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My thoughts on biology, teaching, life, and exploring the living world via the digital one. Only my opinions are represented by these postings, they do not represent the viewpoints of any funding agency or Geospiza, Inc.

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Sandra Porter I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).

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November 30, 2008

Community-based science, an introduction to finding opportunity

Category: Science education

Getting kids involved in science, outside of the classroom. A conversation with a friend last night reminded me of some posts I wrote earlier about helping scientists connect to programs...

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Make a merry molecule mug!

Category: Arts & Crafts

The grocery store magazine covers all say that home made gifts are big this year. So I thought, some of you might like to channel your inner Martha Stewart and...

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November 29, 2008

Dangerous chemistry: explosive experiments with junk food

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Chemistry experiments you can do at home.

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November 28, 2008

Plants that make crystals that look like plants

Category: Plant biology

A crystalline botanical fashion show. Awhile back Chemical & Engineering News published a fascinating article called "The Secret Life of Plant Crystals" with some wonderful photos of calcium oxalate crystals....

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Thanksgiving Leftovers: Under the Microscope

Category: Holidays

Would you recognize your leftovers when they're magnified? Would you know turkey if you saw it at 40X? Make a guess and click an image to see the answer. Reposted...

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November 27, 2008

Cooking a turkey in an egg

Category: Holidays

Thanksgiving is a holiday (in the U.S. at least) when we're all reminded about the things we're thankful for. At our house, we're thankful for the opportunity to cook all...

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Fun experiments for Thanksgiving

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

If you're not cooking today, why not experiment? Here's something fun you can do with Mentos and Diet Coke - and for those of you who think these experiments are...

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Cooking on Thanksgiving?

Category: Chemistry & Biochemistry

Our household is very excited about Thanksgiving. That's because this Thanksgiving, my husband is cooking a turkey in an egg. A big green egg. Check back later today, about 5:30...

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November 26, 2008

A Thanksgiving mash-up

Category: Bioinformatics

I suppose I should have expected this. I thought it might be fun to see what the databases had to say about turkeys. Technorati Tags: Thanksgiving,, turkey,, mash-up...

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November 25, 2008

Using a "distributed grid of undergraduate students" to annotate genomes

Category: Bioinformatics

I just love this title! It's nerdy and cute, all at the same time. I read about this in www.researchblogging.org and had to check out the paper and blog write...

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