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April 08, 2013

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4:39 PM | Photo

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4:34 PM | Mucins are a family of high molecular weight, heavily...

Mucins are a family of high molecular weight, heavily glycosylated proteins (glycoconjugates) produced by epithelial tissues in most metazoans.Mucins’ key characteristic is their ability to form gels; therefore they are a key component in most gel-like secretions, serving functions from lubrication to cell signalling to forming chemical barriers. They often take an inhibitory role. Some mucins are associated with controlling mineralization, including nacre formation in molluscs, calcification […]

April 07, 2013

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8:45 PM | Instagraming here :)

Instagraming here :) : http://instagram.com/forscherin#

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8:17 PM | scooop ^^

scooop ^^ : http://www.scoop.it/t/scienceresearch

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8:14 PM | Einstein - Once we acceptourlimits, we go beyond them.-

Einstein - Once we acceptourlimits, we go beyond them.-

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4:06 PM | Protein Paves the Way for Correct Stem Cell Differentiation

A single embryonic stem cell can develop into more than 200 specialized cell types that make up our...

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4:03 PM | Dr. Jan Michels Institute of Zoology,...

Dr. Jan Michels Institute of Zoology, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel Kiel, Germany Specimen: Worker ant. Frontal view of the head of a pharaoh ant (Monomorium pharaonis), a common indoor pest. Technique: Confocal microscopy

April 04, 2013

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6:39 PM | scooooop :D

http://www.scoop.it/t/scienceresearch

April 03, 2013

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9:25 PM | Follow the Yellow Brick Road!

From what I have gathered in my first one and two-thirds semesters of graduate school, beginning a graduate program in statistics is a lot different than beginning a graduate program in mathematics. First, all students in their first year of … Continue reading →

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8:26 PM | Zippering Up the Embryo By R’ada Massarwa and Lee...

Zippering Up the Embryo By R’ada Massarwa and Lee Niswander, University of Colorado, Denver Advances in imaging tools and techniques have allowed scientists to image in real-time embryonic development in many model organisms, pushing the boundaries of what can be visualized. These advances have also contributed to overcoming some of the particular challenges inherent to following development in organisms that undergo gestation in utero. As seen here in a mouse embryo, the dynamics of the […]

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2:33 AM | Some poetry

A translated poem by mathematician Omar Khayyam from The Rubaiyat: XXVI Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss’d Of the Two Worlds so wisely–they are thrust Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn Are scatter’d, and their Mouths … Continue reading →

April 01, 2013

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6:58 PM | Spring Conferences 2013 - April

These posts are meant to give you an idea of the sort of academic events that ar...

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12:01 PM | PhD Career Guide PODCAST Episode 1

The wait is over: the first episode of the PhD Career Guide PODCAST is now up and available for download from iTunes, Stitcher, and many other podcast directories. You may also listen to the episode directly [...]

March 30, 2013

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9:42 PM | sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition...

sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the Universe to the combined set of cosmological observations, scientists have come up with the composition that we described above, ~70% dark energy, ~25% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. What is dark matter? We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are what it is. First, it is dark, meaning that it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see. Observations show that there is far too little visible matter […]

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9:42 PM | sciencenote: Stephen S. Nagy, MD Montana DiatomsHelena,...

sciencenote: Stephen S. Nagy, MD Montana DiatomsHelena, Montana, USA Subject Matter: Antique microscope slide featuring thin section of diseased ivory (15x)Technique: Polarized light

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5:45 PM | sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition...

sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the Universe to the combined set of cosmological observations, scientists have come up with the composition that we described above, ~70% dark energy, ~25% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. What is dark matter? We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are what it is. First, it is dark, meaning that it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see. Observations show that there is far too little visible matter […]

March 29, 2013

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9:02 PM | Stephen S. Nagy, MD Montana DiatomsHelena, Montana, USA Subject...

Stephen S. Nagy, MD Montana DiatomsHelena, Montana, USA Subject Matter: Antique microscope slide featuring thin section of diseased ivory (15x)Technique: Polarized light

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6:10 PM | sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition...

sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the Universe to the combined set of cosmological observations, scientists have come up with the composition that we described above, ~70% dark energy, ~25% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. What is dark matter? We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are what it is. First, it is dark, meaning that it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see. Observations show that there is far too little visible matter […]

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4:05 PM | sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition...

sciencenote: By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the Universe to the combined set of cosmological observations, scientists have come up with the composition that we described above, ~70% dark energy, ~25% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. What is dark matter? We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are what it is. First, it is dark, meaning that it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see. Observations show that there is far too little visible matter […]

March 28, 2013

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8:18 PM | By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the...

By fitting a theoretical model of the composition of the Universe to the combined set of cosmological observations, scientists have come up with the composition that we described above, ~70% dark energy, ~25% dark matter, ~5% normal matter. What is dark matter? We are much more certain what dark matter is not than we are what it is. First, it is dark, meaning that it is not in the form of stars and planets that we see. Observations show that there is far too little visible matter in the […]

March 26, 2013

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10:04 PM | somuchscience: sciencenote: Dr. William B. Winborn The...

somuchscience: sciencenote: Dr. William B. Winborn The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas, USA Subject Matter: Human epididymis duct (650x)Technique: Brightfield Mmm, baby, I love to look at your epididymis ducts under brightfield…

March 25, 2013

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9:26 PM | Dr. William B. Winborn The University of Texas Health Science...

Dr. William B. Winborn The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas, USA Subject Matter: Human epididymis duct (650x)Technique: Brightfield

March 22, 2013

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1:47 AM | Spaying big things, spaying small things

You would think that spaying something big would be a lot easier than spaying something small. With something big, you can visualize everything more easily, right? It turns out to be the exact opposite, actually. The smallest thing I've spayed is a two pound kitten, and oh boy is that uterus easy to find and manage. The biggest thing I have spayed is a hundred something pound Great Dane, and wow was that uterus deep in a deep abdomen and so covered in fat that it was hard to see where it […]

March 20, 2013

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10:46 PM | Should You Use The SNOOZE Button? It turns out “You...

Should You Use The SNOOZE Button? It turns out “You Snooze, You Lose” is more accurate than we ever imagined!

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2:00 PM | Pi Day and Other Math Holidays

In honor of Pi Day being last week, I thought it would be fun to take a look at days of mathematical note. First, did you know that Pi Day (3/14) is also the birthday of renowned physicist Albert Einstein? Other mathematical holidays and observances include: July 22: If you write your dates with the [...]

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6:43 AM | Update: Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons

Ever since October, I’ve lived in fear of government agents repelling through my office window in search of grey-market textbooks. While I can joke, former USC mathematics graduate student Supap Kirtsaeng lived the past few years fearing he owed $600,000 in damages following a copyright dispute. In 2008, publisher John Wiley and Sons successfully sued [...]

March 18, 2013

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10:47 PM | Who Should You Work For?

By Doug Kalish, PhD [...]

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1:05 AM | Married to the Sea = high class LOLs

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March 14, 2013

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7:14 PM | " Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is..."

““ Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre...

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6:05 PM | The Science of Aging Why do we age, from a biological...

The Science of Aging Why do we age, from a biological perspective? Are we really programmed to die?