Blogging “The voice of the heart”; – Autism and Science Fiction 6 May 2015April 18, 2021 The Voice of the Heart is my first try at science fiction. The story is about an autistic young man and his father, who used a rather creative strategy to…
Blogging Write 27 Apr 2015 Write. Please write whenever and wherever you can. There is no ideal place, there is no optimal moment. Not everyone is able to go to the Alps, the Andes or…
Blogging The kind of science writer that I aspire to be… 4 Apr 2015 I want to tell you about the role models that I have followed over the years even before I even thought about becoming an author. If my writing could become…
Blogging My Evil Red Pen & Why I don't Like the Concept of Extra Credit 28 Mar 2015 From time to time, I like posting pictures like the one below in my FB and Twitter: When I post things like this, I usually say things like "Grading, mwahahahahahaaaaa!",…
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 Whining to God 3 Mar 2015 **WARNING: SOME RAMBLING THOUGHTS AHEAD*** ~ As most children are, I was rather good at letting my parents know when I was unhappy. I was not a "whiny" kid in…
Blogging Silly wormies … 23 Feb 2015 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you want to know more of my scientific research you can click here. Want to see what my blog is about? Go here for some other posts. You…
Blogging Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" – Updated 18 Feb 2015 Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" - Updated If you have read The First Brain, I would ***really*** like to hear from you, especially what can I…
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 Random Musings: Autism and Spirituality – “Almost normal” 7 Feb 2015 I am prone to bouts of nostalgia. Here's a post originally published in 2012... ~ Without dismissing or belittling the suffering and feelings of severely sick or mentally / physically…
Blogging A good laugh 5 Feb 2015 I have the best students in the world. End of story. This morning, one of them gave me a good laugh, which by the way, I badly needed. Right after…
Blogging What are you curious about? 30 Jan 2015 What are the biology-ish topics that you are curious about? If you are lucky, very lucky, I may write a blogpost on that... What do you think? Should I put…
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 Academic scientist or Science Communicator? 18 Jan 2015 Sagan was right on; I do love science. I know that I am not alone. You can find some of my reasons for wanting to write science here. As for…
Blogging Para mis seguidores Hispanoparlantes… Entrevista en Espaňol 14 Jan 2015 El pasado noviembre en la reunión de la sociedad de neurociencia, el señor Luis Quevedo, periodista dedicado a las ciencias (NTN24, luisquevedo.org), me entrevistó sobre mis investigaciones, sobre my libro…
Blogging Very grateful for a wonderful review of my first book … 12 Jan 2015 A really wonderful review of The First Brain was just published. Here's the text and reference of it, reproduced by kind permission of the author: ========= Pagán, Oné R. The…
Blogging At amazon.com: My short story – Free for four days! / Mi historia corta – ¡Gratis por cuatro días! 9 Jan 2015 Still absolutely free until today!
Blogging Misunderstood 8 Jan 2015 *Sigh* You must have a certain degree of "skin thickness" to make your thoughts public. I know that I am not saying anything new, but it is a lesson that…
