Forced vacation, Day 2
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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.
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July 31, 2008
July 30, 2008
Forced vacation, Day 1
Category: Personal
*sigh* Its that time of year, again. Before school starts every fall, Bossman kicks me out of the lab for a week. Ugh. He calls it a 'vacation'. Whatever. So now Im back home on The Farm, with my 28.8...
Posted by ERV at 7:42 PM • 43 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 29, 2008
Dr. Horrible is free for a limited time, AGAIN!!
Category: Lab Life
Im going to try to be as nice about this as I can: If you missed 'Dr. Horrible' the first time around, you better not make the same mistake twice. You have to deal with commercials now, but thats your...
Posted by ERV at 9:08 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 28, 2008
Infectious Molecular Clones
Category: Microbiology
Astute ERV readers have noticed a couple of odd things about my research. 1- How the hell am I cutting and pasting bits of a retroviral (RNA) genome together? 2- How the hell do I have a (seemingly) endless supply...
Posted by ERV at 10:45 PM • 13 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 27, 2008
ERV on Epigenetics
Category: Epigenetics
The discussion PZ and I had a couple of weeks ago sparked a lot of fun questions from viewers/readers. PZ covered a TON of the basics last week, so I figured I better step up to explain my view of...
Posted by ERV at 7:20 PM • 21 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 24, 2008
Virus Motility
Category: Virology
EMAIL! Dear ERV-- I have a question about virus transportation inside, say, blood. I did a rough estimate of the average virus Reynolds Number and it turned out to be around .0051. So aside from some good old Brownian Motion,...
Posted by ERV at 11:00 PM • 20 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 22, 2008
How to make a fool of yourself on the internet
Category: Virology
STEP 1: Profess your undying love for a revolutionary person in your field of study, on your blog. STEP 2: ??? STEP 3: PROFIT! Dear ERV As I notice that you are interested in the origin of virus and role...
Posted by ERV at 7:17 PM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
REPOST: Viruses and The Tree of Life
Category: Virology
This is a repost from the old ERV. A retrotransposed ERV :P I dont trust them staying up at Blogger, and the SEED overlords are letting me have 4 reposts a week, so Im gonna take advantage of that!...
Posted by ERV at 7:03 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 21, 2008
Creationist Research: Semi-Technical, Completely Worthless
Category: Microbiology
Creationists try to do big-kids research! Its for realsies!
Posted by ERV at 9:30 AM • 52 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
July 19, 2008
A glimps into the personal life of an evil scientist
Category: Humor
People have been sending me links to "Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog". I was like "wtf? Sounds stupid." Go. Watch. It. NOW! Seriously! Theyre taking it down Sunday night!...
Posted by ERV at 10:45 AM • 28 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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