When Species Invade
Adapted from photo by Michael Durum This week’s World Wide Wednesday* features 3 stories about invasive species, which are non-native plants, animals, or other organisms that have been introduced […]
Monthly Archives: March 2012
Around the Web Wednesdays 3.21.12
This is my first installment of Around the Web Wednesdays. Every week I will gather interesting stories from around the worldwideweb to share with you all (drum roll […]
Pink Slime: My beef with Jamie Oliver and Food Blogs
Pink slime Would you eat it? Chances are, you already have. Pink slime, or lean finely textured beef (LFTB) trimmings, is made from the leftover meat after all of […]
Drug Design and Disease Models: We can do it better in Drosophila.
Last night’s “Future Advances in Drosophila Research” session of the Drosophila Research Conference concluded with Ross Cagan‘s eloquent defense of using Drosophila for better drug design and better […]
#DROS2012 comes to Chicago!
Every year, hundreds maybe even thousands of biologists converge on a lucky US city like fruit flies swarming on yeast. The reason? The Drosophila Research […]
#hashtag backlash: In defense of Twitter.
A couple of weeks ago I was reproached on Facebook for overenthuiastic tweeting and my apparent affinity for hashtagging. Here’s a sampling of their criticisms: “what’s with all […]
