HD-based pipette beveler
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From Andrew Hires’ twitter— repurposing an old hard drive for beveling pipettes. Nice!
Hat tip…
OSX features I wish Windows had
Posted in Software
Migrating back to Windows after years of using OSX, there are some features I miss.
Default Folder X (link)
Right click on the file name in the title bar to find out what folder that…
Voltset – a smart multimeter for your smartphone
Posted in Hardware
We’ve covered Voltset before. It’s a small multimeter with no display. It plugs into a smartphone for its user interface and logging data (there’s a Bluetooth module as well). This approach opens the possibility of developing interesting custom applications that are discussed on the video above,…
Unusual breadboards from Vere
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Vere is a smaller company that Newport, Thorlabs, or TMC. But they’re worth checking out for optical tables, breadboards, beam stops, dumps, enclosures, and whatnot. They have some interesting items.
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Postdoc wanted for the SLAB
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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…
Brain slice methods
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Brain slice methodology is a mix of rational approaches, post hoc rationalized approaches,…
Measuring the junction potential
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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 – used optomechanics
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…
bioRxiv – The biology preprint server
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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…
Open source turbidostat, syringe pump, and more
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…
Meyer Navigator for ScanImage
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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 teaching programming and data management to scientists
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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…
Gobs of DIY TB storage
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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…