Last year I made six New Years resolutions. Strictly speaking, I didn't actually keep any of them, but I made the effort and that count...

Eukaryotes - animals, plants, and other creatures with a nucleus, evolve relatively slowely. Genetic variation occurs through changes in the...

In a move that has been in the works for some time, FoS has gotten a nice new makeover which means that the more perceptive of may readers m...

This guest post comes from a real life friend of mine (yes I do have friends in real life). He's currently doing a PhD in developmental ...

This guest post comes from my fiancé who is a Psychiatrist. I've been very excited about this post for a while, because unlike me, he is...

The fifth issue of the MolBio carnival is here! We've got loads of great entries in this edition, all focusing on the mysterious world i...

I haven't worked very much with bacteria that infect humans. Most of my lab work has been done in the fields of either synthetic biology...

Oil is formed from hydrocarbons: organic compounds which consist soley of the elements hydrogen and carbon. There are many, many different t...

I've written about biofilms a couple of times before but it's an interesting enough topic to keep returning to. As a brief summer...

I'm away this weekend sorting out weddings and grad applications, so have a video! This is probably the best explanation of antibody str...