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GIMP 2.8
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GIMP is an open source image editing program. You can use it for a lot of the same things Adobe Photoshop is used for.
They just released version 2.8 (release notes).
In addition to GIMP, be…
Scrivener for the first draft
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Writing a first draft is almost a completely different sport compared to editing and revising. It’s the most creative part of the writing effort. The work flow incorporates outlines, research notes, references, organization, re-organization,…
Keeping up with the literature
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Oldest Reading hard copy tables of content. Pleasent, but impractical.
Older Checking out the updates for Index Medicus. Totally reasonable. In 1988.
Old Getting eTOCs emailed to you. Welcome to the…
Online catalogs
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For small things, I pick vendors based on a few key criteria, the biggest one is how easy it is to find what I want on their web site. (The other factors are delivery…
Lab safety – case studies
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Lab accidents do happen. Fortunately they’re rare because of safety measures. Unfortunately, this also makes people lazy about following safety guidelines.
Earlier, Labrigger covered the danger of retinal burns with lasers.
Cautionary tales are perhaps…
Number of seconds in a year
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The Labrigger editorial team was a little disappointed in the consistently excellent xkcd when the recently posted list of approximations included:
Number of seconds in a year = 75^4 (accurate to 1…
Indirect rates and biomedical research
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You probably already know that many grants have, in addition to the direct component that goes to the lab, an indirect component that goes to the institution.
US institutions negotiate with the NIH to set…
SfN Resources for Teaching
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The Society for Neuroscience (SfN) have compiled and are curating a large collection of online resources for neuroscience teaching. It’s called ERIN (Educational Resources in Neuroscience).
Some examples:
A Nernst-Goldman equation simulator. (link)
…
The Future of PhD Programs
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Nature has a special issue on the future of PhDs. It’s no secret that unlike the US MD program, PhD programs are not regulated and produce way more PhDs than there are jobs for PhDs.
The articles in the issue offer some suggestions. Many seem straightforward and pragmatic, such as studying the demand for PhDs…
Light field imaging
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Light field imaging is a very interesting approach to imaging. The idea is to use an array of microlenses in order to capture light coming from many different angles. By storing this data,…
Movshon-Seung debate on youtube
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The Movshon-Seung debate on what priority connectomics should be is now on YouTube.
EDIT: New link. Last one went private.
…
Microbehunter
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Oliver Kim puts out a nice magazine called Microbehunter. It’s a great resource for microscope nerds. I’ve listed a few blog articles below, but actually, the full PDF issues are where most of…
New open access journal: get paid to review
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Springer is starting a new open access journal called “Scio Cell Biology”. It’s intended to be the first of what they hope will be a whole family of “Scio”-branded journals. They’re a gold…
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