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 The papers 

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-07701-9 

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abn9257 
 biology is wild, I wish I had the time to deep dive and apply my reverse engineering hobby to it one day. So much stuff to tinker with and explore. 
 Yeah it’s a lot of fun, the downside for doing it in your garage is cost and the availability of materials. I’ve always envied the computer people who can just do creative random shit on a laptop willy nilly. There is a middle ground though, basically crunching publicly available datasets and databases 🤙 
 i heard of the human cell atlas project recently. just having a map and raw data to explore will be a great start for new people getting involved to figure out this insanely complex system. And now with all the computation and ai algorithms available, i think we can start making huge headways into this

https://www.humancellatlas.org 
 *Jurassic Park theme music plays softly in the background * 
 Always thought this scene accurately captures what it’s like working in the lab https://youtu.be/-w-58hQ9dLk