Archive - De Novo

How (and why) to get tested for CMV

As long-time readers of this blog will know, I’m not a fan of cytomegalovirus (CMV), a herpesvirus that is usually asymptomatic, but causes all sorts of…

Jul 15 •

June 2024

Meiosis Project Update: Preprint Edition!

I’m happy to announce that the meiosis project preprint is now out! You can read it on bioRxiv…

Jun 1 •

April 2024

Methods in Engineering of Avian Ova

Apr 1 •

March 2024

Can ChatGPT recognize cell types?

It's pretty good, but not expert-level.

Mar 25 •

Eggs and scrambled chromosomes

It's not quite meiosis, but it's pretty cool

Mar 15 •

January 2024

When the magic bullet goes astray

A close look at metronidazole

Jan 21 •

December 2023

Synthetic Specificity

One step closer towards sharks with laser eyes?

Dec 17, 2023 •

November 2023

Meiosis Project Update #2

Zygotene has been achieved internally

Nov 28, 2023 •

October 2023

Will no one rid me of this turbulent pest?

Political concerns, not technical challenges, are the main barriers to gene drive deployment

Oct 14, 2023 •

Alternatives to Zookeeping

How synthetic biology can replace antibodies and accelerate biomedical research

Oct 3, 2023 •

September 2023

Playing the game vs. finding a cheat code

Pokémon and cell types

Sep 10, 2023 •

Notes from Poland

Recently, I took a trip to Poland with my girlfriend to visit relatives and see the country. We had been wanting to go for quite a while, and this…

Sep 4, 2023 •

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