Editor's Selection Icon There are lots of things I enjoy about studying bacteria. I love their biochemistry and the secret inner working...

I did a post about a week ago, talking about the relationship between the bodies natural (commensal) bacteria and the immune system. I was...

There are no words to describe how awesome this is. You just have to watch it: This is The Gibson Assembly song, written by the Cambridge iG...

The job of the human immune system is to destroy pathogens. Using a combination of quick, immediate responses (the innate immune system) and...

Studying ancient bacteria can be a little difficult. Despite having wonderfully complex internal biochemistry and fascinating ecological int...

I'm very excited about this post, which is a guest post from my sister! She's an undergrad doing biochemistry at Bristol University,...

I've already shown you pictures of the glowing bacterial lightbulbs , but in terms of glowing products the cambridge iGEM team is goi...

Bacterial cell division is one of those fairly well studied areas, where time and much study has come forth with a nice standard model. One ...

Got back from the conference last night, absolutely shattered. I had a great time, and the presentation was really well recieved, everyone s...

I'm off at a conference in Italy this week, where I'll be doing a presentation about the iGEM work from last year along with some ...