Monthly Archives: May 2011

Links – May 24, 2011

Posted on May 24, 2011 by

My thesis defense is in one week (whoa!), so I’m taking a break from blogging to go into hardcore study and preparation mode. I’ll see you back here after June 1st, hopefully with good news! In the meantime, here are … Continue reading →

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Doug McDonald’s BioGeographical Ancestry Test

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

In my quest to explore various aftermarket sources of information on my 23andMe raw data, I emailed my data to Doug McDonald for his BGA testing service. I first found out about his service on the 23++ Chrome extension website, … Continue reading →

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Anti-clotting factors in vampire bat saliva may save your life.

Posted on May 19, 2011 by

While I’m on the subject of things that suck blood, I’d like to take a moment to tell you how vampire bat saliva may save your life one day. Today I happened to see a tweet from the Ohio State … Continue reading →

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Blue Jay

Posted on May 15, 2011 by

I got way too excited about seeing this little guy through my window today. I’ve lived in Columbus for 8 years, and somehow this is the first only the second time I’ve ever seen a Blue Jay here (I forgot about … Continue reading →

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Heat shock proteins keep mosquitoes fertile after they feed on you.

Posted on May 14, 2011 by

One of my committee members is an insect physiologist. I picked him for my committee because he’s an excellent physiologist who has experience with lipid chemistry. (He’s also an all around nice guy and a very successful scientist.) I took … Continue reading →

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Links – May 13, 2011

Posted on May 13, 2011 by

I’m sorry for not posting much lately. I have, as Gerty-Z joked on Twitter, reached the ‘herding cats’ portion of my graduate education. I’m busy wrapping up loose ends and trying to schedule and prepare for my thesis defense. Also … Continue reading →

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Links – May 5, 2011

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

Feliz Cinco de Mayo! Before I get to the links, here are some things that have been going on lately: – My post not too long ago on the efficacy of cortisol supplement during exposure therapy for specific phobias was … Continue reading →

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Total calorie intake is most influential in regulating adiponectin

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

Today I have a guest post over at the LabSpaces guest blog Dangerous Experiments. In that post I discuss a recent paper that examines the relative influence of total caloric intake, relative amount of dietary fat, and existing body fat … Continue reading →

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Ohio State University student body reacts to Osama Bin Laden’s death

Posted on May 2, 2011 by

Cross-posted at Brown Pundits. “Campus Parties After Bin Laden News” – NBC4 Columbus, OH [additional video coverage at link] Within an hour of the announcement from President Obama that Osama Bin Laden had been killed, students and other young people … Continue reading →

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