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February 9, 2015

2/9/2015

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Better late than never…

A really cool way to monitor nuclear translocation of beta catenin in specific tissues.
http://dev.biologists.org/content/142/3/497.full
In zebrafish of course.

Optogenetics taken to a new level:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7537/full/nature14128.html

Playing with LEGOS is never a waste of time:
http://news.sciencemag.org/plants-animals/2015/02/lego-contraption-allows-scientists-safely-handle-insects?rss=1

Apparently being a part of highly hierarchical group makes you succeed. Or die trying.
http://www.pnas.org/content/112/5/1338.full
From now on, lab members may no longer address me by first name.

Isn’t it reassuring to know that your graduate school does care about you.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v518/n7537/full/nj7537-129c.html
But only until you graduate…

Which means that you must find a balance between working in the lab and schmoozing:
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2015_02_04/caredit.a1500032
And please do not take the urban dictionary literally on this one...

Darius
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