August 2011
2 posts
It's a Brainbow!
Is it just me, or are papers that utilize fluorescent proteins actually extra badass?  This particular work by Livet et al. was published in Nature in 2007 (for citation, see below). The idea was to come up with a method that allows you to produce connectivity maps in order to analyze neuronal network architecture. One possible way of doing this was proposed by Livet and colleagues. They cloned...
Aug 31st
"New directions"
I have to make a blog on neuroscience for my neurobiology class, so, since I’m lazy, I’m just going to repurpose this one. So consider yourself warned: this will now be a weekly blog for the duration of the semester on whatever random neurobiological topics I find myself moved to write about. In case you happen to be interested, this class is taught by Dr. Paul Myers, who is a...
Aug 26th