Small World Biology

I've always been amazed at the sophistication of life at the cellular level. But that sophistication has also created some dissonance for me, because while a cell might be the most astonishing machine on Earth, it arises from inanimate matter randomly crashing around a closed container. This contradiction has always nagged at me. 
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My goal with this blog is to paint a clear picture of the cellular world for non-scientists. I also hope to get you to appreciate the seeming contradiction by describing some of the cell's activities at a deeper level than is typically presented to the general public. The content of this blog will often be at the level of a graduate school course. Hopefully I'll be able to make it accessible!

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To go deep, though, we can't go too wide. So after covering some foundational molecular biology, my focus will be on just one of the cell's activities: the process by which it copies, or replicates, all of its genomic DNA with incredibly high accuracy prior to cell division. It's a massive task, and it's amazing how the cell accomplishes it.

So enjoy! And please share your thoughts. I'd like to get better at writing about this topic so I appreciate your feedback.  ​​​