Iuliia and Daniel have fun with salt water and alcohol

Chapters:

00:00:00 DIY DNA isolation

00:15:38 Directed evolution of Enzymes

DNA isolation in your kitchen

- Experiment during the episode: https://www.instructables.com/How-to-Extract-Your-Own-DNA-Using-Household-Kitche/

- Another protocol with the same approach: https://learning-center.homesciencetools.com/article/how-to-extract-dna-at-home/

- Extract DNA from a strawberry: https://www.popsci.com/diy/diy-science-project-strawberrry-dna/

- Banana DNA extraction: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/activities/banana-dna

BONUS:

Directed, artifical evolution of enzymes:

- Where it comes from:
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/2018/arnold/facts/

- Chemistryworld about the idea:
https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/what-is-directed-evolution-and-why-did-it-win-the-chemistry-nobel-prize/3009584.article

- A few of many results of this method: https://pdb101.rcsb.org/motm/228

- MIT News about adding robots to this:
https://news.mit.edu/2021/robotic-directed-evolution-molecules-1230

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