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Abbie Smith is a graduate student studying the molecular and biochemical evolution of HIV within patients and within populations. She also studies epigenetic control of ERVs.
August 30, 2008
Category: Politics
You all have probably seen this on the SB front page, but if not, Sheril at 'The Intersection' has big news: Obama answered some of their Science Debate 2008 questions! Im annoyed at Q6 (H5N1 flu? Ugh.), but the rest...
Posted by ERV at 6:15 PM • 100 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 29, 2008
Category: Creationism
Young Earth Creationism is quite possibly the stupidest thought ever thunk-ed. Its not just about the earth being 6,000 years old-- It involves talking snakes and Noahs Ark and zombies and all sorts of crazy ass shit. Old Earth Creationism...
Posted by ERV at 1:55 PM • 90 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 28, 2008
Category: BLAG
In celebration of SciBlogs imminent 1 millionth friggen comment, a lot of us are throwing local SciBlog meet-up parties. SO! Im throwing one September 16th, 7 pm at Hideaway Pizza (the one at 6616 N Western Ave Oklahoma City, OK...
Posted by ERV at 11:12 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2008
Category: Virology
Being a young scientist, I take a lot of 'science' for granted. Weve 'always' had PCR. Weve 'always' had restriction enzymes. We 'always' knew HIV-1 is a retrovirus, and uses CD4 and CCR5/CXCR4 to infect cells. Weve 'always' known that...
Posted by ERV at 12:57 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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 12:55 PM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2008
Category: ERVs
Over a year ago, I made a short series of posts addressing Creationists and endogenous retroviruses (Old ERV, New ERV). Casey Luskin is evidently unaware of this series, as he managed to smack his loverly, loverly face into a couple...
Posted by ERV at 3:45 PM • 58 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2008
Category: PUPPY!
Tonight at 10 pm EST, Animal Planet is running a special on the Michael Vick case, from the drug arrest that led to the discovery of the fighting ring, to what happened to the ~50 rescued dogs. I know there...
Posted by ERV at 3:50 PM • 44 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 21, 2008
Category: BLAG
Edited 8-22-08 to contain MORE win Its going to be a slow blag week. Im trying to cram as many experiments as possible into this last week before school starts again. The last major experiment I want to finish (have...
Posted by ERV at 11:00 AM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 19, 2008
Category: Creationism
Harun Yahya, aka 'Adnan Oktar', aka 'Pillsbury Doughboy Crotch', aka 'Tader Tot' is the leader of Islamic Creationism. If you havent heard of him, you arent missing anything-- Just replace 'Jesus' with 'Mohammad' in all of Discovery Institute/Answers in Genesis...
Posted by ERV at 12:25 PM • 72 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Immunology
After last Fridays post on a curiously orchestrated media event for a crappy paper (DUNT TAKE TEH PILL OR U CHOSE BAD BOIFREND!), I decided to bully some of my immuno professors for more information. I mean Ive got MHC...
Posted by ERV at 8:27 AM • 24 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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