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Wonderful piece, it would be great to hear more behind-the-scenes stories of science like this!

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Incredibly impressive. It boggles my mind to think of the delicacy and precision involved in such work. Kudos to the author for pushing through to complete his PhD and bring a new strain of transgenic ants into existence!

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One of the best articles I've read in Substack.. great research. How might specialist AI have helped this painstaking trial and error process if such a specialist was available and if the project had started today?

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