Tag: long-form
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The transcription factors behind my midweek meal
Tomatoes at various ripening stages (this image is in the public domain). Not long ago, I took a short break from my MSc project to go back home and see my family for Easter. This meant using up all the food in my fridge before leaving, and I cooked up some pretty eclectic meals as…
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How it all started, and where we are now
On the evolution of epigenetics, both as a field and as a term (and my first post!) A diagram of a developing human embryo from a 1916 textbook (image is in the public domain). The meaning of words changes over time. “Awful”, for instance, used to mean “impressive”. Now it means quite the opposite. “Epigenetics”…
The Chromatin Digest 