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Evolutionary noise | The Polarized Postdoc
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Leave a comment ». This year I celebrated America s birthday in style, sitting around with my friends in our beer and burger filled bellies playing the evolution game. Basically, a hand-waving exercise to entertain ourselves whilst fireworks do their natural selection bit. Present, we were able to distill all the beauty and wisdom of Darwin. S theory in a few simple parameters: traits are selected-for, in a given environment, if they confer an advantage for either survival or procreation. From one firefl...
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Karma muffins | The Polarized Postdoc
https://polarizedpostdoc.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/karma-muffins
Hypothetically speaking, if one were to accidentally back into someone s car s door, and drive away in a hurry without leaving a note, and then some weeks later someone else would in turn back into. Car s door and scram (leisurely or hurriedly) without leaving a note, it must mean that the universe, using the active forces of karma, has just spun around enough to recover its equilibrium. And if we have our units, we can devise a system to calculate how many KJs are there in a hug, a kind salute, a ride t...
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The quest for the perfect muffin, part I: Screening | The Polarized Postdoc
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The quest for the perfect muffin, part I: Screening. Yes, lucky reader, you have heard well, there is not only another muffin post, but also a third one on the way. The truth is, of late my polarized life has been skewing dangerously towards the stay-at-home-and-bake side, neglecting the rave-around-the-city part I was so fond (and proud, given my years) of. Long Island can pass for a decent summer getaway, with nice beaches, the best of the city life in bloom close by, and interesting characters. This l...
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Resistance | The Polarized Postdoc
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Leave a comment ». The fight with cancer is a battle of endurance, and persistence. In the end, for each individual and for the science community, the last one standing will be the winner. Until then, all tricks, dirty and otherwise, are justified. The same way that wars can be studied as strategic games by compartimentalizing away all their horror, it is sometimes fascinating to be at the front lines and get a glimpse of the progress of the cancer battle, in real time. A good example is this book. As ef...
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The Polarized Postdoc | Page 2
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Contrary to what the buzz. Says, new developments in the war against cancer are not that hard to come by, or that minor. Those important characteristics in anti-cancer advances (speed, abundance and relevance) are in direct correlation to the money and effort invested in research. Which is why we need to keep committing both to an unfaltering fight. Because even the smallest victory saves countless lives, present and future. Just recently, two new therapies. Tumors. This positive response represents ...
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The quest for the perfect muffin, part II: Candidate approach | The Polarized Postdoc
https://polarizedpostdoc.wordpress.com/2009/08/01/candidate-approach
The quest for the perfect muffin, part II: Candidate approach. And so for every endeavor, there is perfection, and then there is your personal take on it. Perfection, baked and photographed by max. And so, I came up with this banana-nutella recipe that comprises, to our best taste and knowledge, all the ingredients that make for a perfect muffin. To be sure, we consulted an outside expert. Speaking of pride and joy, I believe today it s time to feel both for you, Max, happy birthday. I wish that you ...
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Monkey Business | The Polarized Postdoc
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Leave a comment ». While some of us are scooping summer bliss out of ice cream cones, the on-shift scientists continue their quest for the secrets of life. In this case, of eternal life. But of course, their proposed recipe for extended youth has major catch. Life-prolonging phenomena are harder to come by that life-ending ones, but nevertheless some thirty years back it was discovered that caloric restriction. Diets effectively prolonged life span. These pictures are striking, and gave raise to a very h...
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Empanada | The Polarized Postdoc
https://polarizedpostdoc.wordpress.com/2009/07/10/empanada
8220;Empanada” is a Spanish word with poignant connotations for my life right now. Literally, it means “breaded” or “tucked inside bread” and usually refers to a traditional dish from the north-west of Spain. This region delimited by mountain ranges and crooked coast lines is the home of velvety, furry grassed hills and the rich silver stretch of the Atlantic ocean that we call Cantabric sea. So, to try to fight of my baker s block and quell my existential anxiety, I decided to adapt my heirloom empanada...
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Reader´s manual | The Polarized Postdoc
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Leave a comment ». This polarized blog is asymmetrically divided into personal and scientific posts. Please feel free to skim through the category that better suits your interests. Science posts are about cell biology, and breast cancer, as well as lab (true) stories, science news and commentaries, and hopefully career development reports. Personal posts include everything else: music, food, travels, gardening, scarfs and mittens, bread and muffins, orchids and pictures, and anything in between. You are ...
