AIChE at University of California Santa Barbara

Welcome to UCSB AIChE

Our UCSB student chapter promotes academic and social networking among students, faculty, and alumni. UCSB AIChE provides helpful info-sessions and workshops for those interested in industry, graduate school, research, and internships. We take plant tours to major industrial companies including Amgen, P&G, Chevron, and Raytheon. We are expanding our Mentor Program to help underclassman transition into the best major, Chemical Engineering! We give tips on the cheapest books, best professors, and the coolest GE's. Let us help you explore your interests!

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Direct route to RNA sequences

Scientists in the US appear to have cracked a major problem in molecular biology: how to sequence single molecules of RNA directly. RNA is being increasingly recognised as a key molecule in cells, not only for its traditional role of helping to turn the DNA code into proteins, but for multiple other roles, including the regulation of genes.

However, obtaining the sequence of bases in a strand of RNA requires the circuitous method of converting the RNA sequence into its DNA 'counterpart' using a process called reverse transcription, followed by the amplification and sequencing of the complementa...

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