by Spidermonkey
Hello World from the lab!
Part spider - part lab monkey, will do science for cash, strawberries, or for a place to be that's out of the rain (but preferably for cash).
The rest of what I get up to goes into the Tunnel of Goats :)
Urgent Science Stuff:
Please help reform English libel law
Current UK libel laws are very bad for science and free speech.
Cool science stuff:
RCSB Protein data bank: Molecule of the Month in alphabetical order
The PCR Song It's the little things that keep you going...
NCBI's Entrez Gene My favourite starting point for finding out what is known about any gene of interest.
NCBI's PubMed Where to go to find pretty much all research published in the last 30 years or so (may go back a lot further now). All newly published research is quickly added to the site.
The Genetic Code - table of the DNA/RNA triplet codes for amino acids. This is how DNA codes for protein.
Another PCR song Disco frenzy :)
Dania says:
Fascinating. I love what they did to that leaf in the bottom. Bug art!
Caine says:
Amazing shots. I see leaves like this every year. We don't have poplars on our property though. Something works on cottonwood leaves in the same manner!
taniwha says:
I think Eric Carle has been lying to us ... I don't see the cupcakes, ice cream or sausages the very hungry caterpiller munched through
crickson says:
Interesting that they seem to avoid the vascular tissue - I suppose they can't digest the lignin?
taniwha says:
Interesting - Crickson. How would they know they can't digest it? Would the taste tell them?
crickson says:
Probably more tactile than that - the lignified vessels would be stiffer.
I actually know b*gger all about insect grazing on leaves - I'm just guessing.
