iGEM competition has attracted participants from all around the world, and Greece couldn’t be the exception. The first Greek team, iGEM…
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post iGEM 2018: Two synbio teams from Greece are here to leave their markRead more
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post Ayahuasca: Ritual psychedelic turns modern-day anti-depressantRead more
For any of the 300 million individuals worldwide suffering from depression, a fast-acting, effective treatment can mean the difference between life and…
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post I am known by many names, but it’s all SCRAMBLEdRead more
Guest post by Thomas Clements SCRAMBLE is a new form of directed evolution pioneered in Sc 2.0, an entirely synthetic…
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post Closing the loop for brain imaging in depression: What have we learned and where are we heading? By David MehlerRead more
Depression can have a profound impact on affected individuals and those around them. It is one of the most common mental health…
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post A Collage of Cretaceous CoprolitesRead more
Coprolites, a fancy term for fossilized poo, are commonly highlighted by paleontologists for pure shock value and bad pun potential (“Protect Rare…
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post How the brain learns to read: development of the “word form area”Read more
The ability to recognize, process and interpret written language is a uniquely human skill that is acquired with remarkable ease at a…
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post A case of Mesozoic misidentificationRead more
Did you know that some times scientists make mistakes? Yep, I know it might be shocking, but they’re not always right, despite…
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post National Fossil Day 2018: Art Contest Theme Announced “The Age of Reptiles—More than Just Dinosaurs”Read more
National Fossil Day is still a few months away (October 17, 2018), but as I have mentioned before, now is the time…
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post No two brain injuries are identical: The future of fMRI for assessment of traumatic brain injury By Ekaterina DobryakovaRead more
Brain imaging is an important tool for clinicians in diagnosing patients who have suffered from traumatic brain injury (TBI). Brain imaging techniques…
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post Book review: ‘A Crack in Creation.’ Jennifer Doudna’s journey of discoveryRead more
Famed CRISPR researcher Jennifer Doudna, along with a past student Samuel Sternberg (starting his own lab in at Columbia University), wrote an…
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post Shell Shock! Can morphometrics distinguish fossil turtle species?Read more
A big component of paleontological work revolves around identifying morphological characters that diagnose distinct species in the fossil record. But therein lies…
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post Open science: Sharing is caring, but is privacy theft? by David Mehler and Kevin WeinerRead more
Open Science (OS) is a movement toward increased sharing among scientists of their data, their materials, their computer code, their papers, and…