Welcome to Lab Coat and Legos.

I’m Allison Pappas, PhD, a geneticist on a mission to bring high-level science to curious kids (and adults!). You don’t need a million-dollar university lab to start exploring the code of life - you just need the right guidance.

We are officially launching soon with a focus on hands-on, foundational biotech.

Coming for Episode 1: Extract DNA from Strawberries. In our debut episode, I’m going to show you exactly how to extract actual, visible DNA from a strawberry using basic household items. We’ll move beyond the “fruit mush” and talk about the actual science of lysis, precipitation, and what that white stringy stuff really tells us about biology.

Subscribe now to join the lab.

By joining today, you’ll be the first to know when we go live - and you’ll get everything you need to hit the ground running:

• The “Parent Brief” Tuesday Episodes: A weekly audio deep dive into the science behind that week’s experiment. I’ll give you the expert talking points and the “why” so you can answer your kid’s questions like a pro.

• The Thursday “Kid Lab” Episodes: I’ll walk your child through the experiment personally - step by step, in real time - so you don’t have to.

• Stress-Tested by Four Kids, Perfected by a PhD: Every protocol gets a trial run with my own four kids first. I take their results - and their chaos - back to the lab bench and refine until it works. Real science, guaranteed to succeed at your kitchen table.

The lab doors open soon. I can’t wait to see what you discover.

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