Alchemy Laboratory of Jason Sumner

 

Be glad that society has provided you with language, and houses, and light bulbs, and chocolate. 

 

Jason Sumner Biotech Overview

Cells. 

Grow them, harvest them, change them. See how they change with proteins and small molecules. 

Bioreactors, Transfection, Flow Cytometry, Assays, Microscopes. 

Small Molecules. 

Chemists that make different versions of salt. Send different ones to cell people.

Combinatorial Chemistry, Distillation, Mass Spec

Proteins. 

Comes from cells. Purify, combine, analyze, send back to the cell people. Includes antibodies. 

Chromatography, Mass Spectrometry, Crystallography, CryoEM

DNA. 

Capture, read, and change the protein instructions. New pieces go to cell people.

Gel Electrophoresis, Plasmids, PCR, 

Jason Sumner Favorite Molecules

 I've been thinking about my favorite molecules lately, and below is a partial list:

1. Water

2. Glowing Luciferin

3. Allergic to Antibodies

4. Muscle

5. Smelliest Aromatic hydrocarbons

6. Deep Sea TAQ

7. Melting with GroEL GroES Chaperonin complexes

8. Silicates and Ceramics

9. Black and White Rhodopsin

10. Bloody Hemoglobin

11. Plastic Polymers

12. Pictures of Silver nitrate 

13. Heavy Metal

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