the environment... [read more] Avoiding Plagiarism in Science By Laura Fulford I remember when I first learned about plagiarism during my undergraduate course. The lecturers were so firm in telling us that if we got caught plagiarizing we would face serious repercussions and that all our work, especially our dissertations, would be vigorously checked by plagiarism detecting software... [read more] How Bisulfite Pyrosequencing Works By Kirsten Hogg Bisulfite pyrosequencing is becoming a routine technique in molecular biology labs as a method to precisely measure DNA methylation levels right down to the single base. The technique allows for detailed and high resolution analysis of DNA methylation at specific genomic regions... [read more]