Monthly archives: December, 2013

Book: Open-Source Lab

Unfortunately, the book itself is not open, but it has a couple of chapters available online.
(Elsevier store)
(via)



C-SPAN discussion of the NIH

C-SPAN had a in depth, on air discussion on the role of the NIH, the impact of budget cuts, and the future of the NIH.

Guests included:
Dr. Francis Collins, Director, NIH
Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director, NIAID…



Custom motorized stereotax from Mark O. West’s lab at Rutgers

They motorized a Kopf manipulator and used CNC software to control it. I like the simple mechanics. Here’s one of the parts used to couple the stepper motors to the manipulator:



The NIH is being defunded

Welcome to 13 years ago. Current NIH funding is at about the same level it was in 2000. The doubling has been undone, and we’re now at a level that is far below…



Just arrived. Ready for install.

FOB Chapel Hill



Mini-wireless Arduino-compatible LightBlue Cortado

No wires- even for programming. And the battery can last “up to a year”. If you can wait until May 2014 to get your hands on one, here are the details:

The Arduino-compatible Bluetooth LightBlue Cortado