


New Study Could Pave the Way for Better Huntington’s Disease Treatments
Huntington’s disease, a genetic condition that causes progressive movement problems, psychiatric issues, and cognitive decline when neurons (nerve cells) in the brain die, is caused by an abnormal expansion of a DNA sequence (called a “CAG repeat”) in the...
Community Forensics Workshop Features MiniOne Electrophoresis
For nearly four years, volunteers at the La Jolla/Riford Library have been offering hands-on science programs that are free and open to the public. Enthusiasm for using science to solve crimes makes forensics a consistently popular topic for our community science...
Workshop at La Jolla Library – Foodborne Outbreak Investigation
An inquiry-based lab incorporating hypothesis testing, experimental design, and data analysis Give students the complete hands-on experience of running a molecular biology investigation from beginning to end while engaging them with a scenario based on a real-world...