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The 12 days of BioTechniques: 2023

Written by Tristan Free (Senior Editor)

This Christmas we are highlighting our top content from the past year in the 12 days of BioTechniques, revealing a new key collection of content each day!

Click on the bauble above to see that day’s content!

Day 1

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: our most popular article from 2023

Northern white rhinoceros could be brought back from the brink of extinction

Day 2

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: two MRI updates

Diamond quantum sensors improve spatial resolution of MRI

Functional MRI reveals how time in space changes our brains

Day 3

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: three spooky stories

Resurrecting secrets about the real-life Dracula

Halloween dinner plans? Pick a pumpkin

Monsters of the deep: remains reveal oldest-known mega-predatory marine reptile

Day 4

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: four webinars

Panel Discussion: Measuring protein–protein interactions

Setting the new benchmark in automated and cost-effective qPCR and NGS assays using a single platform

Challenging the ‘art’ of SPR

Generating microbial insights from nanopore metagenomic data using CZ ID: a free, open source, cloud-based metagenomics tool for researchers

Day 5

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five CRISPR thiiiiiings

Novel CRISPR-based screen identifies target for improved T-cell therapies

Predicting sgRNA efficiency with quantum biology and AI

More compact CRISPR enzyme engineered

Base editing for more efficient and representative organoids

Day 6

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six expert opinions

The 2023 John Maddox Prize winners: defending science in the face of corporate greed

Analytical approaches to address proteome complexity

Microarrays: an important tool for genetic analysis

Taking biotechnology research to space with NASA

How does image integrity impact scientific research?

Why a ‘protein’ isn’t: acknowledging proteome complexity

Day 7

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Seven International Women’s Day interviews!

International Women’s Day with Future Science Group: Advice from our female leaders in STEM

Discovering biomarkers in a dish

Studying the relationship between fat cells and asthma

A journey to the academic–industry interface with Elaine Harris

Thinking outside: maintaining balance in STEM

It’s time to give small proteins a bit of the limelight

Changing the status quo with BioTechniques’ Editor-in-Chief

Day 8

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eight shiny eBooks

eBook: Organoid analysis

eBook: Surface plasmon resonance

eBook: Novel bioanalytical methods to support the drug development process

eBook: Investigating the gut microbiome

eBook: Antibody discovery

eBook: The new era of immuno-oncology

eBook: Antibody discovery, validation and process optimization

eBook: qPCR & dPCR in therapeutic development

Day 9

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Nine great new products

New digital handbook brings the power of advanced flow cytometry to every scientist

Get real tissue biodistribution results without matrix effects

Optimizing sample preparation for metagenomic assembly using long-read sequencing

QualTrak real-time PCR and digital PCR ecosystem for streamlined biologics development

BRAND® HandyStep® touch S repeating pipette

Gyros Protein Technologies introduces new PurePep EasyClean services to accelerate development and manufacturing of peptide-based drugs

Cutting edge technology for vascularized kidney organoids

Bio-Rad showcases compatibility of SEQuoia™ RNA library preparation kits with new innovative sequencers at AGBT 2023

Fast, cost-effective products for extracellular vesicle isolation

Day 10

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Our top ten reads

News: Northern white rhinoceros could be brought back from the brink of extinction

Panel Discussion: Measuring protein–protein interactions

Application Note: Alternative transcript isoform detection with single-cell and spatial resolution

Award: BioTechniques’ 40th anniversary image competition

In Focus: Characterizing organoids

News: Antivenom intelligence? The role of AI in developing snakebite treatments

In Focus: Sequencing for conservation

In Focus: Long-read sequencing for metagenomics

Spotlight: Antibody discovery

Webinar: Generating microbial insights from nanopore metagenomic data using CZ ID: a free, open source, cloud-based metagenomics tool for researchers

Day 11

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Eleven LinkedIn Newsletters

18 December 2023

04 December 2023

06 November 2023

2 October 2023

4 September 2023

7 August 2023

3 July 2023

5 June 2023

2 May 2023

3 April 2023

6 March 2023

Day 12

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: Twelve journal issues