Jacob Forstater (UNC-Chapel Hill, Physics) shared this tip: The Klavins lab is sharing their materials for this open source turbidostat. The wiki offers detailed plans and well-document construction. Even if you don’t need a turbidostat,…
Software from Stephan Meyer Zum Alten (Gilbert lab, Rockefeller):
I put together a sort of Navigator for Janelia Farms ScanImage Two Photon control software, which we use a lot in our lab. There was no…
Software Carpentry teaches scientists how to program and use open source tools to manage their data and make their life easier. They’re focussed specifically on software tools, rather than types of analysis, and…
These units sell for about $5k, and hold 45 drives. Since 4 TB drives are pretty common these days and cost about $120 each, this scheme can provide about 180 TB for a grand…
This is from Kurt’s Microscopy Blog.
Just this month we could have made use of something like this.
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This the favorite tip Labrigger has received this week. Here it is, unedited, and in its entirety:
I often use autohotkey for repetitive file naming and key remapping when I am forced to use clunky…
Labrigger talked about the Open-SPIM project last year. Since then, the project has proven to be vibrant and strong, with continuous improvements.
Recently Stephan Preibisch came up with a multiview deconvolution algorithm (data…
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You can do it anonymously, if you like. Or you can…
A friend recently asked me about custom enclosures. I thought they wanted something small for electronics, and there are a couple of previous Labrigger posts that could be helpful.
Labrigger previously mentioned this contest. All of the 173 projects are online for your perusal. See if any of them inspire you.
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PubPeer has released browser plugins that add a line to PubMed results if there are comments on PubPeer for those publications. It looks like the example above. The install took less than 10…
Creative Commons‘ science section has an easy-to-use web page that generates a PDF form you can attach to the publisher’s copyright form to ensure you reserve certain rights.
Previously…
A friend just asked a quick question: How can I make a bunch of cheap (not fast) laser shutters? Here’s a quick answer: For motors, servos are pretty easy to use. Put a piece…
Most scientists have adopted minimalistic design principles for graphs. We still sometimes see 3D bar charts, but it’s rare. Data tables are another story. Sometimes journals take the formatting of data tables out of the hands of the authors. Perhaps they recognize that it’s…
