A while ago I wrote about the Great Oxidation Event , the point way back in the history of the earth where a lot of little blobby organisms ...

'Omics' words tend to get a large amount of bad press in biology. Starting fairly sensibly with genomics, the group expanded to incl...

Part of my NatSci course at the moment involves group supervisions, which are made up of around ten people; a mix of students and faculty (a...

I'm usually very reluctant to put my own work on this blog, as none of it has yet been published. Depite the CC logo at the bottom of th...

One of the most important things a researcher has to do is justify their existence; explain why they should continue to be paid for the work...

This week, I'm hosting the MolBio Pick Of the Week, usually hosted on the MolBio Research Highlights Blog . The picks of the week are t...

I'm heading off for a weekend away as soon as my other half wakes up, so no time for a proper paper analysis today, just a quick video o...

This is a picture of a small cyanobacteria under red light: And this is a picture of exactly the same organism under blue-green light: Some...

Today's post features a Guest Post from Lucas Brouwers of Thoughtomics. He's written some wonderful science posts (including some g...

For free-living (especially free-moving) organisms, the ability to sense and respond to the outside environment is crucial for survival. Euk...