Map That Campus IV
Category: Map that Campus
Can you tell me the identity of this week's mystery campus?
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:10 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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From the bench top to the public square.
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Alex Palazzo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Toronto.
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June 30, 2006
Stochastic expression of proteins in a single cell
Category: Pure Biology
Every thought about how variable the expression of a particular gene is across an entire cell population? That's what the Weissman lab described in a manuscript in a recent issue of Nature. Anytime you want to take on such a...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:03 AM • 1 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
June 29, 2006
More Biology (Nerd) Rap
Category: Science & Society
First there was the Protein Synthesis Rap, now this ode to the animal kingdom. Enjoy....
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:32 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 28, 2006
Being "Good at the Bench"
Category: Lab Life
Here's a tale from the lab. Today we had an interesting discussion. It started off with PBS and ended up on the topic of understanding the principles behind much of the protocols used in a lab. It all started when...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 7:31 PM • 10 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 27, 2006
Lazy Day Tuesday Morning Links
Category: Lab Life
Sciency links for you.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:33 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 26, 2006
I can't believe it
Category: World Cup 2006
... Italy last minute penalty. Goal. So was that "foul" worthy of a penalty shot? Was this a second game ruined by a bad ref? You tell me. All I know is that this victory for Gli Azzurri, left a...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:51 PM • 23 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Giving your mRNA a boost by increasing GC content
Category: Pure Biology
Just read this Abstract from PLoS: Mammalian genes are highly heterogeneous with respect to their nucleotide composition, but the functional consequences of this heterogeneity are not clear. In the previous studies, weak positive or negative correlations have been found between...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:29 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
June 24, 2006
Get you very own Brazilian soccer name
Category: World Cup 2006
If you played for Brazil, what would your name be? Go to BrazilName to find out....
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:40 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Does technology make you happy?
Category: Science & Society
Lets think about technology for a moment. Here I am typing on this laptop. Ideas flow (misspelled and grammatically incorrect) from my brain to my fingers to the keyboard ... over a wireless network ... into the vast ethereal space (known as the internet) ... to your home/workplace/café. So what good is any of it? Does technology increase happiness?
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:28 AM • 0 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
June 23, 2006
Map the Campus III
Category: Map that Campus
I provide the aerial photo and a hint, you tell me the mystery campus.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 12:11 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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