A chromosome is gradually unwinding until the DNA double helix is visible. Proteins interact with parts of the DNA. Antibodies are attached to these protein-DNA interacting regions.

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The Evolution of Chromatin Immunoprecipitation: A Revolution in DNA-Protein Interaction Studies

Discover how chromatin immunoprecipitation transformed the study of DNA-protein interactions through decades of scientific innovation.

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Cell Painting: Exploring the Richness of Biological Images

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A Sticky Situation: Recombinant DNA Technology

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Crystal-Clear Penicillin, 1945

Brittany McWilliams | | 4 min read

In urban bathhouses in Germany and the surrounding low countries, bathhouse proprietors, known as baders, provided visitors with basic medical care. To draw blood, baders would scratch the skin before placing a heated cupping glass over the incision to extract blood and purge the body. Other tools associated with baders, including dental forceps and an amputation saw, hint at further services they provided.

Bathing Through the Ages: 1300–1848

Clare Watson | | 2 min read

Glass blown and sculpted model of the golden bellapple (<em>Passiflora laurifolia</em>)

Glass Menagerie, 1863–1936

Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

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Dan Robitzski | | 3 min read

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Ford Foundation Sunsets Diversity Fellowships

Andy Carstens | | 6 min read

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The Right Chemistry, 1935

Catherine Offord | | 3 min read

A lithograph of a woman sitting up in bed while a nurse attends to her.

Death by Nostalgia, 1688

Lisa Winter | | 4 min read

Formed of various flowers, this personification cartoon of a female botanist, painted by George Spratt, was pasted into Allen’s copy of The English Flora.

La Botaniste, 1810–1865

Sukanya Charuchandra | | 2 min read

In one of the only known photos of Abraham Lincoln taken on the day of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln can be seen seated, hatless, just below and to the right of the flag. Lincoln began developing symptoms of smallpox on the train home to Washington, DC.

Presidential Pox, 1863

Annie Melchor | | 3 min read

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