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May 31, 2006
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
This week: Since they're funded by taxpayer dollars (through the NIH, NSF, and so on), should scientists have to justify their research agendas to the public, rather than just grant-making bodies? Yes, yes, and yes. But if the public does...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:50 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Pure Biology
The nuclear membrane separates the nuclear space from the cytoplasm. This barrier is comprised of two membranes (Inner and Outer Nuclear Membrane) that are continuous with the endoplasmic reticulum. To cross the double membrane, molecules traverse the nuclear pore complex...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:10 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 30, 2006
Category: Lab Life
I haven't been blogging that much recently ... well to be honest I've had too much work to do. But as time goes on my ability to cope with the rich experience of daily lab life requires me to rant...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:34 PM • 14 Comments • 2 TrackBacks
May 27, 2006
Category: Lab Life
Hi Folks, Sorry for the delay. It's been a busy week for me. Being swamped with work, the Daily Transcript was ignored. I've thought about it all this week ... life writing a blog and living the life of a...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:15 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 23, 2006
Category: Pure Biology
Sorry, I haven't been writing much in the past few days. Here are some cool ER papers I've seen recently: Direct membrane protein-DNA interactions required early in nuclear envelope assembly Sebastian Ulbert, Melpomeni Platani, Stephanie Boue, and Iain W. Mattaj...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:39 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 21, 2006
Category: Science & Society
I am back in Montreal for the weekend. Anyone who grows up in Canada is subjected to 3 things: 1- Hockey 2- Winter 3- CBC And a great show that I used to watch as a kid on CBC was...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:16 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 19, 2006
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
This week's question: If you could shake the public and make them understand one scientific idea, what would it be? That's tough. Perhaps the meaning of the word HUBRIS? But that's not really "scientific". I guess the easy answer would...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:22 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Lab Life
About two weeks ago I wrote an entry on what I hated about scientific journals. I intentionally did not include the issue of public access to publicly financed research, but it came up in the comment section. Interestingly Maxine, an...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:56 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Lab Life
Good news from RPM: I just got word that the House of Representatives passed the FY2007 Budget Resolution which includes an amendment that ensures that all programs within the Labor, Health and Human Services and Education Appropriations bill will be...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:59 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
May 18, 2006
Category: Ask a ScienceBlogger
While preparing for my talk, I guess I really missed the boat on this one. So the question was: Will the 'human' race be around in 100 years? Well if it isn't around, it's only 'cuz it went somewhere else....
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:05 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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