Category: Lab Life
I would like to thank the speakers and all of you who attended our NERD Club (New England RNA Data Club). One amazing aspect of our club is the diversity of the topics included. Last night we had talks about...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:22 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Pure Biology
Some thoughts on a great talk by Gaudenz Danuser on actin, focal adhesions and G-proteins and cell migration.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:26 PM • 1 Comments •
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
Some beautiful images taken by my good friend Jan Schmorandzer are being displayed at the M.W. Offit Gallery in the Gottesman Library at Columbia's Teacher's College. For more information visit: www.CellPortraits.blogsplot.com www.CellPortraits.blogspot.com (The blog includes a cool video of Jan...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:11 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Map that Campus
Yes it's back. What is this week's mystery campus?
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:52 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
All the info is here. A copy of the resignation letter can be found here. [HT: Eye on DNA]...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 1:16 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
Last night, the US Senate approved the Labor-HHS appropriations bill that includes a provision requiring all NIH funded studies to be available free of charge (i.e. Open Access). Furthermore, the bill passed 75-19 preventing any possibility of a veto. And...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 5:38 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
Yes, the New England RNA Data Club meets next week.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:00 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
I'm sick and tired of this debate of "do you believe in evolution?" Who cares? Who freakin' cares? If only a candidate would say "I understand how evolution works"
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:10 AM • 14 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
Who does ACS represent? And why is ACS management against Open Access?
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:55 AM • 0 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
This site says it all. If you are wondering why the American Chemical Society is fighting open access, the answer is simple ... ACS management receives bonuses that are tied to the revenues generated from ACS publications. They are also...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:05 PM • 1 Comments •
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