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Alex Palazzo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at The University of Toronto.
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February 26, 2009
Category: Science & Society
Today's quote is from the first two lines of a research manuscript about the neuroscience of Schadenfreude that appeared in a recent issue of Science. Envy is one of the seven biblical sins, the Shakespearian "green-eyed monster," and what Bertrand...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 3:32 PM • 2 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
Well after a bit of a holiday, the New England RNA Data Club is back. We'll be meeting next week here at HMS. Here's the latest email:...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:13 AM • 0 Comments •
February 24, 2009
Category: Science & Society
"avoid even applying for stimulus money unless the universities planned to hire people almost immediately" Oh-oh.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:32 AM • 4 Comments •
Category: Lab Life
Natural human pathological variation can be readily identified by highly trained professionals, in other words doctors. Pathological variations of other model organisms are usually eaten. - Stephen O'Rahilly, Co-Director of IMS and Director of IMS Metabolic Research Laboratories, Cambridge University...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:21 AM • 1 Comments •
February 23, 2009
Category: Lab Life
Should we be dumping money into R01s? We need long-term solutions, not quick fixes.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:00 AM • 7 Comments •
February 21, 2009
Category: Tib Bits
Some random websites to help kill time as you wait for the restriction enzymes to finish digesting your PCR product.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 11:06 AM • 1 Comments •
February 19, 2009
Category: Lab Life
I'm trying to compile a list of blogs that convey the zeitgeist of life in the lower rungs of the academic ladder.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 3:26 PM • 14 Comments •
February 17, 2009
Category: art, food, music, citylife and other mental stimuli
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice but in practice, there is. - Yogi Bera (also attributed to Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut and Chuck Reid according to Wikiquote)...
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 7:26 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Pure Biology
The transcription of DNA into mRNA is messy. It is now clear that various cellular processes act in a coordinated manner to help clean it all up.
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 6:47 PM • 2 Comments •
February 12, 2009
Category: Science & Society
... I have two simple requests:
Posted by Alex Palazzo at 9:29 AM • 6 Comments •
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