Posts for the ‘Biological sciences’ Category
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Björn Brembs
@azizrk I have a long list of favorite reviewer comments waiting for my tenure to be published
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Just because nostalgia for the foods of the past isn’t a new development, doesn’t mean there aren’t real problems with the food we eat today.
Unpack that, if you can. Better yet, read the whole thing. h/t James.
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“Episode de la fièvre jaune”
By analyzing hepatitis C virus genome sequences, you can trace the virus’s history through its spread by the slave trade, and linked 19th-century health models in different countries to viral spread and transmission. Similarly, by looking at leprosy DNA, you can track its spread along the [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
The standard litany against the Green Revolution is that it failed to banish hunger because the technologies it ushered in were no use to small peasant farmers. Farmers with access to cash and good land did well, but poorer farmers on marginal land got nothing out of the revolution, and if they [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Molecular approaches to seed quality.
CIAT answers the perennial question: how is Svalbard like a hard disk?
Speaking of which, Svalbard is now the “world’s most diverse collection of crop diversity“. Er …?
But … “Despite the rapid progress, Fowler said the bank still has significant holes in its collection“.
Survival Seed Bank smackdown!
Global pollinator declines: a [...]
Dr Shock MD PhD
Good discussion about the use of graphics and charts in presentations, thanks Extreme Presentation.
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Krishna, milking a cow
Vaccinia virus is a widespread virus whose natural host remains unknown. It turns out to be pretty good at jumping across species.
Vaccinia, of course, is the vaccine against smallpox. Even though smallpox is eliminated in the wild,1 vaccinia is still very widely used in research and even, [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Breeds of Livestock. All of ‘em?
Happening now! Brussels Briefing on Biodiversity. Wot, no stream?
The first rice farm in Italy? C’mon.
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Dr Shock MD PhD
Finally, what took them so long? Now you can play games in the palm of your hand.
We present Skinput, a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowing the skin to be used as a finger input surface. In particular, we resolve the location of finger taps on the arm [...]
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Björn Brembs
The unpersuadables: the delusional is no longer marginal – http://bjoern.brembs.net/news…
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It wasn't ever marginal. – Mr. Gunn
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Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
Home gardens in Oaxaca, Mexico, conserve diversity and improve resilience. Good to know.
Seed saving symposium to take place in Hawaii, April 17-18. Good to know.
Apomixis for plant breeding a step closer in experimental systems. Good to know?
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Dr Shock MD PhD
Who retires gracefully, who adjusts to retirement easily and who doesn’t. Which personality traits play a part in successful retirement?
The five factor model of personality or the Big Five can be used to see how personality traits are linked to how people adjust to retirement. It has been done in the past [...]
Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog
The New Agriculturalist has a focus on biodiversity this month, including the agricultural kind. There’s a piece on the crop wild relatives distribution modeling work of our friend and occasional contributor Andy Jarvis. And a couple of things from my old stomping ground in the Pacific. All well worth a read.
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Both the hidden and informal curriculum take place after or next to the theoretical teaching, the formal teaching and has an important part in the shaping of the medical students’ professionalism and professional values. Moreover, these forms of the curriculum have a major impact on the learning potential of med students. Yet [...]
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…and now for some grad students – http://bjoern.brembs.net/news…
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