Category Archives: science

Christmas Science

Posted on December 24, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I bet you didn’t know that “the concept of Santa Claus’ features is an historical remnant from before the phylogenetic divergence between prokaryotes and eukaryotes“. The authors state that they “are further studying the Hoho2 transgenic Homo sapiens quadruplicates generated … Continue reading →

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The PhD Blues

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m not a postdoc any more, and this ditty dates from my PhD days. But maybe the cool kids will let me play anyway! Here’s a song my friend and I wrote when we were deep into the final year … Continue reading →

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Great minds think alike!

Posted on December 8, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Here’s some very interesting news from BioMed Central’s blog. The open access publishers have created a new peer-reviewed journal called BMC Research Notes which they say will “provide a home for short publications, case series, incremental updates to previous work, … Continue reading →

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My idealistic inner teenager is proud of me

Posted on December 2, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

There was a local conference this week that was highly relevant to the research being performed in my new department. And I got to go! It was the first time in a few years that I’ve been able to attend … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 30, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’m not the monkey they think I am at home, oh no no no, I’m the Rocket Monkey…. Photo credit Let’s move away from the recent beverage theme this week. CNN has a really cool article* about famous primates in … Continue reading →

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Friday’s Primate Party

Posted on November 24, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

How did you get so heavy, boy? We had monkey-spit coffee at last week’s party. This week: would you like some macaque milk with that? A study published in this week’s Current Biology looked at the quality of the milk … Continue reading →

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Noooo! No more reading!

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

The new job is going really well so far. I feel as if I’ve been genuinely useful in my first week, which included an important postdoctoral fellowship application deadline. It’s been very intense though, which caused the inevitable dreams to … Continue reading →

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Warning…

Posted on November 6, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

…this link is kinda gross (nothing graphic, just the concept), possibly NSFW, and opens straight into a video. From the same friend who sent me this, I have just learned that a company in Florida is offering to extract and … Continue reading →

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November Kickabout in Mendel’s Garden

Posted on November 4, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

Welcome to Mendel’s garden, and a fine day it is for some lovely genetics. And a game of football (you know, that game in which you move the ball with your foot, not that other no doubt worthy but definitely … Continue reading →

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Hooray for Mutation

Posted on October 28, 2007 by Cath@VWXYNot?

I’ve always tried to cover the most up-to-date research in my journal club series, but today’s paper is an exception. “Strong Selective Sweep Associated with a Transposon Insertion in Drosophila simulans“ was published in 2004, and I actually covered it … Continue reading →

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