Andy Ellington's Blog

OK, time for some more old people meandering. When I was a youngster, we sequenced by hand (actually, we also did PCR by hand, but that’s really sad). We ran our own gels, called our own bases, the whole 9 yards. The kits we used were a step above doing Maxim-Gilbert sequencing, but compared to today it’s still pretty weird. (more…)

I am almost (but not quite) of the generation that you can ask the question of: “Where were you when JFK died?” For those of you who do not know who JFK was … well, that’s just sad. Anyway, I do remember where I was when JFK died. (more…)