Thiago Carvalho @cyrilpedia@qoto.org

What is this beautiful neural phenomenon? Cortical spreading depolarizations, some of the brain's tallest waves, are thought to play a role in many things ranging from migraines to seizures.

Learn more about these beautiful and mysterious neural waves in this weeks post, "Catching the Brain's Tallest Waves" by Sophie Liebergall.

https://pennneuroknow.com/2023/09/26/catching-the-brains-tallest-waves/

Image taken by Sophie Liebergall and Zach Rosenthal at the University of Pennsylvania

#sciComm #neuroscience #brain #brainWaves

#OpenCell: A $50 #OpenSource 3-in-1 device for #DNA #extraction:

-combines bead #homogenizer, #microcentrifuge & vortex #mixer
-RPM measurement
-programmable timers
-battery operation
-optional speed control

https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.09.18.558349
#DIYbio #lab #instruments #FrugalScience

Not good. My olive harvest this year will be zero. I mean nothing. Not one olive on the trees. I presume it was down to the extremely hot, extremely long summer. Our fears are that this will be the new normal - science says our fears are justified.

Climate change is hitting our food production. Today.

I expect olive oil to hit €20 per litre in 🇪🇸. 2 years ago it was €4.

#climatechange #oliveoil

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/28/europes-local-olive-oil-supply-runs-almost-dry-after-summer-of-extreme-weather?s=09

Excited to be in Geneva & Switzerland 1st time for the @GlobalGenMed meeting. Looking forward to connecting with colleagues & discussing how we can work collaboratively & equitably to enable implementation of #GenomicMedicine #PrecisionHealth in Latin America and other LMICs.

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Research from Juma Ward and Paul Martin reveals that microclots and the associated inflammatory response trigger enhanced cancer cell extravasation.
Highlight: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/18/e136_e1802/330690/Platelets-and-immune-cells-are-accomplices-in
Article: https://journals.biologists.com/jcs/article/136/18/jcs261225/329658/Live-imaging-studies-reveal-how-microclots-and-the

This article is available under our Read & Publish Open Access initiative.
Researchers can find out about the wide range of benefits, read what researchers are saying and view a list of participating institutions at https://www.biologists.com/library-hub/read-publish/researchers/
#OpenAccess #ReadandPublish

The Netherlands halted extraction from Europe's biggest gas field on Sunday, which was resulting in earthquakes that have shaken local residents for decades and threaten to persist.

Although gas extraction from the field has been almost cut to zero over the last few years, the government kept the site operational due to the global energy uncertainties prompted largely by Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20231001-netherlands-shuts-europe-s-biggest-gas-field-over-quake-concerns

#Netherlands #Groningen #Gas #Energy #Earthquakes

For today's #MosaicMonday an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).

#LateAntiquity
#RomanArchaeology

[da capo] The Magasanik Paradox
by Elio
The journal Nature published a study of the most 100 most cited scientific papers that provides food for thought to the working stiffs (I used to be one). First of all, I find it quite natural for any researcher to keep an eye on how often his or her work is cited.
Read more > https://tinyurl.com/svwf8jch
#microbiology

Hybridizing #species are usually maintained by genome-wide selection against #introgression or by selection on a few “genomic islands.” @yanivbrandvain & Shelley Sianta explore #PLOSBiology study which finds a new pattern – 60 SNPs across the #genome differentiate #Penstemon species with different #pollinators. Paper: https://plos.io/3LGHkD9 Primer: https://plos.io/3RHSF9L

We privatised the water companies into an artificial market. We failed to regulate or control that artificial market. So instead of investing in infrastructure, the private companies sold out to foreign investors, who borrowed debt to give to execs and shareholders. And now they want the customers to pay for the infrastructure upgrades. To deal with the water shortages and sewage spills.

It's a long con.

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/oct/02/uk-water-companies-plan-cut-leaks-sewage-discharges

Postdoc Position in Single-Molecule Biophysics

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

The Laboratory of Prof. Arne Gennerich at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine invites applications for a Postdoc position.

See the full job description on jobRxiv: https://jobrxiv.org/job/albert-einstein-college-of-medicine-27778-postdoc-position-in-single-molecule-biophysics/?...
https://jobrxiv.org/job/albert-einstein-college-of-medicine-27778-postdoc-position-in-single-molecule-biophysics/?feed_id=60403

Oh yeah, maybe we should pay some attention to this. #clarencethomas #scotus #KochBros #corruption #propublica

https://www.propublica.org/article/clarence-thomas-secretly-attended-koch-brothers-donor-events-scotus