October 30, 2008
Category: Election '08
This is what happens when a politician gets advice from political operatives instead of professionals who have dedicated their lives to understanding the topic in question....
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:36 PM • 0 Comments •
October 27, 2008
Category: Pure Biology
Exceptional work by the Weissman group shows how it is done.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:43 PM • 1 Comments •
October 24, 2008
Category: Election '08
Some links on the curent state of affairs.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:09 AM • 1 Comments •
October 22, 2008
Category: Election '08
The front line battle against libertarian stupidity is right here in Massachusetts
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 8:59 AM • 7 Comments •
October 20, 2008
Category: Lab Life
Insights into how proteins are pumped across membranes in biological systems.
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October 15, 2008
Category: Election '08
A message from Marty Chalfie, winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of GFP:...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:48 AM • 2 Comments •
Category: Misc
You may not have noticed, but yesterday, the US's largest trading partner had an election. Watching the returns with my wife, I was struck yet again how different Canada is from US. Just like Americans, Canadians get upset at...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:36 AM • 5 Comments •
October 14, 2008
Category: Science & Society
Last week one of the fathers of Cell Biology died. Much about what we know about the cell can be traced back to Palade's famous EM studies from the 50s and 60s.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 7:05 PM • 0 Comments •
October 9, 2008
Category: Lab Life
Listen to it here.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 2:57 PM • 6 Comments •
October 8, 2008
Category: Science & Society
After all it's the molecule that literally added an extra dimension to microscopic investigation.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:06 AM • 11 Comments •
October 6, 2008
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
Here are some photos from last week's Ig Nobels: First up a group photo of my companions for the evening, including (from right to left) Stephanie Miller, Karl Erlandson, Anna Kushnir and baymate (who is apparently signing an ode to...
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 4:27 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Science & Society
Discoverers of HIV and Papilloma Virus get the prize.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:08 AM • 3 Comments •
October 3, 2008
Category: Lab Life
Now in it's 35th year, Nikon's Small World Photomicrography Competition is one of the biggest events in the microscopy world. Go check out some of this year's finalists.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:16 AM • 0 Comments •
October 2, 2008
Category: Science & Society
Some words come to mind, wacky, crazy, dazzling and fun. And no, it ain't the VP debate.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 12:20 PM • 1 Comments •
October 1, 2008
Category: Pure Biology
Medicine & Physiology is October 6th. Who will win? Come leave your answers.
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Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:50 AM • 18 Comments •