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Science, fashion and the best stem cell dress you’ll (n)ever wear.
Is it art? Is it fashion? Is it a stem cell? How about all three? Continue reading
Posted in Education
Tagged art, fashion, Ontario Science Centre, OSC, science, stem cell, The Beauty of Stem Cells, Why not?, Would you wear this?
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Genome Assembly – a primer for the Shakespeare fan
“Assembly” is the process of putting millions of tiny DNA sequences together to make a full genome. Neither William Shakespeare, nor Julius Caesar, knew anything about it, but that’s not stopping me from using the play to help try to explain it. Continue reading
Posted in Education, Guest posts
Tagged assembly, DNA, gratuitous photography, sequencing, Shakespeare
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Genome sequencing, Shakespeare style
What is a genome sequence, and how does mine differ from everyone else’s? We turn to William Shakespeare to help us find out. Continue reading
