The bumbling biochemist (Bri Bibel)
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Assistant Prof of Biochemistry & Chemistry @ LMU | Metabolic enzymes of bioremediating bacteria. Making biochemistry fun & accessible #biochemsky #chemsky
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here - as in life - feel free to explore!
My site is constantly a work in progress, so...
thebumblingbiochemist.com
Hi all. I'm the bumbling biochemist, on a mission to make biochemistry and chemistry fun and accessible for all. I have a blog & YouTube with a lot of content that can hopefully help people, especially biochemists-in-training. Hope it helps! thebumblingbiochemist.com
It's an honor to be profiled by LMU! I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to work here, surrounded by tremendous colleagues, engaged students, and beautiful facilities (thanks to terrific staff).
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Investigating How Microbes Adapt to Tackle Toxic Metals - Loyola Marymount University Newsroom
Brianna Bibel, assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry at LMU, is investigating how bacteria adapts to toxic heavy metals.
newsroom.lmu.edu
January 21, 2026 at 8:01 PM
It's an honor to be profiled by LMU! I'm so grateful to have the opportunity to work here, surrounded by tremendous colleagues, engaged students, and beautiful facilities (thanks to terrific staff).
newsroom.lmu.edu/campusnews/b...
newsroom.lmu.edu/campusnews/b...
We use antibiotics and associated resistance genes as "selectable markers" to make sure we only allow bacteria that have the instructions for making our protein to grow by killing off the competition. youtube.com/shorts/D64cA...
Antibiotics as selectable markers (antibiotic-based selection)
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 21, 2026 at 3:06 AM
We use antibiotics and associated resistance genes as "selectable markers" to make sure we only allow bacteria that have the instructions for making our protein to grow by killing off the competition. youtube.com/shorts/D64cA...
Anyone else having trouble accessing HawkDock?
January 20, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Anyone else having trouble accessing HawkDock?
Aptamers and a quick comparison of small nucleic acid tools/therapeutics youtu.be/uZPq5PG8U9Q
Aptamers and a quick comparison of small nucleic acid tools/therapeutics (RNAi-based & ASOs)
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 19, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Aptamers and a quick comparison of small nucleic acid tools/therapeutics youtu.be/uZPq5PG8U9Q
Gene-related jargon: exons, introns, UTRs, pre-mRNA, mature mRNA, CDS (coding sequence), & cDNA youtu.be/5ObG4lRmvEw
Gene-related jargon: exons, introns, UTRs, pre-mRNA, mature mRNA, CDS (coding sequence), & cDNA
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 18, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Gene-related jargon: exons, introns, UTRs, pre-mRNA, mature mRNA, CDS (coding sequence), & cDNA youtu.be/5ObG4lRmvEw
Nonfiction science book recs related to blood: Good Blood, Nine Pints, Blood Farm, Living Medicine youtube.com/shorts/IJdmA...
Nonfiction science book recs related to blood: Good Blood, Nine Pints, Blood Farm, Living Medicine
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 18, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Nonfiction science book recs related to blood: Good Blood, Nine Pints, Blood Farm, Living Medicine youtube.com/shorts/IJdmA...
Pre-prints, open access, peer-review… What’s it to you? youtube.com/watch?v=vTjuDKweQJA
Preprints, Peer Review, and Open Access science journals & articles
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Pre-prints, open access, peer-review… What’s it to you? youtube.com/watch?v=vTjuDKweQJA
The Bibel Lab goes bowling! (And Dr. Bibel loses terrifically!) I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to work with such a great crew!
More about us: bibellab.lmu.build
More about us: bibellab.lmu.build
January 17, 2026 at 1:41 AM
The Bibel Lab goes bowling! (And Dr. Bibel loses terrifically!) I’m so grateful to have the opportunity to work with such a great crew!
More about us: bibellab.lmu.build
More about us: bibellab.lmu.build
Don't confuse restriction enzyme & protease cleavage sites – both are often on plasmid maps!
youtube.com/shorts/ckBNL...
youtube.com/shorts/ckBNL...
Don't confuse restriction enzyme & protease cleavage sites – both are often on plasmid maps!
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 16, 2026 at 10:52 PM
Don't confuse restriction enzyme & protease cleavage sites – both are often on plasmid maps!
youtube.com/shorts/ckBNL...
youtube.com/shorts/ckBNL...
There can be a lot of options and weird nomenclature and stuff when it comes to plasmids, but here are some things to look for youtu.be/ws6C8X7reYs
Things to look for in a vector plasmid
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 16, 2026 at 1:29 AM
There can be a lot of options and weird nomenclature and stuff when it comes to plasmids, but here are some things to look for youtu.be/ws6C8X7reYs
Subcloning – no submarines, but some cool science! youtube.com/shorts/s0Hf3...
Subcloning – no submarines involved, sorry! Just some DNA-moving
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 15, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Subcloning – no submarines, but some cool science! youtube.com/shorts/s0Hf3...
High-throughput vs. lower-throughput experimental methods
youtu.be/RxvQ8hkQhkI
youtu.be/RxvQ8hkQhkI
High-throughput vs. lower-throughput experimental methods
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 14, 2026 at 1:09 AM
High-throughput vs. lower-throughput experimental methods
youtu.be/RxvQ8hkQhkI
youtu.be/RxvQ8hkQhkI
Don't confuse your oligo synthesis scale with the actual yield!
When you purchase oligonucleotides (primers, etc.) you choose a synthesis scale, but that’s not the actual yield that’s in your tube. Rather, the actual amount will be lower
youtube.com/shorts/qOg7h...
When you purchase oligonucleotides (primers, etc.) you choose a synthesis scale, but that’s not the actual yield that’s in your tube. Rather, the actual amount will be lower
youtube.com/shorts/qOg7h...
Don't confuse your oligo synthesis scale with the actual yield!
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 13, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Don't confuse your oligo synthesis scale with the actual yield!
When you purchase oligonucleotides (primers, etc.) you choose a synthesis scale, but that’s not the actual yield that’s in your tube. Rather, the actual amount will be lower
youtube.com/shorts/qOg7h...
When you purchase oligonucleotides (primers, etc.) you choose a synthesis scale, but that’s not the actual yield that’s in your tube. Rather, the actual amount will be lower
youtube.com/shorts/qOg7h...
Types of "genome" sequencing - whole genome, whole exome, SNP chip, etc.
youtube.com/shorts/OYWP-...
youtube.com/shorts/OYWP-...
Types of "genome" sequencing - whole genome, whole exome, SNP chip, etc.
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 11, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Types of "genome" sequencing - whole genome, whole exome, SNP chip, etc.
youtube.com/shorts/OYWP-...
youtube.com/shorts/OYWP-...
Ways to measure "expression" of genes and proteins: a quick overview of techniques youtu.be/7hNiHc7dzAY
Ways to measure "expression" of genes and proteins: a quick overview of techniques
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 11, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Ways to measure "expression" of genes and proteins: a quick overview of techniques youtu.be/7hNiHc7dzAY
Another book rec: Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology by Jorge A. Goldstein, 2024
Sounds like it should be boring, but was actually a really engaging and enlightening read!
youtube.com/shorts/gC0D6...
Sounds like it should be boring, but was actually a really engaging and enlightening read!
youtube.com/shorts/gC0D6...
Book rec: Patenting Life by Jorge A. Goldstein
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Another book rec: Patenting Life: Tales from the Front Lines of Intellectual Property and the New Biology by Jorge A. Goldstein, 2024
Sounds like it should be boring, but was actually a really engaging and enlightening read!
youtube.com/shorts/gC0D6...
Sounds like it should be boring, but was actually a really engaging and enlightening read!
youtube.com/shorts/gC0D6...
Scientists love libraries. And not just the "traditional" ones (which are super undervalued...)
youtube.com/shorts/0mB-F...
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Molecular libraries and barcodes
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 10, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Scientists love libraries. And not just the "traditional" ones (which are super undervalued...)
youtube.com/shorts/0mB-F...
youtube.com/shorts/0mB-F...
Hit the lab ground running! Some super-quick suggestions for scientific success* (especially in biochemistry-related fields)!
*Hopefully, there's still a lot of luck involved...
youtu.be/gmLTpWPEmCo
*Hopefully, there's still a lot of luck involved...
youtu.be/gmLTpWPEmCo
Hit the lab ground running! Some suggestions for starting in biochemistry-related fields
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Hit the lab ground running! Some super-quick suggestions for scientific success* (especially in biochemistry-related fields)!
*Hopefully, there's still a lot of luck involved...
youtu.be/gmLTpWPEmCo
*Hopefully, there's still a lot of luck involved...
youtu.be/gmLTpWPEmCo
CRISPR/Cas screens: A genome-wide hunt to find what genes do something you do or don’t want! youtube.com/shorts/lNj75...
CRISPR screens
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 9, 2026 at 10:49 PM
CRISPR/Cas screens: A genome-wide hunt to find what genes do something you do or don’t want! youtube.com/shorts/lNj75...
Huge thanks to Ivana Radosavljević for generously offering to translate some of my amino acid posts into German! I'm so grateful for people like her who share my mission of bringing the beauty of biochemistry to all who wish to see! thebumblingbiochemist.com/uncategorize...
Aminosäuren
Huge thanks to Ivana Radosavljević, immunotherapy scientist, and self-proclaimed science enthusiast for this translation into German!
thebumblingbiochemist.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Huge thanks to Ivana Radosavljević for generously offering to translate some of my amino acid posts into German! I'm so grateful for people like her who share my mission of bringing the beauty of biochemistry to all who wish to see! thebumblingbiochemist.com/uncategorize...
Proteoforms versus isoforms and the challenges of measuring them youtu.be/nRi4-3zl6IE
Proteoforms versus isoforms and the challenges of measuring them
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 8, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Proteoforms versus isoforms and the challenges of measuring them youtu.be/nRi4-3zl6IE
Book recommendations involving phages, phage therapy, microbiology, &/or antibiotics youtube.com/shorts/ukl-e...
Book recommendations involving phages and/or antibiotics
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 8, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Book recommendations involving phages, phage therapy, microbiology, &/or antibiotics youtube.com/shorts/ukl-e...
Software tools and databases for working with proteins youtu.be/encoJwuD6Pk
Software tools and databases for working with proteins
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 7, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Software tools and databases for working with proteins youtu.be/encoJwuD6Pk
One of my goals in what I do is to help reveal the “hidden curriculum” of science and academia that can unintentionally (typically unknowingly) create barriers to access. Today: author order on journal articles! youtube.com/shorts/RR-EI...
Author order on scientific papers (first author, last author, etc.)
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM
One of my goals in what I do is to help reveal the “hidden curriculum” of science and academia that can unintentionally (typically unknowingly) create barriers to access. Today: author order on journal articles! youtube.com/shorts/RR-EI...
Be sure to check out supplemental/ry or supporting information/materials/data sections of scientific articles!
youtube.com/shorts/LV3pz...
youtube.com/shorts/LV3pz...
Be sure to check out supplemental/ry or supporting information/materials/data sections of articles!
YouTube video by the bumbling biochemist
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January 6, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Be sure to check out supplemental/ry or supporting information/materials/data sections of scientific articles!
youtube.com/shorts/LV3pz...
youtube.com/shorts/LV3pz...