Biodiversity… Happy Darwin Day 2017 11 Feb 2017 Happy Darwin day! For Darwin Day 2017. I bet you did not know that Darwin studied planarians too! He did, and the above quote is just a small sample of…
Biology… This is what writers live for… A story about “The First Brain” 27 Nov 2016 Hello again! I wanted to tell you a wonderful story that warms my heart as an educator as well as a writer. It is about my book The First Brain. I have…
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 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…
Books… Some aspects of the evolution of "The First Brain" 29 Sep 2014 Yes, this is yet another post about my book...(:-)... I found some old notes and my first scribbles about the epilogue. I wanted to share them with you... I recently…
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…
Biology… Great quotes by great scientists – James V. McConnell 6 Sep 2014 Credit: Baldscientist Dr. James V. McConnell, psychologist and the "grandfather" of the modern era of the study of planarian behavior. For more information you can go here and here. Also,…
Blogging The exceptions of biology 18 Aug 2014 Credit: Stanford University I like stating in my lectures that biology is a science of exceptions. This in no way invalidates the rules; rather, they give us a new appreciation…
Blogging Late night thoughts: Why do I write? 17 Aug 2014 I can't sleep. In my corner of the world is past 3am. I was reading. Then, out of the blue, I decided to write. Why do I write? Credit: edutech4teachers.edublogs.org…
Blogging Slight update – Nice things people have said about "The First Brain" 14 Aug 2014 If you have read The First Brain, I would ***really*** like to hear from you, especially what can I do better. If you have any questions about it just leave…
Blogging In praise of invertebrate brains 12 Aug 2014 A philosophical question (sorry NDT!): Can the brain understand the brain? Of course, what I really mean is whether we humans will be aver able to understand our own brain.…
Blogging My weird thought of today – Aug 5, 2014 5 Aug 2014 My weird thought of today - Aug 5, 2014 "Science does not exist" ? I even put it in writing. If you want to know more, it is in chapter…
Blogging… Don't know why, but the price of the Kindle version of The First Brain is reduced! 26 Jul 2014 Don't know why but the price of the Kindle version of The First Brain is reduced! Not my doing; I do not control it... (:-) If you have read it,…
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 Scientific American and the Worm 25 Apr 2014 If you like science, you know of Scientific American (SciAm). This is a science magazine that has been around in one form or another since 1848. From what I’ve seen,…
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 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…
Blogging Planarian pharmacology 2 Nov 2013 Would you, loyal readers, like to see a few posts on my own research on planarian pharmacology?
