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cloning success

We have been doing a cloning experiment for the longest time ever. After several attempts, we have finally succeeded today. I guess this is something to celebrate tonight, Christmas Eve. Happy holidays to all!

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when it doesn’t work

I think most people who work in an experimental research lab recognise that not all experiments yield good results. And so today, I found out that the RTS 100 synthesis I did yesterday was of no good at all. What … Continue reading

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for the sake of time

Looks like we’re going to give up the benzonase mystery soon. We are a bit constrained by time. Solving the benzonase mystery seems to be an exciting prospect. However, we will have to carry on with our purification efforts.

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the benzonase mystery

Recently, we have been intrigued by the association of benzonase and our molecule of interest. And so I thought it might be handy to dig up information on benzonase. Benzonase is the commerical version of the extracellular endonuclease from the … Continue reading

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moments of not knowing

We are still struggling up to this moment in purifying the molecule that we are interested in – DmWRNexo. It appears to behave in some “mysterious” ways. The peaks that come out after chromatography seems to vary. Last Friday, we … Continue reading

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