The lowly blowfly is known for feasting on feces and corpses. One intrepid researcher hopes to use them as a biological warning system for disease.

Researcher Pema Khandu used Bento Lab to bring science closer to the species he is aiming to protect: the White-bellied Heron.

May highlights: Conservation science in action in remote jungles, coral reefs, paddy fields, and island field sites

See how the ability to extract DNA, run PCR & visualise results directly in the field enabled coral researcher Sunni Patton to pivot quickly.

April highlights: eDNA monitoring and metabarcoding in the fjords of Norway, a molecular biology murder mystery in the classroom, and an EU shipping update.

ALT: a man wearing a john deere hat and a white shirt says the future is now

Last week I had an amazing opportunity to deliver a STEM outreach workshop at Windsor College as a part of my role at UK Health Security Agency. We delivered an interactive session for students usin...

March highlights: mobile snake genomics, a bird breeder’s journey to a commercial lab, Ulster University’s Biotech MSc, and new portable metagenomics research.

See how Brittney Knight used Bento Lab to go from poultry enthusiast to professional. Learn how to start your own DNA bird sexing lab without a PhD.

February 2026 round-up: Leopard Detection and Malaria Surveillance with ONT and Bento Lab, Molecular Pathogen Training in Philippines, Teaching Primers

Discover 4 case studies to bring DNA barcoding into your classroom through student research and PCR-based projects.

Discover how BeeCode Berlin used Bento Lab to empower high school students in DNA barcoding honeybees, uncovering Berlin’s bee genetic diversity. Learn about honeybee subspecies and hands-on citizen s...

Personalized Medicine has the potential to transform modern healthcare by tailoring medical decisions to an individual’s unique genomic profile. However, its integration into routine clinical practice...

A field-deployable DNA sequencing approach for quantitative microbial community profiling can enable rapid responses for a range of applications in the water sector – from process control to wastewate...

In resource-limited settings, patients are often first presented to clinical settings when seriously ill and access to proper clinical microbial diagnostics is often very limited or non-existing. On F...

Sarra Farjallah, Paolo Merella, Abdulaziz Nasser Alagaili, Nabil Amor

Raw bovine milk hosts a diverse microbiota that profoundly influences dairy product quality, safety, and shelf-life. However, current surveillance methods are time-intensive and often lack the taxonom...

A field-deployable DNA sequencing approach for quantitative microbial community profiling can enable rapid responses for a range of applications in the water sector – from process control to wastewate...

Here are four quick, easy, inexpensive, and accessible methods for extracting DNA from dried blood spots.

The growing illegal wildlife trade (IWT) threatens biodiversity and is a conduit for zoonotic disease, yet its risk of detection is low. Once processed, trafficked species are difficult to identify mo...

Keep running experiments when power is not guaranteed, and take Bento Lab in unique environments. We have been exploring different portable power solutions.

Sarra Farjallah, Paolo Merella, Abdulaziz Nasser Alagaili, Nabil Amor