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Alex Palazzo is a postdoctoral fellow working in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School.

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August 30, 2008

Let's talk about facts this election - Part V - Science Funding

Category: Election '08

Governmental funding of science is fundamentally important to our economic future.

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Saturday Morning Video

Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli

This one is dedicated to the residents of New Orleans who for the past three years have been rebuilding that beautiful city. Long live The Big Easy....

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August 29, 2008

Let's talk about facts this election - Part IV - Soft Power

Category: Election '08

One of America's strengths was that people looked up to the US. In WWII soldiers would give up to the US on purpose, because they knew that they would be treated fairly. How do I know this - my grandfather...

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Let's talk about facts this election - Part III - Health Insurance

Category: Election '08

A closer look at the facts.

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August 28, 2008

Let's talk about facts this election - Part II - The Federal Budget Deficit

Category: Election '08

Again here's a simple graph that says it all. And they say that Democrats are fiscally irresponsible....

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Bill Clinton tells America to look at the facts

Category: Election '08

Instead of vague platitudes, Clinton uses empiricism to make his points.

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August 27, 2008

Let's talk about facts this election - Part I - Taxes

Category: Election '08

One graph says it all.

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Political Check In: Kucinich and Clinton Hit Homeruns

Category: Election '08

Now will the Democrats unite behind Obama? I hope so.

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August 24, 2008

Tired of all the crap from the tube

Category: Election '08

Another rant on the latest in presidential politicking.

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Summer reading edition: Great cell biology papers that I've read but haven't blogged about

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1) TOR signaling and amino acid starvation, 2) mRNA export and mRNA translation, and 3) nuiclear envelope proteins link the cytoskeleton and certain DNA elements.

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August 22, 2008

Lab Artifact

Category: Lab Life

Maybe this will become the new Friday feature at The Daily Transcript ......

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August 18, 2008

MUST LISTEN: Robert Krulwich on Science for the Masses

Category: Science & Society

If you are a scientist, I urge you to listen to the commencement speech that Krulwich gave to the Cal Tech graduates earlier this year....

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August 14, 2008

VADLO - Google for Scientists?

Category: Lab Life

Check it out.

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August 12, 2008

On using "information processing" as a metaphor for biological processes

Category: Pure Biology

Sorry, I've been busy these past few days. I want to respond to a comment posted by Dan and take this opportunity to broaden the discussion about how we use language to construct models. Dan's concerns about information and life...

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August 7, 2008

Want To Popularize Science? Here's the gadget for you!

Category: Science & Society

A pocket-size lensless microscope that uses on-chip optofluidic microscopy (OFM).

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A way to break out of the pyramid scheme

Category: Lab Life

Boom-bust cycles of NIH funding have caused many hardships especially within the lowest ranks of biomedical academia.

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August 5, 2008

Eye Candy - Nuclear Blebs

Category: Pure Biology

I'm sure that others have seen similar nuclear morphologies, yet no one knows how such structures could form.

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August 3, 2008

New Understanding of Biology

Category: Pure Biology

According to Paul Nurse, if we wish to understand biological complexity, we need to rethink how signaling cascades work.

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