Month: July 2017

Is International CRISPR Regulation a Pipe Dream?

Is International CRISPR Regulation a Pipe Dream?

Written by Shawn Xiong Edited by Manisha Talukdar Header image courtesy of Marie Ann Liebert At the dawn of recombinant DNA technology in the early 1970s, two conferences took place in Asilomar state beach in California, led by Stanford biochemist Paul Berg. From an outright 

#SupportTheReport

#SupportTheReport

written by Anastassia Pogoutse The Naylor Report, summarized by Andrew Zhai in this post, provides a recipe for reinvigorating Canadian research. However, without concrete action by the federal government, the Naylor Report’s recommendations will be nothing but text. Canadian scientists have taken to using the 

Seeing the Invisible: The First North American Electron Microscope

Seeing the Invisible: The First North American Electron Microscope

This is post 1 of 3 in the series “The Cabinet Project” In the massive labyrinth of science buildings and libraries here at U of T there are dozens of empty and underused display cabinets. The Cabinet Project, which ended on May 15, aimed to 

Dust Counters and Gas Collectors

Dust Counters and Gas Collectors

This is post 2 of 3 in the series “The Cabinet Project” In the massive labyrinth of science buildings and libraries here at U of T there are dozens of empty and underused display cabinets. The Cabinet Project, which ended on May 15, aimed to 

Mud

Mud

This is post 3 of 3 in the series “The Cabinet Project” In the massive labyrinth of science buildings and libraries here at U of T there are dozens of empty and underused display cabinets. The Cabinet Project, which ended on May 15, aimed to