Hello and welcome to this hopefully last installment (before I get to the paper that I want to cover about female reproduction, which may not be able to happen for a bit) on female reproduction!. Previous sets have covered the anatomy, the menstrual cycle, the effects of oral contraceptives, and fertilization and implantation. Now, we […]
Sci is working on about 3.5 hours of sleep right now. This makes her extremely punchy and odd. and possibly slightly crazy. And thus, she may not have been able to help herself in seminar today, and let out a very unlady-like snort in response to the following: Introducer guy: I am happy to introduce […]
The first Open Lab 2009 review is up over at Sciblogs! Sci was amused that the reviewer notes that editor (editress? editrix?) is listed by her pseud, but agrees that it’s all part of the blog experience. 🙂 The reviewer, Grant Jacobs, follows with a hopefully representative list of some of the posts in the […]
The website Speaking of Research, a site devoted to spreading accurate information about the uses and benefits of animal research, has put part of my previous post on their site (no worries, they had permission). They have also put up a great aggregate of the recent posts from the science blogging community on animal research. […]
And we’re back with part 4 of Sci’s brand spanking new series on female reproduction!! This one’s going to be a whopper, fertilization and pregnancy is a lot to cover, and so it will be very basic and divided into two posts, though less basic than the “baby in your tummy” bit that Sci learned […]
So the first ever Research Blogging Award Nominees are up! There are some great nominees up there for lots of topics, but Sci doesn’t want to tell you who to vote for because that would be biased and evil. Oh, I’ll do it once. Vote for me!! Research Blogging Awards 2010 Finalist Neurotopia is nominated […]
Many of you may have heard from your doctor that doing Kegels is a good thing. It’s certainly good for keeping your pelvic floor strong, to prevent problems like uterine prolapse following birth. It’s also very good for keeping your bladder good and functional later in life. So do your Kegels, ladies. However, Sci has […]
Recently, one of my beloved SciBlings, Janet, was one of the speakers at a UCLA Dialogue on the ethics of animals in research. Although I was more than a little afraid for her (of course her name, address, email, and phone were instantly posted all over the activists websites), but Sci’s fears turned out unfounded […]
Continuing in our vein of basic science posts on female reproduction, we’re going to take a bit of an aside (and this is VERY relevant for the paper that Sci wanted to blog about that needed so much background). We’ve covered the basic anatomy, the hormones, and the monthly cycle. But what about…when you don’t […]
Duh nuh… Duh nuh, duh nuh…. Duh nuh, duh nuh, Duh nuh, duh nuh, Duh nuh, duh nuh, Duhnuh, duhnuh, Duhnuh, duhnuh… IT’S HERE!!!! IT’S ALIVEEEEE!!!! IT’S OPEN LAB!!!! YES! It’s out. Finally. After a great deal of toil and a certain amount of lateness. Also stress. And there was very little sleep. You can […]