12.04.2003

 

If The Russian gets to put incomprehensible Physics stuff in his blog, then I get to include an excerpt from tonight's immunology reading. So check it:

"High-density arrays of oligonucleotides, called DNA microarrays or gene chips, can be constructed either through light-directed chemical synthesis carried out with photolithographic microfabrication techniques used in the semiconductor industry or by placing very small dots of oligonucleotides or cDNAs on a solid support such as a microscope slide. Fluorescently labeled cDNA is hybridized to the chip to reveal the expression level for each gene, identifiable by its known location on the chip."

What I got out of that: Microscope slides are solid, and I really wish I had a bag of chips right now.

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