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I like a good romp in the Bible as much as the next heathen…

Science involves thinking with your brain – not your guts. Sometimes scientists act on gut instincts, but those suppositions must be proven by brain power or they’re soon disregarded. If you’re going to write an article and put it under … Continue reading

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OMG!

By which, of course, I mean oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein! I’m looking for a comprehensive list of mice with myelin mutations and searching through the literatire for such a relatively simple sounding task reminds me of how in need we are … Continue reading

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What do VectorNTI, Light Microscopy and Disco have in Common?

They’re all dead. Vector NTI It was great.  It was a program free to academics that would let you look at plasmids.  You could keep track of an entire library of them, splice them, rearrange them, transform them, find insertion … Continue reading

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Vision Might Not Be Lame

After having heard Jeff Diamond give a summary of his six-month sabbatical here, I’ve decided the visual system might not be as lame as I once thought.  Don’t get me wrong – vision is still one of our least necessary … Continue reading

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