November 2011
October 2011
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MT @BillGates Spoke w CS, eng students@UW on potential to help solve the world’s biggest problems. Video of Q&A
A new resource for scientists | The Puget Sound... →
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It's Okay To Be Smart: Kurt Vonnegut once wrote... →
jtotheizzoe:
Kurt Vonnegut once wrote something that I have come to realize is one of the keys to unlocking better communication and appreciation of science in our society. I’m a believer that most people are born curious, they are natural scientists, but most are trained (very effectively, and often by…
UW | 360: Emma hits the big screen in UWTV story on oysters
AFRI Fellowship 2012 Webinar →
Dancing to Epigenetics and Endocytosis -... →
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THE EPIGENOME AT A GLANCE. →
ohyeahdevelopmentalbiology:
Video describing the basic principles of epigentics.
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Freak Fish (h/t @RockyRohde)
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Epigenetic Code Evolves Rapidly →
Dance Your PhD 2011: The Effect of Western Style Diet Consumption on Epigenetic Patterns. Lara Park et al
Binge-eating fish with 3x the guts | Futurity.org →
more on Armstrong Nature Paper
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cwnl:
Metamorphosis: Evolution’s freak factory
The startling mismatch between the larvae and adults of some species may be the key to an evolutionary explosion half a billion years ago.
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Spreading the Science Message
This gave me PAWS flashbacks →
What is the Paleo Diet? →
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Caroline's October Goals
September was a whirlwind month between balancing writing, the national AFS meeting, and moving to the San Juan Islands to start teaching as part of the OACIS Fellowship. Now that I am finally spending more than four nights in one place I can really get down to business and have a productive month. My goals for this month can pretty much be summed up to get things done, to get my thesis, SNP...
We’re Poisoning the Oceans and It Threatens Our... →
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Best. Supplementary. Material. Ever. →
#Acidification effects on clams
Genetics
Dave's October Goals
For the past few weeks Emma and I have been working on some pilot studies for our upcoming juvenile oyster and clam experiments. In October we will be setting up our heat shock experiments to identify the lethal temperature with which to conduct future trials.
The Illumina data from the larval experiment I conducted over the summer came back a few weeks ago and I have been working on combing that...
Have you ever wondered what a molecular biologist... →