24 May: Live Chat with special guest!
The next live Chat for all students is on 24 May between 12pm and 1pm. We will be joined by special guest Brian Douglas to talk all about 🌟gel electrophoresis 🌟 Brian is part of the Plant and Fungal Explorers, working at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is the coordinator for the Darwin Tree of Life project there. See how his work involves gel electrophoresis: “At Kew, gel electrophoresis is an essential part of the DNA barcoding process we use for plants and fungi for the Darwin Tree of Life. By running extracted and/or amplified DNA through an agarose gel containing a dye that fluoresces under UV light when in contact with DNA, we can visually find out which samples worked and can be sent off for Sanger sequencing, and which samples have probably failed and need to be repeated, all at very low cost. It also gives an … Continue reading