Category: Science & Society
There is a divide within the biological sciences, those that are concerned with proximal causes and those concerned with ultimate causes. For every question in biology there are two answers. Ultimate causes have to do mostly with the "why?"s. Why...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:01 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: Pure Biology
Mitochondria. How do they shuttle proteins and what are they good for. (It's not just oxphos.)
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Category: Misc
Quebec's provincial elections are being held tomorrow. I won't be voting in this one - my green card application is still under review, and I can't cross the border until all my paperwork is settled. Since the thee main parties...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:21 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
No video, just 44min of audio on Popper, one of the great philosophers of Science. (No I don't stricktly hold his views, but his ideas are very insightful.) It's interesting how Popper's ideas were shaped by the progression of physics...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 5:59 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Misc
Next week I'll be hosting the latest edition of Mendel's Garden, a blog carnival for genetics blogging. Despite the fact that I've been blogging for over two years and participating in many carnivals, this will be my first time as...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 12:37 PM • 5 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
from a stairway at Harvard Medical School.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:09 AM • 7 Comments •
Category: Pure Biology
Some weird feedback loops within mRNA biosynthesis.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:30 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
A mixed bag for universities and science funding.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 10:12 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
Click here to watch now. It's over. To read Elias Zerhouni's statement click here. A pretty good presentation. Zerhouni was joined by some department heads (including our own, Joan Brugge). Some highlights: -The approval rate of first time RO1s by...
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Category: Misc
From the Metropolitan Diaries section of today's NYTimes:...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:41 AM • 5 Comments •
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