August 2010
1 post
Are zombie mice possible? Yes. They. Are.
So my PI here at the Cold Spring Harbor Labs has noticed that our CBA/caj mice have a higher tendency to eat the brains of their pups as compared to other mice like transgenic channelrhodopsin mice (that he wants to later use). With this observation, we can perform a preliminary behavioral study in which we monitor post-birth behavior in parental mice in multiple strains. By doing this, we can...
Aug 10th
July 2010
1 post
My first friendly bar fight
Last weekend (the one before the 4th o’ July), I was drinking at a pub in Huntington, a small town in Long Island close to where I’m working for the summer. With me was an Irish guy, doing post-doctoral research at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a lab technician (white American), and another undergrad girl from Northern Ireland (my age).  Apparently, alcoholism isn’t a...
Jul 7th
June 2009
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Jun 4th
Jun 4th
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Ruby Suns! In some alleyway in paris!
Jun 4th
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