Not how to pipette
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It’s Friday. Here’s a Friday link. It’s a blog entitled That’s Not How You Pipette, and it includes lots of shots from TV shows and movies.
The one below is from Private Practice:
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Post-publication peer review on PubMed Commons
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PubMed has a new feature: you can comment on the papers using PubMed Commons.
PubPeer, the now-defunct Third Reviewer, reference managers, and journals have offered post-publication peer review for a while…
Sharing your code
Someone recently asked me, “What’s a good way I can share my code?”
There are several ways you can go, of course. Here are the first two that popped into my mind.
A full web site
Squarespace isn’t…
Visual stimulation and intrinsic imaging code
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Ian Nauhaus, whom UT Austin recently nabbed, is sharing his code for intrinsic imaging and visual stimulation.
The visual stimulation code is based off of Psychophysics Toolbox, which is already in use…
Helioscan paper is out
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The Helioscan paper is out now in J Neurosci Methods. Mentioned previously on Labrigger.
Here’s a Labrigger interview with the developers.
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New NIH due dates
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The US government is working again. And, as promised, the NIH has issued revised due dates for grants. NOT-OD-14-003
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More site news
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Although Labrigger got some positive feedback on the last redesign, some of the more obsessive readers complained that the tile/card format made it difficult to systematically review…
Managing expectations
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In a spartan office looking across Lake Geneva to the French Alps, Henry Markram is searching for a suitably big metaphor to describe his latest project. “It’s going to be the Higgs boson of…
Open Ephys
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Open Ephys is a well-developed, extensive open hardware solution for extracellular electrophysiology.
Founded by Josh Siegle and Jakob Voigts, its motivation resonantes with Labrigger:
We are not motivated to create new tools for their…
Makerwise: comparing 3d printers
3D printing is a great tool. However, I still don’t recommend buying your own 3D printer. Use a service instead (e.g., Ponoko, Shapeways, or Quickparts). Here’s why:
1. The technology moves…
Site news
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The Labrigger audience has been steadily growing since it launched. Many, many more people visit Labrigger in a month than attend the Society for Neuroscience meeting (web traffic aficionados, that’s unique visitors, humans not robots,…
Smartport for open source handheld laser control
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Wicked Lasers makes laser pointers. High quality, high power laser pointers that can be repurposed for other applications. In fact, some of their lasers should probably never be used as pointers (e.g., this 2…
Oscilloscope watch
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It tells time, and has a calendar, alarm, oscilloscope, waveform generator, logic analyzer, protocol sniffer, and a frequency counter.
There’s about a month to go on the Kickstarter campaign, if you want one.
The maker, Gabriel Anzziani, has a good track record. Here are some of his earlier devices:
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US Government Shutdown, NIH, NSF
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The US Government is in shutdown right now. What does that mean for researchers funded by the NIH and NSF?
This notice explains what to expect with respect to the NIH. If that link…