#protein-synthesis

Don’t Cook Your Cells: Why Your Sonication Keeps Failing

Anjali spent nine months perfecting her cell-free protein expression system. She followed every protocol to the letter: optimized her…

The Creation of Life

This essay explains the RNA-World and how the genetic code and protein synthesis could have evolved.

Scientists Reshape Genetic Code to Build Programmable Synthetic Proteins

Yale researchers have successfully reprogrammed an organism’s genetic code, creating a genomically recoded organism (GRO) called Ochre. By…

Understanding How Antibiotics Work: Mechanisms of Action

Nabil Ebraheim MD and Mohamed Fadel MD

Ribosomes in Eukaryotic Cells: The Protein Synthesis Powerhouses

Your Real Resumé is in Your Cells

Our cells contain more information about yourself than you can imagine!