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Margo R. Monroe

Margo Monroe was previously a science blogger at Addgene and now works as a Staff Scientist at Hall & Steward LLP.

Blog articles by Margo R. Monroe

Science Careers

Extracurricular Activities for a Strong Science Career Path

Margo R. Monroe January 21, 2014

Which graduate student hasn’t been asked the question: “Academia or industry?” Once academia was the clear answer with a well-defined path to professorship. But recently a downward trend in funding and space in academic research labs has more students looking for other options. ...

CRISPR

History of CRISPR Cas - A tale of survival and evolution

Margo R. Monroe November 25, 2013

All organisms share an innate goal to survive. This past year, scientists hijacked survival tactics of prokaryotes to deliver the technological biological blockbuster known as the CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced palindromic repeats) Cas (CRISPR associated genes) system. ...

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