Resources

Ancient Science: Egypt, Greece, & the Islamic Golden Age.

The Scientific Revolution: Bacon, Boyle & the Rise of Scientific Societies.

Introduction to the origins of scientific methodology and the modern reproducibility crisis — why documentation and transparency remain essential.

Discover modern, affordable, and collaborative plasmid design tools beyond SnapGene — from Benchling to Photo51.

Master the 9 golden rules of primer design — learn how to create efficient, specific primers for PCR, qPCR, and cloning.

From restriction enzymes to Gibson Assembly — explore 50 years of breakthroughs that shaped modern biotechnology.

Watch how to sign up and access the molecular biology software Photo51

Watch how to import files into Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch the basics of creating new folders, moving files, deleting files and recovering files in Photo51

Watch the basics of analyzing a plasmid file in Photo51 the molecular biology software. It goes over things like moving between map and sequence view, the split screen feature, all the overview tabs within the navigation bar and how to use these to better understand you plasmid.

Watch how to perform BP Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform LR Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform Gibson Assembly Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform InFusion Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform HiFi Assembly Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform Restriction Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform TA Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to perform Golden Gate Cloning in Photo51, the molecular biology software.

Watch how to create virtual gel electrophoresis simulations in Photo51 to ensure all your fragments are the expected sizes!

Watch how to align sequences to a reference, how to do a local or global pairwise alignment and how to align multiple sequences using MUSCLE or MAFFT algorithms.

Watch how to get started using the CRISPR-Cas tools in Photo51 the molecular biology software. The video covers guide RNA creation and exporting as well as filtering for specific codon conversion for base editing systems.