SLAB is looking for a postdoc. This postdoc’s initial project would involve mouse behavior and in vivo two-photon calcium imaging. Prior neurophysiology work, particularly with in vivo experiments, is highly recommended. Competitive applicants will have…
Brain slice methodology is a mix of rational approaches, post hoc rationalized approaches,…
How to measure the liquid junction potential
This is an old blog post, but the comments section is still somewhat active. Handy reference/training material.
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Lightglass Optics sells surplus optomechanics and other related optics. They have a lot of Newport products, and small amounts of products from Thorlabs, OptoSigma, New Focus, and Line Tool.
For example, here’s an Newport…
Launched late last year, CSHL-funded bioRxiv is picking up steam. This is a preprint server, like arXiv, but focused on biology rather than math/physics/com sci/and other quantitative fields, like arXiv is.
It’s certainly…
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…
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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