Micro-Manager
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Micro-Manager (µ-Manager) is an open, ImageJ-based suite of code for controlling microscopes and associated instrumentation. Check out the list of supported equipment.
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Open access soon to be free?
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PeerJ is a new open access journal and their killer feature is that they charge less.
What does this mean for publishing? It means it’s getting cheap fast. PLoS journals charge $1400+ for each article, PeerJ…
Three quick productivity tips
Posted in Tips
There’s probably a 10:1 ratio between productivity tips and people implementing them. So this’ll be short.
– Stay organized, but keep it simple. E.g., one text file with a few lists. Don’t go in for complex software or systems.
– This book “Getting Things Done” is a quick read with some good tips.
– Use…
DIY Superresolution
Posted in Software
Quickpalm is an open source software package for DIY PALM and STORM implementations. They’re responsive on their discussion forum and have a wiki with a decent amount of technical information.
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SOFA, open stats
Posted in Software
If you’d like to read some deep, wide-ranging philosophical discussions about R, an open statistics software package, then I wonder why we’re friends. But since we are, here are some links, you psychopath:
“R is a programming language missing a GUI”…
Whole embryo imaging
Posted in Hardware
Drosophila embryos are a fraction of a square mm, and go from fertilization to hatching (as a larva) in about 22 hrs. So it’s possible to image individual embryos in their…
Introducing the Spectrino
Posted in Hardware
The Open Hardware wave keeps rolling: MySpectral recently announced the Spectrino – an Arduino based spectrometer. It’s as barebones as spectrometers go, with the small enclosure containing a diffraction grating, CCD light…
Manipulator stand, reasonably priced
Posted in Hardware
Manipulator stands are priced bizarrely high. The Sutter model above starts at $760. If you want a taller one, or one with a linear slide, the price can go up to $1395 (price…
New CDC plan for zombies
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From the CDC:
We continue to reach and engage a wide variety of audiences on all hazards preparedness via Zombie Preparedness; and as our own director, Dr. Ali Khan, notes, “If you are generally well…
Sir Huxley RIP
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Andrew Huxley (right) passed away on May 30th at age 94.
Above is a BBC interview with Hodgkin and Huxley shot in my living room in 1985. Wolpert does an excellent…
Z-Projections
To project 3D image stacks to a 2D image, several different algortithms can be used. Maximum projections and averages are the most commonly used. Neither…
Troubleshooting noise
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“Okay. I think I’ve got a lead on the noise we’ve been troubleshooting. The noise is coming from a broadcast RF source between 2200 and 2500 MHz. Let’s check with the FCC and see what is allocated to that spectrum to get an idea of where this interference could be coming from.”
Miscellaneous notes on screws
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Terms for metric and English screw size standards
These terms are all equivalent for most purposes:
metric = ISO metric = ANSI mm
English (US) = imperial (UK) = UTS = ANSI…
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