January 31, 2007
Category: Misc
A number of cells were bidirectional, in that they did not a have a peak firing rate in a preferred direction that was at least doubled that in the opposite direction, raising the possibility that apparently reverse replay events merely...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:26 PM • 1 Comments •
January 28, 2007
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
First you destroy those who create values. Then you destroy those who know what the values are, and who also know that those destroyed before were in fact the creators of values. But real barbarism begins when no one can...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 3:16 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
The article is here. A snippet: For a six-month fee of $300,000 to $500,000, Dezenhall told the association's professional and scholarly publishing division, he could help -- in part by simplifying the industry's message to a few key phrases that...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:12 AM • 8 Comments •
January 27, 2007
Category: Lab Life
First the former Enron chief Jeffrey Skilling hired him, then ExxonMobil, now ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS? This ain't good. From Nature News: The consultant advised [Elsevier, Wiley and the American Chemical Society] to focus on simple messages, such as "Public access equals...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:25 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
Yeah, it's going to happen. From Corie Lok's blog: The 69-page report - PDF, submitted [Jan 11th] to the Boston Redevelopment Authority for review, proposes some pretty big changes to the Allston landscape. Here are the highlights: -putting part of...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:24 AM • 2 Comments •
January 26, 2007
Category: Map that Campus
This is an excuse to collect your thoughts on the new project.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:58 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
This week I've spoken too much (I got to pitch my work to a couple of visiting seminar speakers), but written so little, so in some cosmic way my total quota of verbal diarrhea has been met. On top of...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:53 PM • 6 Comments •
January 25, 2007
Category: Lab Life
That must be how it is. It can't be any other way. Just prove it. Hilarious, n'est ce pas?...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:13 AM • 4 Comments •
January 22, 2007
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
Look at this beauty: Go kiddies! Now you can be the proud owner of a Gilbert Polarizing Microscope. This must have been inspired by Shinya Inoue! ;) For more see: A microscope is a scientific instrument. Think of it like...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:44 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
OK I'm a cell biologist. I spend my time at a 'scope (as we microscopists like to say). And I have one thing to say to you and only one thing ... my brain is fried. Here is my theory,...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:25 PM • 8 Comments •
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