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"Silver" and "gold" coating a 5 cent coin

March 7, 2017 • 1 min read • Silver

“Silver” and “gold” coating a 5 cent coin

Last Friday, I coated with my kids 5 cent (copper) coins.
No interest (in retrospection and introspection)?

February 17, 2017 • 3 min read • Finland

No interest (in retrospection and introspection)?

There was much talk about last year's "changes" at the university.
Science good, coffee bad

January 26, 2017 • 2 min read • Vascular Biology

Science good, coffee bad

Last week I took part the Vascular Cell Biology Gordon Research Conference in Ventura (California).
Kapa HiFi excels, Phusion works sort-of, Q5 and Platinum SuperFi disappoint

December 2, 2016 • 2 min read • Proofreading DNA Polymerases

Kapa HiFi excels, Phusion works sort-of, Q5 and Platinum SuperFi disappoint

My last NEBuilder assembly got stuck because I couldn't get two of the PCR reactions to work.
Key project funding

October 7, 2016 • 2 min read • Finland

Key project funding

This post is inspired by our recent success in the Key Project Funding call of the Academy of Finland.
OpenBIS for Dummies

September 6, 2016 • 8 min read • OpenBIS

OpenBIS for Dummies

If you have considered moving from paper to electronic lab notebooks as we are at the moment, you might have come across the OpenBIS solution.

August 30, 2016 • 1 min read • Science

Cloning club - workshop material

Collection of the course materials for the DPBM-organized Cloning Club.
University rankings (and how to manipulate them)

August 29, 2016 • 4 min read • Finland

University rankings (and how to manipulate them)

Whow.
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