The Unaffiliated Biologist

Hello and welcome to The Unaffiliated Biologist, a website for learning about cell- and molecular biology. The site also contains my texts on various other topics.

(Currently I consider the texts in the history- and advanced categories to be the best. The articles in the “Transcription and translation” category were the first ones I wrote, and they are rather too “textbook-like” (especially the first two). These articles I intend to rewrite significantly at a later date, so as to be more similar to the other texts.)




History of biology

The origins of cell- and microbiology: Hooke and Leeuwenhoek
Cell biology in the 1800's: From globules to chromosomes
Next article: The history of microbiology

Transcription and translation: From DNA to protein

Proteins and nucleic acids / Proteiner og nukleinsyrer
Transcription in bacteria / Transkripsjon i bakterier
Transcriptional regulation / Regulering av transkripsjon
Translation in bacteria / Oversetting i bakterier

Advanced biology topics

The Shine-Dalgarno sequence / Shine-Dalgarno-sekvensen
The Selenocysteine insertion sequence / Selenocystein-innsettingssekvensen
Photometry in biology / Fotometri i biologi




WWII History

Cook & Cook's Japan at War: An Oral History
Dwight Eisenhower's Crusade in Europe
Bram Vanderstok's Escape from Stalag Luft III
Albert Speer's Inside the Third Reich
William Shirer's Berlin Diary

Andre tekster

[Tur] Trekanten i Trollheimen
[Tur] Til Reinheim og Snøheim
[Tur] Til Rondvassbu og Rondslottet
Knut Hamsun's Sult
[Tur] Besseggen