In a series of posts I want to explore the interplay between basic biology, which looks at the natural world to learn about how life works, and synthetic biology, which studies what is not found in ...

BioBits kits are designed to be used by students and teachers with no biological training. They use simple, hands-on experiments, to teach concepts of synthetic and molecular biology. Credit: Wyss ...

I have a clear memory of presenting my initial results about a “failed” protein at a lab meeting with my postdoctoral advisor Angus Lamond at the University of Dundee in Scotland and the rest of his ...

The brain does not need its sophisticated cortex to interpret the visual world. A new study published in PLOS Biology ...