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Jake Young is a MD/PhD student at Mount Sinai School of Medicine focusing in Neuroscience. He is due to graduate in 2032. He received a BS and a MS in Biological Sciences from Stanford University -- where he spent most of his time drinking heavily and building vegetable catapults instead of learning information that would now be eminently useful. When he is not failing terrifically to perform his sworn duties, he enjoys watching bad movies, ethnic food, and running.

Pure Pedantry is a blog about science -- social sciences and otherwise -- as well as academic and scientific culture. No one can live on science alone, so I also like to dwell on pop culture, periodically explore the humanities, and indulge in other types of geeky goodness.

Jake is joined periodically by two wonderful guest bloggers: Kara Contreary and Kate Seip. See the About Page.

DISCLAIMERS: 1) Jake Young is not a licensed physician (yet). He is merely a medical student. The information published on this site is not intended for use in medical decision making. Please seek advice from a licensed, medical professional before making any health decisions. 2) The opinions expressed are my own or those of my co-bloggers. They do not represent the views of SEED magazine or the educational establishments we currently attend.

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Society for Neuroscience 2006:

The Synapse: Special Neuroscience Edition

This Synapse features a special Society for Neuroscience line-up with Shelley, Evil Monkey, Nick the Neurocontrarian, and myself attending. I arrived and faced a moral quandry of whether to drag my ass out of bed to see stuff. Having decided...

Posted on October 19, 2006 8:55 AM • 10 Comments •

SfN: Neurogenesis and Gliogenesis Slide Session

If you have never been to Neuroscience, one of the things they do is have slide sessions. These sessions are sort of like short talks -- a slide of data or two presented by many people. It is sort of...

Posted on October 16, 2006 6:55 PM • 1 Comments •

SfN: Aaaah!!! Too much science

My head hurts. I am sitting in a crappy slide session of limited personal relevance, trying vainly to find something fascinating in the injection of morpholino oligos into Xenopus. Two complete yo-yos are talking really loudly behind me. Let's have...

Posted on October 16, 2006 1:56 PM • 0 Comments •

SfN: (R)evolution in Scientific Publishing: How will it Affect You?

I attended a panel discussion chaired by David van Essen entitled (R)evolution in Scientific Publishing: How will it Affect You? It was focused on what the implications of the Open Access movement in science are, and what scientists should expect...

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Posted on October 16, 2006 11:35 AM • 4 Comments •

SfN: Workshop on "Resources for Teaching Neuroscience"

I TA'd a bunch in college and I am currently the TA for the medical school Neurology course, so I am always looking for good ways to make teaching better. However, the moderator made a good point during the workshop...

Posted on October 15, 2006 3:17 PM • 1 Comments •

SfN: A little plug

Last night, we also met Nick from Neurocontrarian. He is also liveblogging the proceedings, and maybe doing some audio interviews. Check out his site for his coverage....

Posted on October 15, 2006 11:38 AM • 0 Comments •

SfN: Posters as far as the eye can see

There are a bagillion people here -- a bagillion. No other word appropriately conveys how many neuroscientists are in this building. That being the case and there being so many exhibits and lectures and craziness going on absolutely simultaneously, it...

Posted on October 15, 2006 11:36 AM • 3 Comments •

SfN: Travel Log

I got here late night after a plane flight filled with people accidentally clubbing each other with long cyclinders filled with posters. The baggage checkers probably thought we were a horde of terrorists. "Sir, what is in that long skinny...

Posted on October 15, 2006 10:25 AM • 0 Comments •

SfN: Let the Games Begin!

Hi everyone, For the next 5 days, I -- like fellow Sciencebloggers Shelley and Evil Monkey -- will be blogging up a storm from the Society for Neuroscience convention in Atlanta. Check in regularly for updates as to the proceedings....

Posted on October 14, 2006 8:19 AM • 0 Comments •

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