Scientopia has now been going strong for well over a year. We’re all really proud of how well we’ve done as a community, and we hope this community will continue to be a proud autonomous collective: But in order to continue, we’re going to have to find a way to cover our costs! In an […]
At Sci Am Blogs today, I’ve got my latest (but not QUITE the last!) piece on the newest work coming out of the Experimental Biology meeting. Today I am very pleased to be catching up on the work of the Jones lab at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, and their project involving the […]
For day 4 of the Experimental Biology conference, I’m talking about a study examining the effects of hallucinogens on zebrafish behavior, and their potential usefulness as a model for schizophrenia. Head over and check it out!
For day 3 of the Experimental Biology conference, I found a cool new study examining the effect of cancer chemotherapy on cognitive function in mice. With more and more cancer survivors, we now have to think about the long term effects of chemotherapy, and how to make sure that cancer survivors can have the best […]
At Scientific American, I’m talking about a cool poster I saw on Day 2 of the Experimental Biology conference, where a chemical called Dif-1 from slime mold may be able to attack estrogen receptor alpha positive breast cancers! Head over a check it out.
Sci’s first post for Experimental Biology 2012 is up at Scientific American! I’m writing on a study looking at histamine as a drug punisher to decrease the reinforcing value of cocaine. Head over and check it out!
Today’s post is a synchro-blogging effort! I’m teaming up with Dr. Zen to talk about the latest in the evolutionary psychology theory of everything. The idea that when we do something, it must be because that behavior has an evolutionary basis. Girls like pink because it makes sense to spot redder berries. Boys are better […]
I’ll be leaving tomorrow morning (yikes!) for Experimental Biology 2012 (!!), where I’ll be presenting my own totally cool science while also participating in a few social media things, including the Tweetup scheduled for Monday night (hope to see you there!). To get ready for that, I wrote up a post on how blogging, twitter, […]
At SciAm Blogs today, I am pleased to welcome Dr. Becca of Fumbling Toward Tenure as a guest blogger! She’s doing an excellent takedown of a recent article in the NY Times, which gave some rather incorrect impressions of a recent study involving cocaine and mice. Head over and check it out!
Please welcome our newest tenure on the guest blog, Unlikely Grad! She brings a really new and interesting perspective to academia, and I think she’s going to bring something cool to our guest blog, too! Head over and say hello!