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Home laboratory: interactive science from the kitchen

  1. Poorti Kathpalia

    1. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.

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  2. Arpita Konar

    1. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.

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  3. Beena Pillai

    1. CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi, India.

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The COVID-19 pandemic has compromised laboratory training and scientists’ access to the latest experimental tools. Digital technology has helped hugely, but it cannot offer the essential hands-on learning experience of a lab. This shortfall in experimental know-how is hindering scientists from generating and using new data, particularly in disadvantaged countries.

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Nature 596, 486 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-02278-z

Competing Interests

P.K. is the owner of a science-communication company called Science Bagels. The work discussed was funded by International Brain Research Organization and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, India.

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