Category Archives: Science
Cellular automaton model of bacterial biosensors
So this fortnight at the doctoral training centre, we’ve been from “Hello World” to image processing in C and Perl. Yeah. Anyway, before my brain explodes from over-knowledge-ness, I thought I’d blog about the program I made! It’s a cellular … Continue reading
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Tagged bacteria, bacterial biosensor, biological modelling, C, cellular automaton
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Abzymes: tiny factories made to order
I wrote this for the Wellcome science writing prize. It didn’t make the shortlist, so I can publish it here! Enzymes are the machines of the biological world. In our bodies, they break down our food, fight off invading bacteria, … Continue reading
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Tagged abzymes, antibodies, biological washing powder, biotechnology, enzymes, enzymology, immunology, synthetic biology
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Modelling endocytosis in baker’s yeast
For my lab project this year I made a computer model of a biological process. The organism I was looking at was budding yeast – also known as baker’s, or brewer’s yeast. It’s a type of single celled fungus that’s … Continue reading
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