As part of my project recording the plant-pathogenic fungi and oomycetes of Ireland, I received an Irish Naturalists’ Journal grant to buy a new microscope. I finally have it and I am excited to use it in my micromycological research this year! The microscope I got is a Motic Panthera C2 Trinocular.

I still remember the moment it hit me. It was past midnight in a near-empty office, and I was huddled over a draft policy memo on biotech. My task was to outline guidelines for biotech-enabled military systems that didn’t even exist yet. I found myself scribbling notes about self-driving labs, “rogue” machine biohackers, and fail-safe mechanisms, essentially spinning a story about a hypothetical future.

James Nguyen reviews Inference and Representation, by Mauricio Suárez

The World’s Weirdest Rodents: A Fascinating Look When you think of rodents, the common images that come to mind might be that of a mouse or a rat scurrying across the floor. However, the world of rodents is incredibly vast and filled with some of the most bizarre and fascinating creatures. Let’s delve into the world of these overlooked animals and spotlight some of the weirdest rodents that inhabit our planet.

🔗How it started My journey in creating my first R package all started when I received an email from a colleague who was working with archived soil samples that were collected prior to the advent of GPS technology.These samples were georeferenced using the Manitoba Original Survey Legal Descriptions, which originate from the Dominion Land Survey system, introduced in the late 19th century to organize the European settlement and colonization of

🔗Cómo empezó Mi viaje para crear mi primer paquete de R comenzó cuando recibí un correo electrónico de un colega que trabajaba con muestras de suelo archivadas que se recogieron antes de la llegada de la tecnología GPS.Estas muestras se georreferenciaron utilizando las Descripciones Legales de Levantamientos Originales de Manitoba, que proceden del sistema Dominion Land Survey introducido a finales del siglo XIX para organizar el asentamiento y

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Our lab is growing! In our Three Questions series, we’re profiling each of our members and the amazing work they’re doing. This post introduces Dr. Diego Chavarro , a Research Associate at the ScholCommLab. In this interview, Diego tells us what excites him most about his work.

In 2022, I started my Master’s in Biology, at Radboud University in the Netherlands where I had just finished my Bachelor’s degree. The Master’s programme includes two research internships of 36 EC (approx. 6 months), both of which include writing a thesis. As I had been working on a database of identification keys, I was interested in a project focused on taxonomy for my first research internship.

This is part 2 of a series on uv. Other posts in this series: uv, part 1: running scripts and tools This post Coming soon… Last year I wrote a post on creating a Python command line application with Click using a cookiecutter template, building with setuptools and publishing with twine.

Introduction Let’s talk about your heart. Not the metaphorical one that’s still recovering from that season finale of Stranger Things , but the actual meat-and-potatoes organ pumping in your chest.