Mentors at Your Benchside
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Brief History of CRISPR-Cas9 Genome-Editing Tools
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#15 — In the last few years, CRISPR-Cas9 has become a popular genome editing tool, but have you ever wondered where it came from? In this episode we...
How to Measure and Improve Lab Accuracy and Precision
04 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#14 — Do you know how accurate and precise your measurements are? Imprecise and inaccurate measurements can have a dramatic impact on your results. ...
The Ultimate Guide to Choosing a Fluorescent Protein
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#13 — There are now hundreds of different tailored fluorescent proteins to choose from that can improve your experiments in the lab.What are the key...
DNA Precipitation: Ethanol vs. Isopropanol
28 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#12 — As a follow-up to our episode about ethanol precipitation of DNA and RNA [1], this episode explains the differences between DNA precipitation ...
How Fluorescent Molecules Work: Shine Bright like a Diamond
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#11 — Fluorescence is undoubtedly one of the most important and useful tools in a biologist’s toolbox. But do you actually know how fluorescence w...
Which Type of Ethanol Should I Use?
21 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#10 — As you probably know, there are different types of ethanol found in biology labs. It's a versatile solvent used in dozens of experiments and p...
What the HEK? A Beginner’s Guide to HEK293 Cells
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#9 — One of the most commonly used cell lines in molecular biology labs is the Human Embryonic Kidney HEK293 cell line. Listen to this episode to fi...
How SDS-PAGE Works
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#8 — You probably have or will use SDS-PAGE at some point to separate proteins, but do you really understand how this technique works? Knowing how S...
How a Jellyfish Changed Biology: the Discovery and Development of GFP
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#7 — In this episode, we cover how jellyfish were able to have a huge impact on biology through the discovery and development of GFP.Using GFP is no...
Ethanol Precipitation of DNA and RNA: How it Works
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#6 — Ethanol precipitation is a commonly used technique for concentrating and de-salting nucleic acid preparations in an aqueous solution.In this ep...
20 Telling Signs You're a Scientist
05 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#5 — Have you ever chilled beer on dry ice from the lab? Does your wardrobe consist mainly of free t-shirts from companies at conferences [1]? Have ...
What is PCR? The Beginner’s Guide
01 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#4 — PCR is a useful lab technique used to copy, sequence or quantify DNA. If you're new to PCR, this episode is for you. We cover the five things y...
A Short History of Cryo-Electron Microscopy
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#3 — In this episode of Mentors At Your Benchside, listen to a short history of cryo-electron microscopy—the Nobel Prize-winning technique revolut...
17 Ways to Stop Pipetting Errors From Ruining Your Experiments
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#2 — Micropipettes are the bread and butter instrument of a lab, helping you to accurately dispense minute amounts of liquid. But these tools are on...
Is it Worth Doing a PhD After a Master’s?
28 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
#1 — Is it worth doing a PhD? This is a question that probably plagues every research student at some point in their career.In this episode, we expl...