Another blog added
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Xcorr has some nice posts on coding, Plexon systems, analysis, and whatnot. It was just added to the Recommended Blogs section on the right. Some example posts:
A Plexon C++ API on 64-bit Linux…
Idex CVI Melles Griot
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Acquisition news. In May 2007, CVI bought Melles Griot for $60 million. CVI was itself owned by Norwest Equity Partners. The new CVI Melles Griot then promptly…
2p cross sections for fluorescent proteins
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On the off chance that you missed it, Drobizhev et al. published a bunch of 2p cross sections for fluorescent proteins.
Earlier:
2p cross sections
More 2p cross…
Data’s killer app
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On the topic of the recent app post, I’ve been thinking about an old blog post from Peter Keane. The of his post is, “What is Data’s Killer App?” In it, he pondered the problem of data management.
After a not entirely apt analogy to HTML, Keane suggested that there is no killer app…
Apps
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You probably caught the article about the group who runs their laser-trapping experiments using an app they wrote for iOS on the iPad. This sparked a commentary about apps in science. What about some other apps for handheld and tablet computing?
Reference organization
In general, when it comes…
MakerBeam: cheap construction rails
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A while back Labrigger covered some sources for alternative mechanics. Here’s a new one. MakerBeam is an inexpensive kit of construction rails aka T-slot bars. This would be a…
Test slides
Let me tell you a little story.
The place is the CONFOCALMICROSCOPY listserv.
The time is 1997.
A query asks how to mount fluorescent beads from Molecular Probes in order to image…
iPad Oscilloscope
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To revisit an earlier post on mini-oscilloscopes, how about an iPad oscilloscope?
It’s not available just yet, but Oscium will soon start selling the iMSO-104, a peripheral add-on for the iPad,…
Mini oscilloscopes
Posted in Hardware
Seeed Studio repurposed parts for cheap MP3 players and made a production miniature oscilloscope, the DSO nano. I like this small tool and bought one of the first iterations (see…
OpenOptogenetics
When Karl Deisseroth started publishing his work on Channelrhodopsin-2, he set up a website to share the resources, including plasmid information, protocols for expression systems, and hardware details. His site, optogenetics.org, is…
More MATLAB code for 2p scope design
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In the last post, I mentioned how the “minification” factor (the diameter of the PMT detector divided by the diameter…
MATLAB code for designing collection optics for 2p scopes
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The Tsai book chapter from Ron Frostig’s CRC book is a great resource for building your own 2p microscope. In…
White House budget proposal 2012
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Funding is tight all over. The question is only: How tight? The White House released its budget today. It’s just a proposal, and…
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