My scientific specialty is chronobiology (circadian rhythms and photoperiodism), with additional interests in comparative physiology, animal behavior and evolution. I am not an MD so I cannot diagnose and treat your sleep problems. As well as writing this blog, I am also the Online Discussion Expert for PLoS. This is a personal blog and opinions within it in no way reflect the policies of PLoS. You can contact me at: Coturnix@gmail.com
The highlight of this week's foodblogging event must have been last night's dinner at Piedmont restaurant in Durham.
Anton has several posts about the events of the past couple of days, including a detailed description (including the menu, and exactly who was there - about 30 people) of the dinner…
These were taken the day after the pseudo-move, as soon as the cats came back from a weekend at the vet. Biscuit was hiding, but the other two explored the new environs:
Steve Irwin's last paper is not the only exciting article to appear on PLoS ONE today - there are 40 more, and here are a few I am excited about - a veritable embarassment of riches! When am I ever going to find time to read them all!
Oxytocin in the Circadian Timing of Birth (hey, it's by Erik…
Just published about an hour ago (if it was in hardcopy, it would still be hot off the presses). And it is a wonderful paper! Australian crocs can and will travel much longer distances than was previously thought and their homing instinct is strong and navigational capacity excellent, even in a…
Johanna Dehlinger writes:
In September, PLoS Computational Biology begins a series entitled "Developing Computational Biology" about the pursuit of scientific endeavors in computational biology around the world. Each country has unique features in areas from educational programs, types of research…
This is why you should attend ConvergeSouth. OK, Anton will lead a session, and so will I, but check out the entire program - it is just getting more and more amazing every year! And it is probably the most pleasant and enjoyable conference in any given year.
And it is hard to find anyone better than Brian:
I am now available for hire to consult on the creation, care, and feeding of online communities. Plus I can create audio and video for the web. To get an idea of my professional experience you can check out my resume here and my portfolio here…
What's Up, Postdoc? September Carnival is up on ... ponderings of a fool.
Grand Rounds is starting its 4th year of existence up on Kevin MD's blog. Congratulations!
Carnival of the Green #96 is up on Karavans.
A bunch of new articles got published in PLoS Medicine and PLoS Biology yesterday. Here are my two picks, and you go and check the rest:
Brain Dynamics Underlying the Nonlinear Threshold for Access to Consciousness:
Understanding the neural mechanisms that distinguish between conscious and…
If You Want More Babies, Find A Man With A Deep Voice:
Men who have lower-pitched voices have more children than do men with high-pitched voices, researchers have found. And their study suggests that for reproductive-minded women, mate selection favours men with low-pitched voices.
Spaceflight Can…
While reason is puzzling itself about mystery, faith is turning it to daily bread, and feeding on it thankfully in her heart of hearts.
- F. D. Huntington
Sarah Wallace, Matt Ford, ScienceGoGo and Jason Stajich comment on the fungus that gets its energy from radiation. I've heard of Deinococcus radiodurans before, but this is a fungus! Well, if there is an energy source to tap into, even if it is in the middle of Chernobyl, some life form is likely…
The three-day Foodblogging event has started, with a reading/booksigning by Michael Ruhlman at the Regulator bookshop in Durham.
Among those in the audience were Reynolds Price, local bloggers Anton Zuiker and Brian Russell, as well as Anna Kushnir, foodblogger who drove all the way from Boston (OK…
Last night at the wedding, DJ went around asking for song suggestions and I thought back about Serbian weddings and how many songs there are that are inappropriate for weddings there - so many songs are sad, melancholic romances about lost loves, about lives lost in alcohol after the only loved one…
I was out and offline all day yesterday, so I missed this wonderful article by Dan Barkin in yesterdays' N&O (I just took the paper out of its plastic bag a few minutes ago):
Bloggers to talk science.
It tells you where Anton Zuiker comes from and where he is going next. The killer paragraph…
Wow - this was a busy and exhausting week! But Trackbacks are in place and (mostly) working.
I did not even have time to unpack everything from last weekend's pseudo-move - the house is nice and clean but still looks like a war-zone.
And tomorrow I am teaching Lab 3 (out of 4) in the morning…
How The Brain Handles Surprise, Good And Bad:
Whether it's a mugger or a friend who jumps out of the bushes, you're still surprised. But your response--to flee or to hug--must be very different. Now, researchers have begun to distinguish the circuitry in the brain's emotion center that processes…
Yesterday, PLoS ONE moved to the newest version of the TOPAZ platform. Rich Cave explains all the improvements that this move entails, including the citation download for articles, but one new feature that should really be exciting to bloggers are Trackbacks.
From now on, if you link to a PLoS ONE…
Velociraptor Had Feathers:
A new look at some old bones have shown that velociraptor, the dinosaur made famous in the movie Jurassic Park, had feathers. The discovery was made by paleontologists at the American Museum of Natural History and the Field Museum of Natural History.
Personal Genomes:…
I and the Bird #58 is up on The Nightjar.
Change of Shift: Volume Two, Number 7 is up on Emergiblog.
The Carnival of Space - week 21, the XPrize edition - is up on Why Homeschool
A post-doctoral position is available in the laboratory of Dr. Tosini to investigate the cellular and molecular mechanisms that control circadian rhythms in the mammalian retina [Tosini et al., (2007) Faseb J.; Sakamoto et al., (2004). J. Neuroscience 24: 9693-9697; Fukuhara et al., (2004) J.…
