Peter Klipfel

Jul 26
Project graveyards as guideposts
I was inspired recently to think about old, dead projects as guideposts based on another idea: reasearch graveyards
Jul 18
How I manage my notes
I have spent a long time trying to find the right practice for taking notes, and I think I finally found a method that I like
Jun 20
Cell Lysis
Cell lysis is the scientist name for 'breaking open a cell'. Here I go over ways of breaking open cells.
May 9
Growing neurons Overview
This is the first in a series of blog posts about what it takes to grow neuronal cultures.
Apr 25
Cryopreservation
Saving cells for future use is extermely useful. In this post, I go over a basic cryopreservation technique
Apr 11
MAP kinase
MAP kinase comes up as a canonical example in much of systems biology, and I wanted to write a short post about what it actually is
Mar 29
Immortal cell lines
Immortal cell lines are immensely useful to research. They allow us to produce fully differentiated cells in high quantities.
Mar 7
Building proteins
One of the foundations of biology is proteins.
Feb 7
Lac operon
I have heard a lot about the lac operon, and had never looked into it. I've taken this opportunity to explain the basics of how it can be used to select for engineered organisms
Jan 31
DNA methylation in prokaryotes
DNA methylation has profound effects in genetics which are still being studied. Methylation affects synthetic biologists by digesting transferred DNA and introducing mutations to transferred DNA