Breath held
In which the joys of numerical analysis are recounted. Learn about the amazing goScript.
Strength in numbers, or so I hope
In which a mighty watershed is crossed, from the headwaters of the experiment to the analysis catchment, and the many feelings this arouses described.
Weekly grind
Where progress is made toward purifying cell walls.
Bloggery
Blogging returns after a 3 month hiatus with a brief account of what happens to cell walls when cells are ground up.
Scientist as trucker
Last Wednesday, I drove to Manhattan to pick up an Illumina GAIIx gene sequencing machine (Fig. 1). Arguably, I have never written a sentence less probable. I hardly sequence DNA by the kilo-base, let alone by the giga-base, and driving in Manhattan leaves me terrified. The story began only the week before when Nick Kaplinsky […]
A wee dram of data
What do you call a woman who drinks too much? … … A dram queen. OK ok, sorry, couldn’t resist, on with the tales of lab dram. This week, I slipped the traces of the computer and pulled the lab work sleigh, twice. The first heave-ho lasted for about 45 min and was me getting […]
Measure for measure
This week, I have been measuring. This sounds as though I have been holding up a ruler to measure how high my plants have grown, or perhaps putting a dozen leaves on a balance. But no, I am using a computer to measure features of images I captured during the summer at MBL. This measuring […]
Literary pursuits
No, I haven’t decided to write a novel. And no, I am not being quaint when I use the word ‘literary’ to refer to the work on manuscripts and proposals that has occupied my fingers since the last post, several weeks ago. To the contrary I am making a point. I know, I know, this […]
Kandinsky cells
In which I describe experiments that produced cells looking rather like a Kandinsky print. Is this an Art-ifact?
Set your diSPIMs to stun
In which I regale the reader with tales of the diSPIM