http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss femtobio_at_mac.com © Kevin Kubarych Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:17:33 +0200 Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:18:06 +0200 iBlog 1.4.2 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E690353895/index.html The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki, is a look at what must be many years of research into the way collective decision making may actually be more efficient and accurate than individual—even expert—reflection. I think this might be a very useful concept in scientific research and in running a research group. ]]> Mon, 18 Jul 2005 16:03:46 +0200 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E690353895/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1283089297/index.html Another useful online biology resource. ]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2005 11:06:11 +0200 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1283089297/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E941344728/index.html I will be getting a real job this fall. ]]> Tue, 03 May 2005 12:32:04 +0200 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E941344728/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E229266820/index.html A program to organize your PDF files. ]]> Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:39:21 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E229266820/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1417500900/index.html Add this site to your interdiscipline workout routine, and you'll see rapid results. ]]> Tue, 01 Mar 2005 11:05:01 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1417500900/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E1690632895/index.html We may never know what Harvard president, Larry Summers, told his distinguished and learned audience last week about possible gender-based science proclivities. We can say for sure, however, that he has done science—and indeed his own institution—a grave disservice. My blunt take: we do not know what makes a good scientist, and it is impossible to use existing statistics to gauge gender differences. ]]> Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:08:53 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E1690632895/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E102806704/index.html Two venerable publications, Science and Chemical and Engineering News, have articles describing the challenges of interdisciplinary research. ]]> Fri, 17 Dec 2004 13:56:42 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E102806704/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E313632618/index.html Three tools to consider if you need some interdiscipline: HyperPhysics, Kimball's Biology Pages, and The Basics of NMR. ]]> Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:23:32 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E313632618/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E580062596/index.html A new tool from Google. They've indexed the "scientific literature." ]]> Fri, 26 Nov 2004 00:08:13 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E580062596/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C21028721/E1964350116/index.html Our first entry in the "Pearl" category (featuring particularly gleaming picks from what we've been reading). This one is an incredible, but true story of how one particular lizard gets from one side of the river to the other. ]]> Mon, 22 Nov 2004 18:28:53 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C21028721/E1964350116/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1377514288/index.html Tools will be a recurring feature on the plexus. These are things that lend aid to those seeking interdiscipline. The first one is a kind of meta journal where papers are listed that are relevant to a certain topic—in this case biological physics—and you download them through this edited list. The editor is none other than Robert H. Austin, by far one of the most entertaining an irreverent scientists I've ever read. ]]> Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:10:42 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1666205888/E1377514288/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E564323847/index.html A "Femtoreview" of the book A Century of Nature: Twenty-One Discoveries that Changed the World edited by Laura Garwin, Tim Lincoln, and Steven Weinberg. "Femtoreviews" are short, extremely short reviews of books I've read, or tried to read. ]]> Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:03:42 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C2091060554/E564323847/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1766198132/E1670782726/index.html First in the profiles series. A researcher from the University of Toronto. She studies stem cells and development. ]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:36:11 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C1766198132/E1670782726/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E227151927/index.html Here we explain some of what will be covered in the plexus. ]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2004 16:52:39 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E227151927/index.html http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E220875151/index.html First post. Definition of the plexus mission. ]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2004 15:46:13 +0100 http://homepage.mac.com/femtobio/B1845052173/C125177604/E220875151/index.html