Science Checking in 13 Aug 2023 Hi, it’s been a while! I hope that you, the two and a half faithful readers of Baldscientist, are well. All’s better on my side of this life. It has…
Biochemistry… Great quotes by Great Scientists – Frances Ashcroft 11 Feb 2022February 11, 2022 ~~~~ I'm still fixing dead links. If you run into one, please let me know and I will take care of it. Please note that baldscientist.wordpress.com is no more; my…
Autism… Autistic monkeys – Is this ethical? 18 Apr 2021April 24, 2021 In 2016, a Scientific American article about a report in the journal Nature caught my eye. At first, I got interested for intellectual reasons. Then the very first line of…
Book Reviews… So, you want to be a scientist who writes? 13 Jul 2019August 7, 2022 I am a scientist who writes.The above sentence could be the closest that I've ever been to an epiphany, and that is why I decided to turn it into a…
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…
Biology… At the Santa Fe Institute 19 Dec 2017September 8, 2020 One of the main desires that a scientist has (yes, we have wants and desires just like everyone else!) is to be recognized by other scientists. I got a taste…
Blogging… To model a flock of birds or a school of fish: The real thing? 10 Dec 2017October 9, 2020 *Note: This is an updated post from 2012... with a new twist ending 😊 ~ One of the most beautiful and awe-worthy shows in nature is to observe a school…
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 The Baldscientist's blog up to 2014… Thank you, one and all! 4 Jan 2015 Dear all, Here's my "traditional" annual graph with my total views and average views per month vs the year. Thank you ever so much for reading me. You have no…
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 Plantimals – An update 26 Dec 2013 This is an update on the post below, which described some examples of organisms that are at the same time heterotrophs (organisms that need to eat other organisms to survive)…
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 Scientific research in a predominantly undergraduate institution 15 Sep 2013May 13, 2024 I love scientific research, which is a great thing because it is an indispensable part of being a true scientist. I am more fortunate than most scientists at predominantly undergraduate institutions…
Blogging My first post from Europe: Hasselt University, Belgium 29 Jun 2013 This week I travelled to Diepenbeek, Belgium, home of Hasselt University, in the Province of Limburg, Flanders. Hasselt U is about an hour drive from Brussels and is a hotspot…
Biology “Amateur” is not a dirty word, but then again neither is “Expert”. 29 Apr 2013October 8, 2020 Humanity needs all kinds of people, period. Any kind of honest job is honorable. That being said, there are jobs and there are jobs. Some disciplines require an advanced degree…
Biology Planarian astronauts 30 Mar 2013 As part of the immense body of scientific activity brought about by the exploration of the moon, some lunar material was brought to Earth. Quite understandably one of the main…
Biology No please, not Jane Goodall! (:-(… 21 Mar 2013 Sad, just sad... I have yet to look at this in depth, but apparently Jane Goodall committed plagiarism in her latest book. What? You do not know who Jane Goodall…
Biology Some of the responsibilities of a science writer – Part II 18 Mar 2013 Note added in Feb 2015: I am psychic! I kid. I am just saying that I wrote this post a couple of years ago and the vaccines issue is a…
