Monthly Archives: October 2011

Open Source PCR and electrophoresis roundup

By Daniel | Published: October 31, 2011

PCR (polymerase chain reaction) and gel electrophoresis are the two building blocks of DNA analysis and they’re going open source! Here’s a quick roundup of some open source efforts that have been incubating. While you can’t decipher genetic code directly with these technologies, DNA sequencers which pump out the actual discrete code of DNA are [...]

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Surprising and delightful quote at the end of my biology text.

By Daniel | Published: October 28, 2011

This delightful quote was discovered on the very last page of my biology text. It so eloquently encapsulates why I participate in the hackerspace movement. There’s some poetry to this being on the page least likely to be read. We have a civilization based on science and technology, and we’ve cleverly arranged things so that [...]

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