Winter Vacation
We take advantage of this being the season for rejoicing, and embark on a long winter vacation. When we return in 2026, on January 26, we will enter the 20th year of Small Things Considered.
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Retrospective, July to December 2025
In keeping with tradition, here is the list of our posts from the last half year.
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Lac operon: Two gems from the early days (2|2)
by Christoph — When I recently wrote about noise in the basement of the lac operon, I stumbled across two papers in said basement, both of which I – and not only I – consider gems of early molecular biology: 'Isolation of the lac repressor' (Gilbert & Müller-Hill, 1966), and 'The nucleotide sequence of the lac operator' (Gilbert & Maxam, 1973). In part 2 now, I will dust off the lac operator story a bit to make this gem sparkle again...
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Into the Deep Blue
by Christoph — Just let the deep ultramarine blue of the frontispiece sink in at your leisure. Take your time. Surely, You will soon realize that it is not a photograph of the night sky with the milky way and myriads of stars, but a detail from an oil painting...
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Lac operon: Two gems from the early days (1|2)
by Christoph — When I recently wrote about noise in the basement of the lac operon, I stumbled across two papers in said basement, both of which I – and not only I – consider gems of early molecular biology: 'Isolation of the lac repressor' (Gilbert & Müller-Hill, 1966), and 'The nucleotide sequence of the lac operator' (Gilbert & Maxam, 1973). Here in part 1, I will dust off the lac repressor story a bit to make this gem sparkle again...
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Lichens Rise to Prominence
Lichen fossils indicate they were strategic for the colonization of terrestrial environments.
