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I am the Online Community Manager at PLoS-ONE (Public Library of Science). My job is to try to motivate you to comment on the papers there. My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
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Horses:
Before I went back to Belgrade, I did not know if there was a website with information about the racing and equestrian activities there. There used to be one some years ago, but it has not been updated in a...
Posted on May 24, 2008 7:13 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yesterday I went to the Belgrade Racecourse and the barns and was happy to meet many of my old friends, including my old trainer (with Professor Steve Steve below) as well as some good new kids, including two sisters who...
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Posted on April 29, 2008 9:23 AM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This post from May 07, 2005, was one of the rare personal posts I have ever written. Under the fold.......
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Posted on April 11, 2008 4:49 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The other day, Kate wrote an interesting post about inter-species relationships, in particular the cases of inter-species adoption and parenting. In her post, she mentioned a paper that immediately drew my attention - Influence of various early human-foal interferences on...
Posted on December 3, 2007 10:59 AM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Yesterday, Chris Clarke wrote a post that I read three times so far, then finally submitted it myself for Reed's consideration for the anthology. Most science bloggers are excellent writers, but rare is the gift that Chris displays in many...
Posted on September 28, 2007 10:10 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The horses will be entering the starting stalls for this year's Preakness. Will Street Sense do it again? His Derby win was so impressive it seems impossible he can be beat, but this time the distance is different, the field...
Posted on May 19, 2007 3:34 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Shackleford ponies are often in the media around here. Some love them, some hate them, some want to preserve them, some to exterminate them, and it is not easy to get all the surplus horses adopted each year. Perhaps the...
Posted on May 12, 2007 10:00 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Street Sense won the Derby in style. He hung back in 19th place (out of 20 horses) for most of the race. About 3/4 miles before the end, jockey Borel switched to a new gear and stepped on the gas....
Posted on May 5, 2007 10:35 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
..and not just debates and C-span in an election year. I am unlikely to miss the three legs of the Triple Crown in any given year. Tomorrow at 6pm ET is the Kentucky Derby and I'll be watching!...
Posted on May 5, 2007 12:06 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Just got this exciting news by e-mail: Data on Equine Genome Freely Available to Researchers Worldwide BETHESDA, Md., Wed., Feb. 7, 2007 - The first draft of the horse genome sequence has been deposited in public databases and is freely...
Posted on February 7, 2007 9:56 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Friday Weird Sex Blogging: A cute example of a wonderfully evolved reproductive strategy, and not just a way to couple together my two passions - clocks and sex.
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Posted on August 5, 2006 12:02 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
This post is one of the rare personal posts I have ever written.
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Posted on July 11, 2006 10:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
