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A tale of twin sisters

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of peak fertility, it was the age of premature ovarian failure — in short, it was a…

Jun 4 •

May 2023

Review of "Why Fish Don't Exist"

Note: This was my entry for the 2023 Astral Codex Ten book review contest. It didn’t make it to the round of finalists, but hopefully De Novo…

May 20 •

April 2023

Biological DOOM

A brief overview of biological computation

Apr 29 •

Money Money Money

My experience getting funding for my research

Apr 16 •

Tyson Foods reveals breakthrough for in vitro oogenesis

Apr 1 •

March 2023

Of mice and men and eggs

Oocytes from male mice

Mar 17 •

January 2023

The Packaging Problem

A mathematical exercise in keeping things cool

Jan 25 •

Epigenetic Inheritance in Mammals

Evaluating the evidence

Jan 10 •

Review of “Make People Better”

Last night I watched “Make People Better”, a documentary about He Jiankui’s gene-edited babies. It was a decent documentary (if a bit overdramatized…

Jan 2 •

December 2022

Epigenetics of the mammalian germline

Or, why two eggs can’t make a baby

Dec 23, 2022 •

November 2022

What is epigenetics?

Part 1 of the epigenetics series

Nov 6, 2022 •

October 2022

Why you shouldn't eat it

Oct 15, 2022 •

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