Has there been any critical recognition of the similarity of the sculptures of Jachin and Boaz from Matthew Barney's Cremaster 3 to important helical structures (the DNA helix and the alpha helix) from molecular biology? [more inside]
posted by mr_roboto on Apr 19, 2008 - 6 answers

What's new and exciting in the fields of molecular biology, biochemistry, genetics? I'm looking for an exciting/interesting journal article to present to my classmates along the lines of heterologous eukaryotic expression of a gene or gene therapy utilizing knockouts as a technique or with an emphasis on transgenic organisms. I could, of course, slog through the journals on my own and guess at what might be exciting in the field, but I thought I would ask the hive first. Any biochemists or molecular biologists out there want to give this a go? Citations would be incredibly helpful.
posted by stuboo on Mar 18, 2008 - 13 answers

Plasmids, prokaryotes, and markers... [more inside]
posted by Rothko on Jan 10, 2006 - 16 answers

MolecularBiologyFilter: How can knocking out one copy of a gene have the same effect as a mutation that leads to increased activity? [more inside]
posted by greatgefilte on Dec 23, 2005 - 17 answers

Attention molecular biology nerds: have you any experience with photoinitiation of acrylamide gel polymerization? [more inside]
posted by greatgefilte on Jul 7, 2005 - 2 answers

MolecularBio geeks: What's the best sequence analysis software for OS X? [more inside]
posted by docgonzo on May 24, 2005 - 7 answers

Does anyone have a good, detailed protocol for nuclear DNA extraction from a human (or other mammalian) sperm sample? [more inside]
posted by nprigoda on May 6, 2005 - 5 answers