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What are E. coli Expression Strains?
E. coli expression strains, BL21(DE3) and DL39 for example, are used for recombinant RNA/protein exp...
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All About the Turbidity-Based Lysozyme Activity Assay
Lysozyme is an enzyme that breaks down peptidoglycan, and it is often used in protein purification,...
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Explain Alpha-Complementation and Blue-White Screening To Me Like I’m 10
Alpha-complementation – it’s a big phrase, but it’s not terribly hard to understand.
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How Postdocs Can Improve Their Leadership Skills
While research is the major focus of your postdoctoral position, there are other responsibilities th...

Maintaining Work-Life Balance in Academic Life
Many early career scientists, graduate students and postdocs associate longer hours at work with pro...

How to Move Forward for Leaving a Postdoc Position
The majority of graduate students have entered into higher education and postdoctoral training to la...

Overcoming Academic Stressors: Rejection, Impostor Syndrome and Burnout
Early career scientists in academia, such as graduate students and postdocs, often have to deal with...

Tips to Move on from an Academic Postdoc to an Industry Job
Finally! You finished collecting and analyzing data from your experiments. It means you will soon be...

What is a Postdoc?
Some people who have been in academia for a while are familiar with this term: postdoctoral research...