Planaria… A cool planarian video 28 Oct 2024October 28, 2024 Hello, I have not posted in a while, I know, and I bow my head in shame. I'll get better. Here's a cool video of two planarian species that I…
FREE CHILDREN’S STORY: Arrow, the Lucky Planarian This is a free pdf. Feel free to download it and enjoy the story. Please let me know what you think. Arrow-the-Lucky-PlanarianDownload
Biology… FREE CHILDREN’S STORY: Arrow, the Lucky Planarian 14 Apr 2022June 6, 2022 This is a short book for children inspired in my favorite organism. Feel free to download it an enjoy. Please let me know what you think! Feedback appreciated and valued!…
Science The Baldscientist Podcast – Episode 005 – Ask Me Anything, and a surprise planarian story. 30 Dec 2020December 30, 2020 To access the episode, please go here. Episode notes Credits, Acknowledgments, and References Introduction courtesy of Mr. Micah Hanks.Tres Leches cake: tastesbetterfromscratch.com/tres-leches-cake/The lucky planarian story: the First Brain: The Neuroscience…
Flatworms… Happy Epiphany / Three Kings‘ Day … Planarian Style 6 Jan 2019 Three Kings' Day is one of the most important parts of the Christmas season for Hispanic families. It was a big deal when I was little, and I have tried…
Biology… Book review: Planarian Regeneration – Methods and Protocols 12 Aug 2018 This year, Christmas really came in July for this planarian researcher. (:-) I have been waiting for this book for quite a while. If you work or are thinking of…
Blogging Happy Darwin Day 2016 … and planarians… (:-) 12 Feb 2016 For Darwin Day 2016. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of it. This guy…
Biology… Darwin Day – Planarians 12 Feb 2016 For Darwin Day 2016. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of it. This guy…
Blogging Memory research using planarians 26 Mar 2015 Planarians are truly experiencing a "Golden Age" of neuroscientific discovery. Here is a link to a very well-written and interesting article by the journalist Arielle Duhaime-Ross. I have the honor…
Blogging "The First Brain: The Neuroscience of Planarians" – Table of Contents 9 Feb 2015 INTRODUCTION PART I – FUNDAMENTALS Chapter 1. Science Chapter 2. Biomedical Research PART II – THE SCIENCE OF THE BRAIN Chapter 3. An introduction to the neurosciences Chapter 4. The…
Blogging Our first publication of 2015! Nicotine, Curare, and Planarians, oh my… 24 Jan 2015 I am very proud to announce the e-publication of our first paper of 2015! It was published in the journal Neurochemical Research. Here's the release: Neurochem Res. 2015 Jan 23.…
Blogging… Planarians, Regeneration, and the Medicine of the Future – From Quarks to Quasars 20 Sep 2014 Hi! I would like to share a short interview/profile that the website "From Quarks to Quasars" (http://www.fromquarkstoquasars.com/) posted about The First Brain and yours truly. You can access the interview…
Biology… Planarian pharmacology and toxicology research is taking off! (:-D) 9 Sep 2014 In a previous post (two years ago - 2012 - , almost at the point of my book publication), I explored the current trends on planarian pharmacology and toxicology (and…
Blogging Planarians / Flatworms in our popular culture 2 Jun 2014 It is no secret that I love my flatworms. I am far from being an impartial observer, after all, it is my chosen research subject. Nonetheless, after I started to…
Blogging Of The Walking Dead, Cosmos, and Planaria 18 Mar 2014January 31, 2024 Last Sunday there was an unexpected nerdy treat for us planarian enthusiasts in the US. Our favorite wormies were mentioned in not one, but two TV series, coincidentally, both at…
Blogging Planarian Behavior Measurement – Motility 22 Nov 2013 ‘‘Under carefully controlled experimental circumstances, an animal will behave as it damned well pleases.’’ -Harvard Law of Animal Behavior** Planarians are a rising star in pharmacology and neuroscience research. In…
Blogging Planarian pic 22 Nov 2013 Being the Sci Fi fan that I am, you will not be surprised to learn that this picture is titled: "Planarian caught in a wormhole! Ahhhhhhhhh!" (:-D)
Blogging Planarians and nicotine paper 5 Nov 2013 Hello all! Since you now know a little bit about dose-response relationships you are ready for my summary of the next planarian pharmacology paper, coming soon! A cembranoid from tobacco…
Blogging Do planarians need their brain to react to abused drugs? Well, it depends on the drug… 2 Nov 2013September 1, 2020 This is my first post specifically on one of the papers from my laboratory. As an introduction, I want to remind you that I use planarians in pharmacology research. The…
