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Hey! I'm studying for my AP Biology Exam, do you mind if I print out the little comic you drew for cell signalling and put it into my journal?? It makes Cell Signalling make 1000% more sense to me!

Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:16:44 -0400

Sure, go for it :) Good luck on your exam!

Things like this are exactly what got me into bioengineering in...

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 15:52:55 -0400

Things like this are exactly what got me into bioengineering in the first place:

blamoscience:

Seahorses get their exceptional flexibility from the structure of their bony plates, which form its external armor. The plates slide past each other as the creature moves. Shown at left is an image from a micro CT-scan of the animal, revealing the seahorse’s skeleton, as well as its bony plates. The structure, lightness and strength of many materials in nature are inspiring scientists and engineers to create new “bio-mimetic” materials that could lead to better body armor, lighter aircraft and stronger, more flexible materials.

Evolution has already done a lot of the engineering work for us. I’m constantly amazed by the design inspiration we can draw from nature.

I started writing my lab write-up here…apparently...

Fri, 15 Mar 2013 19:12:00 -0400

I started writing my lab write-up here…apparently Shakespeare decided that when loading a collagen scaffold with growth factor solution, one must do it zealously.

misslampface:

couragemadnessfriendshiplove:

world-shaker:

Want to collaborate on a Google Doc with Nietzsche, Shakespeare, Dostoyevsky, Dickinson, Dickens and Poe?

Click here. Start typing. Enjoy the hilarity.

Ninja Update: Wanna see something fun? Mention Shakespeare in a sentence and see what happens.

Poe kept writing distinctly into my sentences so I wrote ”Edgar, you’re not funny” aND HE BLATANTLY DELETED THE NOT I AM SO DONE WITH THIS ASDFKJL

I stopped writing for a moment because I got distracted and suddenly this appeared

Procrastination is the thief of time, collar him.

-Yes thank you for your input, Dickens.

This reminds me of my awesome high school photography teacher....

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:23:29 -0400

This reminds me of my awesome high school photography teacher. He always used to tell us that personal safety came before our equipment.

This is such a lovely, beautiful, tender letter. Francis Crick...

Sun, 10 Mar 2013 19:51:32 -0400

This is such a lovely, beautiful, tender letter. Francis Crick sharing his discovery of the structure of DNA with his son.

jtotheizzoe:

Francis Crick’s letter to his 12-year-old son Michael announcing the discovery of DNA’s double-helix structure 60 years ago this week. More at The New York Times.

“Dear Michael,

Jim Watson and I have probably made a most important discovery. We have built a model for the structure of de-oxy-ribose-nucleic-acid (read it carefully) called D.N.A. You may remember that the genes of the chromosomes – which carry the hereditary factors – are made up of protein and D.N.A. Our structure is very beautiful…

Now we believe that the D.N.A. is a code. That is, the order of the bases (the letters) makes one gene different from another gene (just as one page of print is different from another)…

In other words we think we have found the basic copying mechanism by which life comes from life. You can understand that we are very excited. Read this carefully so that you understand it. When you come home we will show you the model.

Lots of love, Daddy.”

It will be auctioned off by Christie’s in April.

Since you all liked Earl the crocheted Erlenmeyer flask so much,...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 01:31:38 -0500

Since you all liked Earl the crocheted Erlenmeyer flask so much, here he is with his new buddy, Bill the Beaker! Ted the test tube will follow when I get dark blue yarn.

This awesome car is in my apartment complex’s garage....

Sat, 09 Feb 2013 16:30:41 -0500

This awesome car is in my apartment complex’s garage. Unfortunately, they removed the mustache before I could make them an accompanying monocle.

"Detecting a needle is not the same thing as finding a needle, not just in a haystack, but on an..."

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 16:30:25 -0500

“Detecting a needle is not the same thing as finding a needle, not just in a haystack, but on an entire farm covered in needle-like objects.”

- Dr. Heller on the problem facing single-molecule detectors

jtotheizzoe: A flaming double helix made of matchsticks, as...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:40:33 -0500

jtotheizzoe:

A flaming double helix made of matchsticks, as photographed by Caleb Charland. An allusion to the “fiery conflicts” that take place within, and around, evolution?

(via The Finch and Pea)

Absolutely beautiful

I recently took up crocheting…meet Earl the Erlenmeyer...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 17:13:06 -0500

I recently took up crocheting…meet Earl the Erlenmeyer flask! Soon to be joined by Bill the Beaker and Ted the Test tube.

Something I was wondering in tissue engineering…when you...

Sun, 16 Dec 2012 16:30:39 -0500

Something I was wondering in tissue engineering…when you implant something onto a mouse’s back, how do you keep it from biting at it? Do they have little cones, like dog cones but for mice?

So…about a year ago I made a post expressing my dire need...

Sat, 15 Dec 2012 16:30:56 -0500

So…about a year ago I made a post expressing my dire need for a hadrosaur cookie cutter (it was my favorite dinosaur as a kid). No luck finding one, so I’ve decided to have my own custom-made cookie cutter commissioned. Hopefully I can usher in the new year with a batch of dinosaur cookies

"If there’s a problem, there’s a solution. That’s the beauty of science and..."

Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:30:27 -0500

“If there’s a problem, there’s a solution. That’s the beauty of science and engineering.”

- Prof. Shaochen Chen, my nanomanufacturing prof

So this guy walks in late to lecture right as my professor is saying "So where are we going to get gorilla sperm?"

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 16:37:00 -0500

He turned around and walked back out the door

This is so hilariously accurate that I can’t breathe...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 18:56:18 -0500

This is so hilariously accurate that I can’t breathe I’m laughing too hard.

Not-so-Christmas cookies. :) Who can resist dinosaurs?? Also, a...

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:45:16 -0500

Not-so-Christmas cookies. :) Who can resist dinosaurs??

Also, a rogue Firefly reference!

What to do with that gap in your homework when you go back to...

Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:55:30 -0500

What to do with that gap in your homework when you go back to redo a problem and it no longer takes up as much space

sciencejokes: fyeahchemistry: Your life has only just...

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 02:55:51 -0500

sciencejokes:

fyeahchemistry:

Your life has only just begun.

http://sciencejokes.tumblr.com

So many tshirts I want…

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 02:12:49 -0500

So many tshirts I want…

OH MY GOD THIS!

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 20:47:46 -0500

OH MY GOD THIS!