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Sandra Porter I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).

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Checking out the new Ebola virus and playing some tricks with BLAST

Category: Bioinformatics

Ebola virus has impressed me as creepy ever since I read "The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story some years back by Richard Preston. (I guess he has a new...

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Science events in Seattle: Science on Tap or Parasitic Creationists

Category: Seattle

Two interesting events are happening, Monday night, Oct. 27th. At the UW: Josh Rosenau from the National Center for Science Education will be speaking at 6 pm about Creationist attacks...

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Visit the Galápagos for free! (as an avatar)

Category: Science education

The Galápagos islands rank high on my list of places that I really, really, really want to visit. But for many reasons, it's always looked like a trip to the...

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A gene that might protect us from HIV and other retroviruses

Category: HIV/AIDS

One of the holy grails of modern medicine is the development of a vaccine against HIV, the virus that causes AIDs. An obstacle to attaining this goal has been the...

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Mapping polymorphisms in 16S ribosomal RNA

Category: sequence analysis

In the class that I'm teaching, we found that several PCR products, amplified from the 16S ribosomal RNA genes from bacterial isolates, contain a mixed base in one or more...

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Meet the ribosomes

Category: molecular structures

Ribosomes are molecular machines that build new proteins. This process of synthesizing a protein is also known as translation. Many antibiotics prevent translation by binding to ribosomal RNA. In the...

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A beginner's guide to making a phylogenetic tree

Category: phylogeny

I made this video (below the fold) to illustrate the steps involved in making a phylogenetic tree. The basic steps are to: Build a data set Align the sequences Make...

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Digital Biology Friday: Who were those molecules anyway?

Category: molecular structures

Two molecules are locked in a tight embrace. Who are they?

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If you have free time over winter break...

Category: Darwin Day

You can get a jump on the Darwin Day festivities. Once again the Alliance for Science is sponsoring an essay contest for Darwin Day. If you download their suggestions for...

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Digital Biology Friday: Free to evolve?

Category: molecular structures

This is a fun puzzle. The pink molecule is a protein and the other molecule is a nucleic acid....

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