#TPCOnTheRoad 2017
As we are all aware, or should be, “Communication” is becoming a big deal in today’s science world. Not only is it important for publishing our work and getting research […]
Conversations with Julin Maloof: A Contemplative Retrospective
by Danve Castroverde “The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” -Molière The week after Thanksgiving, I had the wonderful opportunity to have breakfast with Dr. Julin Maloof […]
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Getting to know “The Other Bench”
Summer is finally here again. The trees are full and green, the flowers are blooming and the birds sure seem happy about it. Did you notice, or were you too […]
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Reflections on The Pub Club Meets Weigel World
Friday, May 13, 2016, The Pub Club had our first ever Skype mini-conference event. We had the great opportunity to meet with the entire Weigel lab in Tuebingen, Germany without […]
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“Meeting on the edge of science” with Ian Baldwin
This week The Pub Club had the opportunity to host Ian Baldwin for breakfast. Since we had over 2 hours with him, we had several small groups rotate through. In […]
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The CRISPR zoo and gene drive
A recent news feature in Nature (Welcome to the CRISPR zoo) highlights the myriad of ongoing applications for CRISPR technology: from controlling disease in engineered bee populations to CRISPi chickens […]
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Digital Photography (Basic How-to)
The exposure of a photograph is influenced by three settings: 1. The aperture 2. The shutter speed 3. The ISO Short Exposure […]
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Nothing more embarrassing than asking for the same reagent twice
A recent article in Nature addresses the use of laboratory databases to manage inventory (Lab-inventory management: Time to take stock). The article describes a range of available databases to integrate […]
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Scientists Take to Twitter: Networking via Social Media
One highly emphasized point during my time at Michigan State has been: Make sure to put yourself “out there.” What exactly does that mean? For me that meant establish connections […]
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Big genomics data raising alarms
The alarming explosion of genome sequencing data was recently addressed in PLoS Biology (Big Data: Astronomical or Genomical), and touched on in Nature News (Genome researchers raise alarm over big […]
