I’ve been meaning to compile a list of podcasts for a long time now. We’re all so used to putting in our earphones and tuning […]
Warm vaccines: Key to improved vaccine programs!
Recently Pfizer’s vaccine has been in the news for needing to be stored below 0oC. The development of such a vaccine becomes even more problematic […]
Antimatter: Mystery of the opposite of matter!
Antimatter is the literal opposite of matter. But how can the opposite of matter exist? Well over here we mean that these particles have properties […]
CRISPR to edit genomes: Emmanuelle Charpentier & Jennifer Doudna
A month ago, Prof. Emmanuelle Charpentier & Prof. Jennifer Doudna were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. They are just the sixth and seventh women […]
Discovery of black holes: Andrea Ghez
Just a month back, Prof. Andrea Ghez was announced as one of the awardees for the Nobel Prize in Physics! She is only the fourth […]
Demystifying energy metabolism: Gerty Cori
All organisms survive by the creation of energy within their bodies. Our cells are constantly working to generate energy and spend them. But how does […]
Invention of Radioimmunoassay: Rosalyn Yalow
Diagnostic tests are the first step in any healthcare system but have you ever thought about how these tests came about? We’ve all taken a […]
Discovery of jumping genes: Barbara McClintock
For the longest time, the way in which hereditary information is passed down from one generation to another had not been known. Soon, we found […]
Discovery of Growth Factors: Rita Levi-Montalcini
It is funny to think about how we as humans were just a tiny cell when we were conceived. The cells grew into an embryo, […]
Inventing allopathy: Gertrude Elion
Drug discovery is an extremely exciting field of research because we get to work on therapeutics options that could change lives. In today’s date, there […]