The 12 days of BioTechniques: 2024

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

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: our most popular article from 2024

Novel ‘kill-switch’ nanorobot selectively kills cancer cells

On the second day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: a two-part interview on genetics and anthropology

Investigating cultural and biological identities | Part one: the evolution of ancient DNA research and technique development

Investigating cultural and biological identities | Part two: the genetic and cultural integration of human populations

On the third day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: three Nobel Prizes

Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry?

Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics?

Who won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine?

On the fourth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: four veterinary science news pieces 

This is what hibernation looks like at the molecular level 

The tale of the zebrafish and the regenerative heart 

Why don’t male mammals breastfeed? 

Are you making a pessimist out of your pooch? 

On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five ELRIG Research & Innovation intervieeeeeeews 

Nature knows best: mimicking natural cryoprotectants for preserving cell-based assays 

Getting under your skin: deep visual proteomics for investigating cutaneous adverse drug reactions 

From patient to petri dish: disease modeling with human pluripotent stem cells 

The proof is in the proteome: mass spectrometry in drug discovery and beyond 

Coming of phage: treating antibiotic-resistant infections with bacteriophages 

On the sixth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: six Ig Nobel Prize winners

Introducing the winners of the 2024 Ig Nobel Prizes

On the seventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: seven infographics

Infographic: Key trends in the measurement of biomolecular interactions

Infographic: Next-generation antibodies for therapeutic applications

Studying the cell-surface proteome of single cells

Tissue- vs iPSC-derived tumor organoids for cancer research

Choosing the right epitope-binning protocol

Infographic: Next-generation cytokines for cancer

Infographic: DNA vs mRNA transfection

On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eight biotech bi-weeklys 

The biotech bi-weekly 

The biotech bi-weekly: mpox PCR test assays, synthetic DNA for Zika vaccine development and space agency collaboration to address diseases on Earth 

The biotech bi-weekly: novel therapeutic platforms to target obesity, environmentally friendly pesticide and the first AI lab assistant 

The biotech bi-weekly: organoids take to the stars, SPR increases in sensitivity and 3D printing brings tunability to oral drug delivery 

The biotech bi-weekly: ddPCR, mass spec and NGS solutions increase throughput and efficiency and a new biomaterial approach to immunotherapy 

The biotech bi-weekly: better cell media and culture solutions for drug development, and AI takes center stage to secure funding 

The biotech bi-weekly: sequencing costs slashed again, biomolecular interactions measured by the thousands and a single-cell picking platform for lipid profiles validated 

The biotech bi-weekly: extracellular vesicles take center stage, the accessibility of sequencing gets another boost and biotech companies release their third-quarter financial results 

On the ninth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: nine webinars 

Investigating mitochondrial–ER tethering in skeletal muscle cells 

Investigating essential biomolecular pathways with cutting-edge techniques: time-resolved single-molecule biophysics methods in action 

An end-to-end workflow for exploring spatial biology through multiplex IHC 

Molecular Pixelation: 3D spatial proteomics of the cell surface 

Transforming live-cell analysis with AI 

Taking your single-cell sequencing to new lengths with Oxford Nanopore 

Decoding the epigenome with Oxford Nanopore real-time methylation detection 

Investigating infectious disease outbreaks with nanopore sequencing 

A simple non-lysis detection of empty vs. full AAV capsids in real time 

On the tenth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: ten scientific images  

Here are our judge-selected Top 10 images from the 2024 BioTechniques image competition! 

Image competition top 10
  

On the eleventh day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: eleven neuroscience news pieces

How neuroscientists are detangling the fear response

Decoding the neuroanatomical signature of developmental language disorder

The brain’s nightly housekeeping routine

Exercise, neurogenesis and PTSD: identifying the key to novel treatments

Researchers discover new ALS gene

Researchers turn fibroblasts into neurons for Alzheimer’s disease model

How the brain fights off herpes

The neuroprotective effect of seaweed polyphenols

Protein aggregation pathway uncovered in ALS

Polymer shows promise in treating Huntington’s disease

Novel tau therapies show promise for Alzheimer’s

On the twelfth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: twelve STEM Tea episodes 

STEM Tea | Mentoring to inspire diversity in science with Alissa Armstrong 

STEM Tea | Estevao, exercise and coaching as mentoring 

STEM Tea | Navigating the twists and turns of a career in academia 

STEM Tea | Mentoring and microscopy cores: central pillars of academic learning 

STEM Tea | The beating heart of bioengineering, cardiovascular research and DEI 

STEM Tea | Beyond borders: building an international collaboration base 

STEM Tea | Championing health equity for underserved communities 

STEM Tea | Empowering youth, empowering communities: on a mission to decolonize knowledge 

STEM Tea | How to lead a lab 

STEM Tea | Science beyond academia: a career in the charity sector 

STEM Tea | Mentoring junior faculty: how to handle the research tidal wave 

STEM Tea | The experiences of an industry scientist