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19 August 2024
Science
FEATURE | 8 min READ

Revealing the genes that build plant bioactives

Plants are known to produce valuable molecules, many of which are hard to chemically synthesise. Engineering biology approaches at the Earlham Institute are helping to decode these biosynthetic pathways.
22 April 2024
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 8 min READ

How to design and use MoClo in budding yeast - part 3

Transforming budding yeast with Golden Gate assembled healing fragments and custom CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid.
22 April 2024
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 10 min READ

How to design and use MoClo in budding yeast - part 1

Designing and building your integration plasmid for Golden Gate assemblies and transformation into budding yeast.
22 April 2024
Learning Expert
FEATURE | 10 min READ

How to design and use MoClo in budding yeast - part 2

Constructing a custom CRISPR/Cas9 plasmid using Golden Gate assemblies for budding yeast transformations.
05 April 2024
Science
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Genetic integrity needed for Biodiversity Net Gain to flower

It’s one of the most ambitious plans to rebuild the natural environment in Europe – but will Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) lead to an influx of poor-quality wildflower seeds?
18 March 2024
People
FEATURE | 8 min READ

Neurodiversity in research: science needs people who think differently

As an evolutionary biologist, Dr Will Nash studies the processes that give rise to biological diversity.
01 March 2024
People Science
FEATURE | 5 min READ

Light-up plants and tunable roots signal new solutions for climate crisis

There has been no rain for a month. The soil around a farmer’s wheat plants is bone-dry. In the past this could have led to the loss of the whole crop – but one flick of a genetic switch means the root systems can begin to adapt to the drier conditions.