👂Today is #WorldHearingDay. How do we hear? The answer starts with tiny sensory cells called hair cells.
These cells allow us to detect sound and maintain balance, but once lost in humans, they don’t grow back. But, #zebrafish can regenerate theirs. 🐟
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#DYK that amyloids form when proteins adopt an unusual shape that templates others to stack into highly stable fibers. They’re linked to neurodegenerative diseases. But they may also be essential for long-term #memory. 🧠
In our latest #BioBasics #PhD student Olivia Kim explains!
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What is CRISPR? 🧬
In this episode of #BioBasics, Victoria Hassebroek, Ph.D., Head of Genome Engineering, breaks down how this powerful tool allows scientists to make precise changes to #DNA.
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School supplies? ✅ Lesson plans? ✅ A spark of curiosity? ✅
Add our #BioBasics series to your toolkit this school year for clear explainers on #DNA, proteins, chromosomes, and more. 🧬 📚 #BackToSchool
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What is a protein? Hint: It’s not just something on your dinner plate. Proteins can be thought of as tiny machines enabling our cells to function.
🧬 Learn more in our latest #BioBasics: bit.ly/4mfFTfn
What exactly is a ribosome? Postdoc in the Kostova Lab, Tanushree Ghosh, explains these molecular machines that build life-sustaining proteins in our next episode of #BioBasics.
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Happy #DNADay! 🧬 So, what exactly is #DNA? Mike Peterson, a scientist in Sequencing & Discovery Genomics, explains the molecule found in nearly every cell of every living organism in this #BioBasics episode.
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Ever wondered how your #genes know when to turn on or off? 🧬🔌 In our latest #BioBasics episode, @juliannahaug.bsky.social, a researcher in the Sauka-Spengler Lab, explains gene regulatory networks — the circuits that control gene activity.
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