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    • A very friendly introduction to Basement Membranes
    • Laminins – a friendly intro!
    • LaNts – a friendly intro
    • Taking control of a cancer-associated “splicing switch”
    • LaNt alpha31 in the ocular surface; a new player in corneal wound repair?
    • LaNt alpha31 distribution in human tissues
    • Are you really as good at applying sunscreen as you think?
    • Can you replace your sunscreen with SPF containing moisturisers?
    • UV photography; how to guide
    • LaNt a31 – a breast cancer marker and potential drug target
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  • Core Cell and Molecular Biology + Genetics Quizzes
    • Guide to identifying mode of inheritance from genetic pedigrees
    • Cell Biology and Genetics Foundation MCQ – 1
    • Core Genetics Multiple Choice Quiz Q1
    • Genetic Pedigree Multiple Choice Quiz – 1
    • Genetic Pedigree Multiple Choice Quiz – 2
    • Genetic Pedigree Multiple Choice Quiz – 3
    • Genetic Pedigree – Multiple Choice Quiz – 4
    • Multiple Choice Quiz – Genetic Pedigrees – 5 – ABO and Rh blood group
    • Genetics Pedigrees MCQ 6 – Real Example – LOCS
    • Mitosis and Meiosis MCQ (genetics/cell biology)
    • Transcription, translation, protein and gene regulation MCQ
    • Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values MCQ
    • Mean, Median, Mode MCQ
    • Hallmarks of Cancer MCQ
  • Lab Skills Quizzes
    • MCQ working in the lab
    • MCQ – Lab calculations
    • MCQ Microscopy
    • MCQ protein work
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    • MCQ RNA/DNA techniques
    • MCQ Flow cytometry and FACS
    • Science grammar quiz!
    • Lab Skill Quiz – Data interpretation I
    • Lab skills quiz – data interpretation MCQ #2
    • Lab skills MCQ – Data interpretation #3
    • Worked examples videos: basic lab calculations
  • Writing Guides
    • Downloadable Manuscript Template Doc
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    • Results Figure Preparation
    • Choosing a graph type
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  • “Life in the Lab” book
  • Experimental Design Guide
    • Statistics test – flow chart
    • Experimental Design – Part 1 – Hypotheses
    • Experimental Design – Part 2 – Measurements
    • Experimental Design – Part 3 – Controls
    • Experimental Design – part 4 – Assigning groups
    • Experimental Design – Part 5 – Sample size determination
  • MRes BLS links
    • MRes: Introduction to Lab Skills Practical Class
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    • MRes – Western Blotting
    • Worked examples videos: basic lab calculations
  • The LaNts and Laminins team
  • LaNt wars: the LaNt mouse saga…

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Stop saying "significant" in COVID19 science articles

“People with blood group A have a significantly higher risk for acquiring COVID-19 compared with non-A blood groups” proclaims the … More

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Life in the Lab: Chapter 8 release

Life in the Lab Book.

Editing chapter now added.

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Understand you must.

When reporting your results, you have two main options regarding stats reporting: If you selected a critical value that your … More

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Life in the Lab – Chapter 7 release + sample content

Just a quick announcement to say that Chapter 7 of Life in the Lab has now been uploaded and is … More

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Life in the Lab – Chpt 5 release

Life in the lab pre-print: chapter 5 release

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Life in the Lab – Preprint release

A little while ago I announced a book would be coming soon. Well, sometimes soon takes longer that you would … More

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Help needed!

Can I ask a favour? I’d like your opinion. I’ve been putting together a book recently that contains the advice … More

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Science phrases grammar quiz… is your grammar up to it?

How well did you learn your grammar? This quiz will put you to the test…

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Life in the Laminin Lab #6 – Intros

Like to see more of our new cartoon series? #5 seems like a good place to start! Don’t be like … More

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Life in the Laminin Lab #5 – Examples

  Check back on Monday for #6 #4 available here (and links to the rest) or Meet the characters Or, if … More

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