Woo-meisters in South Africa struck down!!
Category: HIV/AIDS
Vitamin peddlers in South Africa were performing illegal 'clinical trials' on the poorest victims of HIV-1. Bad idea.
Posted by ERV at 6:40 PM • 12 Comments •
If we're made in Gods image, God's made of gag, pol, and env.
I'm a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. I also study epigenetic control of ERVs.
June 30, 2008
Category: HIV/AIDS
Vitamin peddlers in South Africa were performing illegal 'clinical trials' on the poorest victims of HIV-1. Bad idea.
Posted by ERV at 6:40 PM • 12 Comments •
June 29, 2008
Category: Personal
I finally had some time to get the BLAGROLL together! You all will never be bored again-- LOTS of good stuff in there, so read up! Please check to make sure Ive got you listed right, or if you missed...
Posted by ERV at 9:19 PM • 39 Comments •
Category: Creationism
Despite the wackaloon letters PZ gets, Im being serious! It really is nice! I encourage everyone to leave questions in the comments or send me emails if they want to know more about a topic, and I am just as...
Posted by ERV at 8:00 AM • 12 Comments •
June 26, 2008
Category: Lab Life
Its summertime. And when you work in the lab, summertime means summer undergraduate students! Theyre like any lab member-- sometimes theyre good, sometimes theyre bad, sometimes they are somewhere in between-- but no matter what, its a great opportunity for...
Posted by ERV at 7:35 PM • 21 Comments •
Category: General Science
New Per Ahlberg fossil! Why am I the first to post on this??
Posted by ERV at 1:55 PM • 15 Comments •
June 24, 2008
Category: Virology
You know when professors say something thats really obvious, but they say it in such a way that suddenly the universe makes sense, and your head explodes? I had one of those moments yesterday while listening to a professors presentation...
Posted by ERV at 8:00 PM • 16 Comments •
June 23, 2008
Category: Lab Life
My lab is pretty 'old school'. We do basic biochemical procedures-- cloning/subcloning, PCR/RT-PCR/RT-PCR/RTRT-PCR, pulse-chases, western blots. My flow cytometry is about as crazy as we get. We also do those 'old school' procedures the 'old school' way. We dont use...
Posted by ERV at 12:45 PM • 24 Comments •
Category: Personal
Fuck. **sigh** For my 23rd brithday, the fellow I was dating at the time got us tickets to see Carlin. Wonderful memory... But I was kinda hoping Id get to see him again, sometime... Fuck. Well, for those of you...
Posted by ERV at 10:25 AM • 24 Comments •
June 22, 2008
Category: Evolution
Get excited for Darwins birthday next year!
Posted by ERV at 2:55 PM • 8 Comments •
June 21, 2008
Category: Personal
I will win my war against apostrophes. Oh yes, I WILL win.
Posted by ERV at 9:38 AM • 51 Comments •

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