Author: Jordan Harrison
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Science at Home: Cabbage pH
Since we’re all doing public service and keeping each other safe against COVID by staying home, we thought we should launch a series of at-home experiments you can do with items you can find on your weekly resupply trip to the store. While we have done these experiments at our events, we challenge you to…
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A Newbie’s Adventures in Programming Python
Here at ChiTownBio, we encourage exploration and the DIY mindset in more areas than just biology. We love to meet people who are avid makers and programmers as well! In fact, programming is a super useful skill for DIY biology in both analyzing data and designing low-cost hardware, so I’ve been teaching myself some new…
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Octavia Butler’s Dawn: A Review
For our first biopunk book club, ChiTownBiologists read the multi-faceted, thought-provoking book Dawn by Octavia Butler. In Dawn, humans have been decimated by global war and are “rescued” by a tentacle-y alien species called the Oankali–with a catch. The Oankali will help rehabilitate and rebuild humanity if they interbreed with them in a complex form…
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A Crack in Creation: August Book Club
Hi ChiTownBiologists! Summer is well underway and we’re exploring the hottest gene editing tool in the field–CRISPR–in Jennifer Doudna and Sam Sternberg’s book, A Crack in Creation. We’ll delve deep into the history of CRISPR and speculate on its future. This is a book and discussion you won’t want to miss! When: August 4th, 12-2 p.m. Where:…
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ChiTownBio Book Club!
Join us at Uptown Public Library on February 22nd at 6:00 p.m. for the first ever ChiTownBio biotechnology book club! Our goal for the book club is to read fiction and nonfiction relating to biotechnology, have scintillating discussion centered on themes in the book, and provide expertise to clarify or answer any questions that…