#microscopy Monday

[eonars]

BORINGGGGG ⬇️🚫😴🤓

Moved into my actual long term place in the city today (have been living in my department head's basement apartment thing until my contract starts and that was way out in the countryside where the university is) right now it's 10:15pm and I'm all tucked up in the brand new fresh bedding I bought today for my dinky little twin bed because this is a one room studio. Which is worth honestly bc I'm paying only approx $1k a month for it and it's smack DEEP in the city center, walking distance from the train station and surrounded by all kinds of super exciting stuff. Tomorrow I need to unpack properly and go through the box of kitchen stuff the landlord gave me and decide what I want + do a big shop of establishing kitchen essentials + possibly another less big shop of homewares and storage/organization stuff perhaps. I've also been struck with the realization that tomorrow is Saturday night and I'm in the big city and can just.....go out if I want to and easily walk back here whenever I want. I gotta go into the office on Monday even though there's nothing to do because I need to retrieve my work laptop (left it there so there'd be one less thing to move) and I figure since I'm there I can also practice the presentation I have to give at this summer school program. The summer school program that I have to leave for on Tuesday because why would I get to just chill and settle in to the new place for more than 4 days you know. But that's where the real hard work is gonna start because they're gonna have us in lectures and practical sessions on cryopreservation and laser microscopy from the getgo which is giving me the major fear cause from here on out it's Real. Like I get back from this week long program and immediately it's time for my husbandry sessions and learning to do ivf on fish and a microdissection session and signing up for the ethics in animal experimentation course and I'm getting a weird fear that for whatever reason I'll just full stop be too stupid to determine cryodamage via laser microscopy and they'll be like actually you're done just go back. Which is stupid I'm aware because obviously they know full well I'm not an expert on this stuff and I've never even done it before and accepted me anyway but still. It just feels really surreal cause I suddenly got every single thing I've ever wished for in the space of like two months and I haven't been able to shake the feeling that somethings gonna go wrong and it's all gonna disappear and I'm gonna end up back home again. Or like I'm scared it's gonna be too hard and I won't be able to do it cause they overestimated me and I have the least lab and research experience out of all these other candidates because again I'm just a minimum wage waster from california they brought in vs veterinarians and research scientists. Like if doing ivf on a zebrafish was so easy surely everyone would be doing it. I've also had an unshakeable migraine for like 3 days now and I think even though I've been doing so well at a solid 11:30 to 7am sleep sched for these last few weeks I'm gonna let myself sleep in tomorrow morning before I rise and grind and unpack. And then maybe dress up and go sip a vodka soda in a metal bar alone looking like a spooked antelope.

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2024-02-26

Critical vegetable issue (ran out of spicy chilies and my farmers market still hasn't reopened)

Listening: A Lunch Between Order and Chaos, an avant-garde strings album by a bunch of people. Here's "Unison"

Do you like songs that sound like they go on forever? Do you like songs that make you think of the formal descriptions of impressionist art? Do you like someone who is very good at the violin playing some shit that you would never think to play on the violin? Well I have an album for you.

Watching: Some more Gundam, also, I have to link the Friends at the Table stream vods for Keith and Jack playing Crusader Kings 3.

Obsessed. I think I might understand Crusader Kings now.

Reading: Bah, bad week. Rifling through my short sci-fi story collections but nothing that caught my eye. I need to get something new from my kobo wishlist.

Playing: No dark souls, amazingly! I fell into an Inscryption hole playing Kaycee's mod. It took a while to get back into it but I finally got a full clear. I got an ouroboros and the necessary cards to do an infinite boost on the ouroboros damage, where you sacrifice it over and over. Learning a lot of things about how to play Inscryption that I never picked up in the main game, I deeply undervalued black goats and beehives before.

Making: Spent a LOT of time on the NAS case. Had to babysit the printer over a couple days to get the print through, mostly without incident except for the one time it popped off the plate and crashed the printhead a few hours into a print. Sorted out bed heating and insulation and now it's fine.

That is coming along, doing a lot of reading on painting and also a brief detour into composite skinning because I considered that. Not doing that but there's a local company that makes a heat-resistant PLA that I might use to try and do composite skinning projects.

Designs for the NAS are basically done. I might do a different top cap but for now reusing the same cap on the top and bottom is probably fine. This is false-colour for clarity, it's all black PETG (although the caps might be PLA. I'll see.)

Now it's a matter of printing final parts, sanding, painting, and making sure I have all the fasteners I need for said things.

Tools and Equipment: I have a set of culinary long tweezers that I keep around ostensibly for microscopy shit and I am constantly using them for everything. Grabbing stuff that falls under couches, detaching plastic from printbeds, extending my reach by a few centimeters, yanking on jammed needles in quilting. Really quite useful.

[thearchaeologiststeacup]

Time for the first #MondayMicrowear challenge of 2023! . For those of you who aren't yet familiar with this weekly challenge: I post a microscopic picture and encourage people to write in the comments what they think they can see. Obviously, I don't expect everyone to get it right first time - I've had a lot of experience with this analytical method and the materials. But I thought it might be a fun little exercise to get you thinking about what exactly it is you're seeing, and what the tiniest traces can tell us about an object. . So how does this work here on Instagram? Well, I post a picture on a Monday, and then you have until the next Monday to write in the comments what you think you can see in the picture. Think about things like: - what the object is - what material - what traces you can see - what they might tell us about how this object was made or used - anything really! . The aim is to get you thinking and put your detective hat on. Try to avoid looking at other people's comments, and don't worry about saying something potentially silly - archaeology is all about interpretation! . One week after the initial post, I will update the caption to describe what can be seen in the image, and what this can tell us about the object, so you can see how close you got. (Don't forget to check last week's post to see the results of that one) . Good luck everyone! . Also if you fancy subscribing to my (free) monthly newsletter, which includes monthly microwear challenges, you can do so through my website (link in description). . #MicrowearAnalysis #archaeology #archaeologist #ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyLovers #microscope #microscopy #MicroscopicAnalysis https://www.instagram.com/p/CnL_MR_KN6t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[patalipat-blog]

Biryani, sopas, at kape

I need to learn how to balance being kind to myself and pushing myself beyond my comfort zone.

It's Sunday again. I planned to start my day early but I guess the fatigue has really caught up to me. Last Wednesday marked my first month here in Elbi, but I still haven't completely adjusted yet. I've been so used to my weekday-weekend routine for the past 8 years; I'd hustle at work from Monday to Friday, then I'd spend my Saturday-Sunday doing errands, lazing out, walking, eating, basta tambay galore lang haha. Now, yung weekends ko apart from personal errands like laundry, I still need to study and do lots of reports. I have anticipated this, though, kaya I really pushed for full-time study leave. Thankfully, it was granted.

This week was good to me although it seemed like a blur. Last Sunday, after Tumblring I did some work then went to the church at 5pm. My foggy mind already forgot the Homily huhuhu, but I remember getting struck by it. Small bump on the road lang yung bland coffee na nabili ko in the eve, but it still powered me through the night writing my lab report about stem cross-section.

Kasoooooo during the Plant Anatomy class on Monday, gagi wala pang 30 seconds na nakatayo ako in front, our Prof already said stop, repeat the lab work because my sample was too old na raw haha! Kinda got stunned but we just laughed it off. We really love how our Prof is so sarcastic and tactless, but so fun and informative. She's not a really great teacher (she's a University Researcher, not exactly a Prof), but she's very good in showing us how to analyze our photomicrographs. You just have to be very quick in taking note of her points, and organizing them later on.

Anyway, after class I really committed to doing overtime for my Plant Anatomy lab works for the rest of the week. I spent my Monday afternoon, whole of Wednesday, whole of Thursday, and half of Friday sampling plants, free-hand sectioning them, staining them, and viewing them under the microscope.

(My workstation for the past days)

Grabe super lula na ako everytime I'd go out of the lab at 5pm haha! But Tita Susan and Sir Jeff are reaaaaaally very accommodating Lab Technicians hehe. Sarap ng spaghetti ni Tita Susan huhu! Mas nakavibes ko rin mga Plant Anatomy classmates ko because of our lab hours.

Super hirap makakuha ng maayos na cross-section hehe, may times din na okay na sana yung sample ko kaso nasisira whenever I fix it on the slide or I stain it and flood it with water huhu! But I really learned a lot. Scared lang of course, kasi di ako naggogloves tas carcinogenic pala yung stains hahaha!

(Some unedited photos of my specimens under the microscope)

I really don't like microscopy haha! Ever since! I also get easily bored inside the lab, gusto ko nasa labas lagi. But perhaps it also stems from my lack of practice. So far, halos nagamay ko na rin yung free-hand sectioning and microscope manipulation. Hindi ako proficient, but I'm still excited to teach my students this new skill.

Last Tuesday also, holiday dito pero we did lab paperwork for our Forest Ecology lab on species mapping. Amazing, yung isa ko palang groupmate ay lowkey lang pero marami nang publications huhu! She's a URA (University Research Associate), taking MS also. Our other groupmate naman is from Baao pala hehe! Tas kapatid din siya ng former student ko. Basta super small world hehe. Our other two groupmates couldn't attend but I hope to know them further din in the coming weeks. Last Thursday afternoon and Friday, we plotted our transect for our lab on forest floor cover. Nakakatuwang matuto from our undergrad groupmates on how to plot the bearings for the transect. Talagang dapat specific yung compass directions, di pwedeng basta basta lang.

(We're actually two groups here. Uso collab ftw hehe!)

May utang pa ako sa kanila huhu! Di ko pa nagagawa yung part ko sa species mapping lab! Why? Because after doing Plant Anatomy labwork last Friday, I prepared naman for our Pisay Bikol Tulong Dunong 2024. I was tasked to teach Scientific Method and Variables to 240 Grade 6 pupils via Google Meet. Nakeri naman hehe, medyo napuyat. I was already dreading having signed up to this tutorial, kasi of course imbes na restmode na I needed to shift my mindset back to being a teacher and prepare materials pa diba.

Oks naman though hehe. Suuuuper fun naman yung naging discussion! I lowkey was kinda scared, I didn't know how to sustain the attention of the Grade 6 kids lalo pa at online tutorial. I did away with the lengthy lectures, I just did some diagrams and planned on giving test drills tas I'd explain them later on. But honestly, whatever I prepared, kulang pa pala haha! I had to do on-the-spot illustrations and explanations of how the Scientific Method was used in understanding the real world. Nachallenge din ang understanding ko! But things went well naman, they were so rowdy sa chatbox kaya I had to turn it off several times, then turn it on kapag I need responses from them. Overall, feel ko nagets naman nila nang maayos yung Scientific Method hehe! Napahaba lang talaga sa explanations, and sa chikahan on the side! They had so many questions about Pisay, and of course I was so willing to respond naman, bilang alumnus.

(Some screenshots)

I hope they enjoyed hehe, kahit na magulo rin ako mag-explain at times. In fairness, sabi naman nila gusto nila ako maging teacher hehe! May Round 2 pa ako though, next Saturday. I'll squeeze Variables and Biology in just 2 hours huhu sana kayanin! Another win for me pala this week was finally being able to go to the gym! Last Tuesday, kahit super busy I really pushed myself to go at lunchtime. Typical bakal gym, pero mura naman and hindi crowded, tas mabait naman yung coach on duty, though they wouldn't really focus on you for the entire time unlike doon sa gym ko back in Goa. Tas yesterday, after the online tutorial nagrest lang ako then late eve I went back. Ngarag!!! Pero kinaya naman hehe. Sobrang tahimik namin kagabi, minding our own routines haha. Hanap ngako gym buddy, para may kausap naman kahit pano. Nevertheless, it's still a win for my personal health!

As for today, I woke up late and super sakit ng katawan because of workout kagabi haha! Then I went to the Sunday Market again, had biryani (sobrang sarap!), finally yung naamoy ko last Sunday natikman ko na now haha! Tas sopas, and laaaaarge coffeeeeee!!! Sobrang nabitin kasi ako sa small cup nila last week haha, kaya nagpalarge ako now kahit pa juice cup yung pinaglagyan nila haha! Nagtakeout din ako sopas para sa housemate ko na jusq hindi pa pala natutulog, dami raw kasing acad work and org work. I was happy na finally nakapagbuy ako ng food for my housemate hehe. Nahihiya ako syempre, kasi yung first 2 weeks na stay ko rito last Aug, hindi na nila ako pinabayad. This Sept na lang daw ang start ng rent ko. Tas parang for the past weeks ang lutang ko and tahimik kaya baka naisip niya galit ako or what haha, pero sa totoo lang sobrang dami lang talagang iniisip. Especially financial!!! Kaya mabuti na rin kahit paano umokay2 na ang financial stance ko now, although marami pang dapat ifix.

Oh, and just as I was writing this, napansin ko nag-emerge na from pupa yung adult moth na iniincubate koooooo!!!!

(L: Improvised rearing chamber; R: newly emerged adult moth)

Naamaze ako, finally being able to observe these. I felt daunted when I collected the larvae and then they started to pupate na kahit nasa plastic pa. Tas nung trinansfer ko sila dito sa rearing chamber, I was lowkey expecting that they would all die. Pero hey, nabuhay!!!

(L: moth larva; R: moth pupa)

Last Saturday also, yung shield bug nymph na inalagaan ko, nagmolt into adult stage after about a week. Amazing!!!

(From the green-colored nymph, to the white-colored molting stage na akala ko nasugatan siya at nagbibleed, to the brown-colored adult stage, soft pa ang exoskeleton at that point)

Ayun na muna siguro for now hehe. At the moment, I still need to do laundry (papalaundry shop na lang kasi laging mahina araw the past weeks, di bumabango handwashed clothes ko). Tas magsisimba rin, and I still need to write 1 lab report for Forest Ecology, 3 lab reports for Plant Anatomy, and 1 proposal for my Special Problems (sobrang napabayaan ko na ito dahil minarathon ko yung Anatomy!). Kaya ko ba? Kayaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Go go goooo!!!!

[wikiuntamed]

On this day in Wikipedia: Monday, 20th November

Welcome, Selam, שלום, Bienvenida 🤗 What does @Wikipedia say about 20th November through the years 🏛️📜🗓️?

20th November 2022 🗓️ : Event - 2022 FIFA World Cup The 2022 FIFA World Cup begins in Qatar. This is the first time the tournament was held in the Middle East. "The 2022 FIFA World Cup was the 22nd FIFA World Cup, the world championship for national football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Qatar from 20 November to 18 December 2022, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in 2010. It was the first World Cup to be held in the Arab world..."

20th November 2018 🗓️ : Death - Aaron Klug Aaron Klug, Lithuanian-English chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926) "Sir Aaron Klug (11 August 1926 – 20 November 2018) was a British biophysicist and chemist. He was a winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes...."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 nl? by Bogaerts, Rob / Anefo

20th November 2013 🗓️ : Death - Dieter Hildebrandt Dieter Hildebrandt, Polish-German actor and screenwriter (b. 1927) "Dieter Hildebrandt (23 May 1927 – 20 November 2013) was a German Kabarett artist...."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Christoph Vohler

20th November 1973 🗓️ : Birth - Angelica Bridges Angelica Bridges, American actress and singer "Angelica Bridges (born November 20, 1970) is an American actress, model, tv host, producer and singer. She was given a pictorial spread in Playboy magazine's November 2001 issue and featured as the issue's cover model. ..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0? by Toglenn

20th November 1923 🗓️ : Birth - Danny Dayton Danny Dayton, American actor and director (d. 1999) "Danny Dayton (born Daniel David Segall, November 20, 1923 – February 6, 1999) was an American actor and television director. Beginning in the 1950s, he played many roles in film and on TV. He had a recurring role as Hank Pivnik on All in the Family and had guest roles in M*A*S*H, The Incredible..."

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20th November 1820 🗓️ : Event - Sperm whale An 80-ton sperm whale attacks and sinks the Essex (a whaling ship from Nantucket, Massachusetts) 3,200 kilometres (2,000 mi) from the western coast of South America. (Herman Melville's 1851 novel Moby-Dick was in part inspired by this incident.) "The sperm whale or cachalot (Physeter macrocephalus) is the largest of the toothed whales and the largest toothed predator. It is the only living member of the genus Physeter and one of three extant species in the sperm whale family, along with the pygmy sperm whale and dwarf sperm whale of the..."

Image licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0? by Gabriel Barathieu

20th November 🗓️ : Holiday - Christian feast day: Solutor, Octavius, and Adventor "This article concerns Solutor of Turin. Solutor was also the name of a member of the group of martyrs, along with Valentine and Victor, who died at Ravenna around 305 AD.Solutor, along with Octavius and Adventor (Italian: Solutore, Ottavio, e Avventore), (died ca. 284 AD) is patron saint of..."

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[365elephantsoap]

THANKFUL FRIDAY

I moved to a different cubicle this week. The new space is closest to the microscopy room, which makes me the first person someone sees when they open the door, looking for help. That’s one of the reasons for moving me here. I am the fixer and the helper and the make things better person. The new space is bigger than my old space and includes a large window. At first, when I moved all of my personal things over, I kept my self compacted as if I was still in the old space. It took me a day or two to spread out. It’s taken me all week to remember to stop walking over to the old space to set my things down. At first, when I was told I was being given this new space, I was really excited about the window, but then I got here and it has been cloudy and gloomy. The new cubicle also feels a bit isolating, like I am further away from my coworkers. It’s almost lonely over here.

Things and feelings changed on Thursday morning. The clouds had lifted and morning sunlight streamed into my cubicle. I stood at my desk, checking my calendar schedule and catching up on emails, and bathed in that morning sunlight. Then feelings flooded into my body and I had to really think about what those feelings were and when the last time it was that felt them. I felt joy and energy and was like “Oh my Gods! This day is spectacular!” The sunlight situation only lasted a few hours and then a new layer of cloud cover rolled in, but in those few hours I was reminded that we are very much like plants. Water and sunlight are essential to life. It is not as if I was previously working in dungeon. Our office space, in general, is open with tall windows on one side. My old cubicle put me in indirect lighting. I did not realize that I was a direct sunlight plant until I moved to the new cubicle.

No wonder winters are so difficult for me.

I am thankful for a lot of things this week. The whole office has spent the week snacking on cheese, thanks to the most epic birthday (cheese) cake Michael made me last weekend. The joy of his accomplishment in building this beautiful tower of cheese was almost better than eating the cheese, and the joy of sharing some that cheese with friends has been priceless. I started teaching a six week beginning yoga session on Monday and it feels real good to teach people how to make yoga accessible for their own bodies. I declined on an event with my self-care people because it is later this evening and there is nothing more I want to do on a Friday evening than be a potato because by the end of Fridays, my brain feels like mashed ones. That’s self-care in action. I allowed myself to be talked into a mustache waxing last Saturday and my upper lip is just now starting to look normal again. So I’m thank for that.

Most of all though, I am grateful for getting some direct sunlight.

[evoldir]

Fwd: Postdoc: UNorthCarolina_Charlotte.BioinformaticsGenomics

Begin forwarded message: > From: evoldir@evol.biology.mcmaster.ca > Subject: Postdoc: UNorthCarolina_Charlotte.BioinformaticsGenomics > Date: 13 November 2022 at 06:05:07 GMT > To: rdmpage@gmail.com > > > > Dear EvolDir community, > > PREAMBLE: > > The Phyloinformatics Lab (https://ift.tt/xBH3WQw) at UNC Charlotte > (Charlotte, NC, U.S.A.) is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in > Bioinformatics and Genomics to start potentially in the first semester > of 2023 (start date is negotiable). You can read more details and apply > for this position at  https://ift.tt/R4XASj9. > > BASIC DETAILS: > > Working Title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Bioinformatics and Genomics > College: College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) > Department: Department of Bioinformatics and Genomics (BiG) > Work Location: CCI, BiG, CIPHER center (https://ift.tt/PTeiRg3), > in-person > Vacancy Open To: All Candidates > Employment Type: Temporary - Part-time > Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8 hours per day, 40 hours per week > Minimum Experience/Education: The Postdoctoral appointee must have been > awarded a Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate degree (e.g., Sc.D., M.D.) in the > past eight years > How to apply: Candidates can apply on NinerTalent after November 7, 2023 > (https://ift.tt/R4XASj9) > > WORK/RESPONSIBILITIES: > > The employee will report to Dr. Denis Jacob Machado (Assistant Professor > in Bioinformatics) and will be a senior member of the Phyloinformatics > Lab, supporting projects through original research, collaboration with > other team members, and co-mentoring students. The employee’s principal > research responsibilities will be training and research. > > The Phyloinformatics Lab’s research can be divided into four components: > 1) We are facilitating resource-efficient molecular analyses and making > data from museum biorepositories more readily available to biomedical > research. > 2) We are improving genomic resources of non-model organisms with a focus > on animals of particular medical or environmental interest. > 3) We are developing phylogenetics solutions, especially if they can help > improve our understanding of zoonosis. > 4) We are integrating “omics” technologies (e.g., genomics, > transcriptomics, metabolomics, and proteomics) to study complex > host-pathogen systems in the context of One Health. > > The successful applicant will conduct research that aligns with at least > one of the abovementioned components. Additional comparative genomics and > phylogenetics projects are encouraged, especially when public data or > collaborations are available. > > SKILLS: > > The candidate must have basic computational skills, including Bash, Unix, > Python, and R training. Moreover, the candidate must have a background in > phylogenetics, molecular biology, evolution, and statistics. Furthermore, > the candidate must show at least an introductory understanding of > genomics, transcriptomics, and microscopy. Finally, training in virology, > epidemiology, or zoology is not required but is highly desirable. > Preference will be given to candidates who better fit the preferred > skills list. > > ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND APPLICATIONS: > > Candidates can read additional details and apply on NinerTalent, at > https://ift.tt/R4XASj9. > > Best regards, > > Denis *Jacob Machado*, Ph.D. (ele, él, he/him) > *Assistant Professor* > Dept. of Bioinformatics and Genomics | UNC Charlotte > phyloinformatics.com > > > dmachado@uncc.edu > via Email November 13, 2022 at 06:17AM

[omg-snakes]

Top left: Fedgewick, a Hypo Lavender Masque

Top right: Thrundle, a visual het Peach Lavender Masque

Bottom left: Crotchmonitor, a visual het Peach Hypo Lavender Masque

Bottom right: Partycake, a Hypo Lavender

I put together a comparison of four Lavender corn snakes with varying combinations of Hypo and Peach genes. My hope is to have a way of more easily identifying Peach from Hypo since I have two clutches this season with both genes and it's really, really hard to tell them apart.

I may try again with a higher magnification to see if the differences are more apparent, but as one can tell by their little faces, the snakes were not thrilled to participate this evening so I tried to minimize the disruption to their snakey lives.

[future-vet-cal]

Hi! I think I’m going to start doing what I call “Microscope Mondays”, so each Monday afternoon/evening, I’ll post a picture of something I’ve seen under the microscope, as well as what it is. Most of it is probably going to be veterinary-related, as most if not all of my pictures are from work.

[dramauricaversan]

Naturopath Doctor In Toronto Dr. Amauri Caversan ND Discusses His Natural Solutions For Helping Those With Parasite Infections

Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND is a naturopathic medicine practitioner in Toronto. He has published a new article on his website that discusses methods for diagnostic testing and the integrative care solutions that are used for helping those with parasite infections.

If a patient complains of food poisoning, flu, or lingering fatigue like symptoms, and their health keeps deteriorating, they might be suffering from a parasitic infection. Endoparasitic infections such as protozoa or helminth infections can be diagnosed by several types of diagnostic tests. A naturopath is most likely to recommend comprehensive diagnostic testing followed by a naturopathic integrative and functional medicine approach to help diagnose and alleviate the patient’s symptoms.

Toronto naturopathic medicine practitioner Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND uses a variety of tests such as the GI 360, GI Effects, and stool ova/parasite tests to arrive at a diagnosis. The GI360 Profile is a wide-ranging clinical stool profile that uses polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing, MALDI-TOF culture, and ID, and microscopy to identify pathogens, viruses, parasites, and bacteria that may be causing gastrointestinal indicators and disease. The GI Effects Comprehensive Stool Profile uses progressive technologies and biomarkers (PCR Culture, MALDI-TOF MS + ID, and microscopic ova and parasite (O&P) detection) to provide health practitioners with awareness into a patient’s digestive function, parasites, intestinal inflammation, and the intestinal microbiome. The Ova and parasite tests involve examining stool samples to microscopically check for single-celled parasites, along with helminths (worms), such as hookworms, tapeworms, and flukes.

The natural solutions they might utilize at, the Dr. Amauri Wellness Centre, for helping with parasite infections may include the consumption of oregano oil. Oregano is a herb closely related to mint and thyme that is used as a spice and a preservative. It may also be used as a nutraceutical for some symptoms. According to a small study of 14 people with intestinal parasites demonstrated that taking oregano oil for six weeks reduced or eliminated Blastocystis Hominis infections in all 11 volunteers who tested positive and the parasites’ symptoms were reduced in seven of those 11 people.

Another natural remedy that the article mentions is berberine. It is found in herbs including the European barberry and goldenseal. It has been shown in preliminary studies to ward off intestinal parasites. The website references a report in the Iranian Journal of Parasitology that showed that extracted berberine displayed activity that may contribute to protecting against tapeworm infections.

The third compound discussed is wormwood. Wormwood has been shown to act as a replacement for synthetics when dealing with parasite-related diseases. The journal, Antibiotics, states that the bioactive ingredients obtained from wormwood have been shown to display actions against helminths.

When asked about the clinic’s approach to helping those who might be suffering from parasitic infections, Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND says, "If you think your health concern has been triggered by parasites, and you are seeking a natural solution to diagnose and treat parasite infections. We’re here to help you reach your health goals and attain a positive lifestyle.

Our integrative care solutions may help those whose lives have been upended by the pain and discomfort caused by parasites. Contact our clinic today to find out what we can do for you."

Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND applies a combination of Acupuncture, Integrative Functional Medicine, Naturopathic Medicine, Detoxification, and Bio-Identical Hormone Treatments to help manage his patients’ health. The naturopathic integrative and functional medicine approach programs offered at the Dr. Amauri Wellness Centre may also help those dealing with other health concerns such as digestive issues, chronic fatigue, hair loss, and hair thinning, pain management/chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, chronic disease prevention, and other underlying health conditions..

Special Considerations

Pregnancy and breast-feeding: herbs are likely unsafe when taken by mouth during pregnancy/ breast-feeding. Certain plants may cause allergic reactions. Be sure to check with one's healthcare provider before taking any herbal treatment.

Readers looking for a Naturopath in Toronto can reach Dr. Amauri Caversan, ND’s clinic at the phone number (416) 922-4114 or via email using their website contact page.

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[dr-med]

Day 61/72

🌸spent 3 hours to microscopy through all these to find some nice enough for whole slide imaging, but it didn't happen bc none were good enough

so since Monday till I fly to the Netherlands on Thursday i got to check all this content for good stuff and protocol everything... mmmm.. what about my second lab, but I'm still going to learn Dutch in the morning and then afternoon is going to be sacrificed to pathology

want that is some stuff is done till im back (scanned and uploaded to our server, so I can annotate it for students)

Dutch:

🌸watched some stand up

🌸completed all online exercises from my normal language book

🌸did a lot of Duolingo while laying in bath at 4 am

🌸read all the medical interview protocols, that I found in internet!

i actually got to do more rewritings and presentations!! Im able to do it only in the morning and i got to babysit last three days since 7:40 till 9:00 (with a long way after) so that i spent my best time on something else.

Saturday we are going to BBQ with family of my bf they are also going to celebrate my MD (omg no) but got to is got to. 30.07.2021

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2024-01-22

Snowing again

Listening: Went looking for some very funky guitar and came across the album Parallels by Evan Marien and Dana Hawkins. Here's "Forever"

Reading: Not The End of the World by Hannah Ritchie, a book focussed on taking a realistic eye to sustainability.

This book largely rehashes stuff you'll already have seen if you read Ritchie, albeit in a nice compact form factor and with a lot of your generic pop-sci book flourishes. Better than median pop-sci because it has sources cited.

I do think that knowing these kinds of things is important. It helps you recognize what is worth worrying about and where you really don't need to obsess so much. Much of this book is about agriculture and food, since food is the easiest part of most peoples' lifestyles to change and this is squarely focussed on individuals, but it does also cover other pollution, general habitat loss, disease, disasters, and plastic pollution. A lot of this still ends up linking back to food, because agriculture is a huge user of land, and land use drives a lot of those things.

There's also a lot of debunking of bad stats that get quoted, which is useful. You see a lot of these On Line and even if you avoid propagating sensationalist headlines, you still read them and they can be sticky. In general this book doesn't as much assuage anxieties as try to shift them to more productive terrain.

Even if you disagree with the philosophy of the solutions proposed here, the data are mostly pretty good and well covered, it's solidly grounded more often than its not. Having relative comparative values for things like land use from meat vs plant foods, relative proportions of plastic landfilled vs recycled vs dumped in different parts of the world.

Watching: Porco Rosso, because like three years ago someone told me to watch it and I finally did it. Perhaps the lowest time to fantastical flying machine possible in a Miyazaki movie, although I haven't watched Nausicaa.

It is so funny that he's just some guy who got cursed! The human hands and pig head form a perfect comedic item. Killer one liners. It's tricky to make a movie simultaneously about fascism in Mussolini's Italy and also about a big cartoon pig who outsmarts a bunch of goofy pirates.

Playing: Still on Dark Souls, made it into The Depths, video on that just went up.

Making: Did some microscopy over the weekend, on a random snow sample. Not as interesting as algal samples or pond scum, but the pond is frozen over at the moment. I'll go back once it's melted with a stick.

Tools and Equipment: If you keep on dealing with shit-ass audio from your computer, a dedicated audio handling device is probably going to solve your issues.

I've spent years dealing with crap audio from devices plugged directly into my motherboard but I recently got a Zoom H1n portable recorder and I'm using it as a basic USB mic interface plugged into my old Video Mic for the Video Games Recordings seen above and my audio is SO clean. I can finally actually do proper audio stuff like recording with headroom and gaining in post without destroying my noisefloor, I did not know just how much goddamn noise my motherboard was dumping into audio signals.

I like doing video and audio to complement my photography but unlike with photography, I've never really used good quality tools to do that, so I'm in the process of changing that.

[thearchaeologiststeacup]

Time for the next #MondayMicrowear challenge! And if you've been following along regularly with these challenges, this should be an easy one 😉 . For those of you who aren't yet familiar with this weekly challenge: I post a microscopic picture and encourage people to write in the comments what they think they can see. Obviously, I don't expect everyone to get it right first time - I've had a lot of experience with this analytical method and the materials. But I thought it might be a fun little exercise to get you thinking about what exactly it is you're seeing, and what the tiniest traces can tell us about an object. . So how does this work here on Instagram? Well, I post a picture on a Monday, and then you have until the next Monday to write in the comments what you think you can see in the picture. Think about things like: - what the object is - what material - what traces you can see - what they might tell us about how this object was made or used - anything really! . The aim is to get you thinking and put your detective hat on. Try to avoid looking at other people's comments, and don't worry about saying something potentially silly - archaeology is all about interpretation! . One week after the initial post, I will update the caption to describe what can be seen in the image, and what this can tell us about the object, so you can see how close you got. (Don't forget to check last week's post to see the results of that one) . Good luck everyone! . Also if you fancy subscribing to my (free) monthly newsletter, which includes monthly microwear challenges, you can do so through my website (link in description). . #MicrowearAnalysis #archaeology #archaeologist #ArchaeologyLife #ArchaeologyLovers #microscope #microscopy #MicroscopicAnalysis https://www.instagram.com/p/CoT53SIKy7z/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mimirstudies]

Medical Technology Study Tips (What I’ve learned so far, pandemic edition)

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Studying online has been absolutely nuts so far, especially since I’ve got four info-heavy subjects packed from Monday to Saturday. Right now, I’ve got Lab Management, Histology, Med Tech Laws and Bioethics, and Parasitology alongside my two Theology classes and PE class. And MT Laws and Parasitology are board subjects. 

To try make everything less painful, I’ve got a few tips I’ve learned recently to study a wee bit smarter.

1. In Parasitology, print out pictures of the different parasites and eggs (or make a document on your gadget of choice) so you can compare them. A lot of us have to make do with no lab microscopy work, so the next best thing is to look at pictures from the internet. I’ve printed photos and pasted them on index cards with some key info. It also helps to label the distinguishing features of each. (You can probably do this with Histology too with the tissue microscopy lessons.)

2. Got a subject where you have to reference the recorded lecture, the online module, and the thick book all together? Me too (coughParasitologycough). Try compiling all key info together into one set of notes so you don’t have to look through three sources to get the complete picture.

3. To study Medical Technology Laws, make a summary of the law’s number (e.g. RA 5527), the title (e.g. The Philippine Medical Technology Act of 1969), and the date of enactment (e.g. June 21, 1969). I put mine on an index card. Also, to help find key provisions that may pop up in the quiz, when you read something ask yourself if it’s something that will be of particular importance to you as a student/professional later on.

4. In my Lab Management quizzes, they use identification-type questions that can feel somewhat vague. However, the wording of the questions feel similar to that of the modules. If you have something like this, try to familiarize yourself with the module’s wording. At least you might have an idea of what the question’s about...

5. For Histology... the whole disembodied voice presenting slides doesn’t cut it for me. I prefer watching lectures presented as if you’re in a classroom with the lecturer in front. If you have a similar problem, I do recommend looking around Youtube for lecture videos like that. Some colleges post videos of lectures online, like Stanford and MIT (check MIT Opencourseware, it’s got a bunch of lectures on there).

Keep fighting, fellow future medtechs.

[howtobeapersonwithfibro]

Disabled Sci-Fi: Internship-seeking Veronica

Here (below the cut) is the next short story in my Disabled Sci-Fi series. It centers around Veronica Lee, a wheelchair user living on a colony spaceship. She’s just finished high school and is looking for an intern position in her favorite field: science.

Feedback (and suggestions for future stories) always welcome :) I just really enjoy writing about disabled characters using the knowledge I’ve picked up about experiences from spoonie/disability tumblr and being disabled myself. 

*****

Veronica takes a deep breath. She adjusts her position in her wheelchair to be a bit more comfortable. Tries to resist the urge to strangle the woman across the table. 

“As you know, Ms. Lee,” the woman in the stiff, gray clothes continues, “Everyone has a role to play on the ship. We begin to look for career matches at age sixteen so that everyone can find their ideal role. I just imagine that our choices will be… limited… given your situation.” 

Inwardly, Veronica rolls her eyes. Sometimes she may as well have three heads, for the way people struggle to talk to her like a normal person. Like being unable to walk is a situation and not just another detail of her life, like having straight hair. “I know why you might think that,” Veronica replies, choosing her words carefully. This woman is the only career counselor for the entire ship, so she doesn’t have the option of pissing her off. “But I think that accommodations can be made for most of the jobs around here. It’s not like I’m asking to be a zero-gravity engineer. And my chair can get almost anywhere, with all the ramps.”

The gray woman gives a small, forced smile, and says, “Alright then. What are your areas of interest?”

“I’m most interested in biology,” Veronica says, relieved to be talking about something else. “Whether it’s working in the medical wing or in a lab, I’m just really interested in those kinds of things.” 

“Hmm,” the woman mutters, scrolling through a document on the screen in front of her. “There’s an open trainee position in the botany lab. Job description includes… let’s see here… working with microscopes and other various tools to alter plants and fight disease…” 

“Sounds great. I was good with microscopes in my classes.” Maybe this is actually going to be fine, Veronica thinks. 

“I’m looking over the images of the lab,” the woman goes on, “and all of the counters are standard-height. I’m not sure if you’d be able to reach everything you needed to--”

“Adjustments can be made,” Veronica interrupts. 

“It’s just that the lab has very strict rules about what kind of furniture can be present, due to cleaning procedures, and…” she sighs. “I’m sorry. The system is quite inflexible sometimes, but the procedures are important for optimal plant growth.”

“The system is only as inflexible as we make it,” Veronica argues. “Please, just put me down for the trial position. I can talk to my trainer about making things work.” 

The woman sighs. “I suppose I can do that. If it’s not a good fit, we can always try something else. I hear the food service wing has a variety of opportunities.”

Yes, Veronica thinks, because my perfect grades and area of interest just scream “food service”. But she’s getting a shot at what she wants, so she’s going to do her best to tolerate this prejudiced woman. “Um, thank you. I’ll see how the botany job goes first.”

“Wonderful,” the woman says, in a rehearsed, not-very-wonderful tone. “All of the information has been sent to your messages app. The position starts next week, but you’ll want to look over everything to make sure you’re prepared.” 

***

The next day, Veronica has an appointment to meet her training supervisor and talk with him about the lab and the work they do there. When she arrives at the lab wing and wheels through the sliding doors, she is faced with a bored-looking receptionist who barely glances up from his screen. Once he sees her chair, he looks up again, muttering, “Can I help you with something? Are you lost?”

Lost, she inwardly huffs, desperately trying not to roll her eyes. Because they’re not used to seeing someone who looks like me around here. She takes a breath, then says, “Um, actually, I’m here to meet with Dr. Stonecroft about the trainee position. Veronica Lee? Meeting set for 10:30?”

The young man takes a moment to process this, then says, “Oh, right, I see it in here. I’ll send a message to Dr. Stonecroft that you’re here.”

As she waits, Veronica mentally steels herself for the argument she expects will come. She spent most of the night lying awake thinking of her rebuttals to various questions, and obsessing about it via messaging with her friend Lila until she fell asleep and stopped responding. 

Veronica wanted this job so badly. She couldn’t imagine being stuck somewhere like food service her entire life, not when she had such an interest in science. 

A door behind the receptionists’ desk slid open, and through it walked a short, brown-skinned man with round glasses and a lab coat. “You must be Veronica,” he said, greeting her with a smile and extending his hand down to shake hers. “Herman Stonecroft, glad to finally meet you. Please, come with me.”

She followed him eagerly, squeezing carefully through a narrow doorway that barely allowed room for her fingers to move the wheelchair without getting squished. When it widened into a hallway, Dr. Stonecroft slowed to walk by her side, guiding her first into the greenhouse. 

It was one of the most beautiful places Veronica had ever seen. Most of the places on the ship were dull shades of gray, sparingly decorated because supplies had to be conserved. But this room was alive with color: Red tomatoes and berries hanging on vines, nearly ripe enough to pick; yellow peppers and another plant that Veronica couldn’t identify; and green, green everywhere, from the early sprouts in their hydroponic rows to the leaves of fruit trees and tall corn stalks. 

“This is amazing,” Veronica said. “I’ve never seen so many plants in one place. And it smells so… fresh,” she added, trying out a word she hadn’t had much cause to use before. Little in life was fresh when you lived in space.

Dr. Stonecroft smiled. “I remember thinking that the first time I came here too. The greenhouse is lovely, of course, and very showy, but most of our work is done back in the labs. We’ll come to water the plants, but other workers harvest them. We spend most of our time managing disease and keeping our plants strong. Our effort is vital to maintain food supply.”

“Right, of course,” she replied, not discouraged. “It’s just a privilege to be able to see all of this. They let us each grow a bean plant in science class, and I thought that was cool.”

“I’ll show you to the labs now,” Dr. Stonecroft said, leading her through a large set of double doors at the back of the room. They led into a hallway with a few other doors, and she could see through the glass walls that each contained lab benches with microscopes and other instruments. 

He scanned his badge at one of the doors, and it slid open to allow them through. Veronica noticed that all of the countertops were slightly above eye level for her; she couldn’t imagine getting her arms up there to work productively, let alone looking into a microscope that sat even higher. But Dr. Stonecroft didn’t seem to notice the disparity. He continued right on with his enthusiastic introduction as a few scientists turned from their work to stare at her. 

“We start most of our interns out with basic microscopy - slide preparation, cell counting, studying images to learn signs of abnormal growth. You’ll help tend some of the plants as well. And of course you’d be led through this by another team member when I’m not available. You wouldn’t be expected to do anything on your own for some time - I know that the school’s science department was a bit lacking in resources.”

“That sounds great,” Veronica said. “I thought microscopy was really cool, but we only had two microscopes for the whole class to use, and they were pretty old. So I’ll be happy to learn as much as possible here.” 

Dr. Stonecroft smiled. He was fairly soft spoken, and Veronica had decided already that she would enjoy learning from him - if this worked out. “I’m glad to hear that, Veronica,” he began. “I wish more students had your interest in this area. I’ve had several trainees think that they were here to water plans and pick fruit, and decided to quit when they learned it was much more.”

Veronica nodded. It seemed like this was a really promising opportunity. “Right. But, Dr. Stonecroft, we should probably talk about -- I mean, I’m sure you noticed. I’m in a wheelchair. I can’t exactly reach the lab countertops, or the ground-level planters. The lady at the career center mentioned that sometimes regulations don’t allow certain furniture, but--”

“Veronica,” he said, stopping her. “Let me tell you something. I have never turned an interested student away, and I don’t plan to now. I will saw the legs off of some lab benches myself if necessary.” He gave her a small but knowing smile. “As long as you like it here, we will be lucky to have you.”

It felt like a weight had been lifted off of Veronica’s chest. Sure, she could still see a couple of the scientists side-eyeing her as they pretended to get on with their work. Sure, not everyone would be used to her at first. But her mentor was open-minded and friendly. And everyone else would get used to her and her chair, especially once she showed them the kind of work she could do. 

She hadn’t met someone like Dr. Stonecroft in a long time - someone who just treated her like a person, instead of a person in a wheelchair. She felt pressure behind her eyes, excited and happy tears, and hurried to wipe one away before he could notice. “Thank you so much, Dr. Stonecroft. I’m so excited to start here.”

Dr. Stonecroft escorted her back to the entrance. “We will see you Monday, Veronica.” 

Once the sliding door to the lab wing closed behind her, she let her smile break open wide and wheeled as fast as she could down the quiet hallways, barely able to contain herself. When she was finally home, the door closed behind her, she screeched with delight. “Yes! I did it!” she yelled to no one in particular. For once, she thought with a contented sigh, something finally worked out. 

[openworm]

January is DevoWorm Month!

This has been cross-posted from Synthetic Daisies blog.

Welcome to 2019! And welcome to OpenWorm Foundation's project of the month for January, featuring DevoWorm. Here I will briefly go over progress in the DevoWorm group over the last year and a half. If you would like to know more, we have a group Slack channel (#devoworm) in the OpenWorm team, a group website, and a Github repository. 

For the uninitiated, the DevoWorm group has a multifaceted set of interests. We are interested in simulating and analyzing data related to worm development, but have an interest in the development of other model organisms as well. In terms of results, we have focused mostly on publications and open datasets, but as you will see from the website, we have also been involved in the creation of unique demos and software development. 

The DevoWorm group is also interested in education. Our educational efforts have largely spread out over four types of pedagogy: digital badges, tutorials via interactive notebooks, public lectures, and one-on-one mentorship through the Google Summer of Code (GSoC) program. The OpenWorm Foundation has hosted a DevoWorm GSoC student for the past two years (2017 and 2018), and will be offering a third opportunity this year (2019).  

This is the 15th anniversary for the GSoC program, and it is always an excellent experience. The application process begins on February 25th. If you are interested in a mixture of computational biology, image processing, and machine learning, please contact us for more information. 

COURTESY: Image from "One, Two, Three,....GSoC!" by Vipal Gupta

While GSoC is well-compensated opportunity to participate in DevoWorm, there are also less formal ways through which one can collaborate. One of these ways is through a conventional research pathway such as analyzing data, building a simulation, or curating a dataset. Another way to collaborate is to help create new types of educational content. We are particularly interested in creating virtual reality-based offerings in the near future. If you enjoy creating educational content, or simply enjoy learning, please get in touch! 

Another new initiative is called DevoZoo. The DevoZoo site aggregates open datasets, methods, and techniques relevant to computational developmental biology and data science biology. We currently host open datasets for the following model organisms: C. elegans, Drosophila, Zebrafish, Ascidians, and Mouse. DevoZoo also hosts raw microscopy data in the form of movies for many of these model organisms as well as Spiders. As if this were not enough, we also try to engage learners and open scientists with artificial life models. The DevoZoo presents three: Morphozoans, developmental Braitenberg Vehicles, and Multicell Systems. The artificial life models in particular could use some further development. Check out the DevoZoo webpage or ask us if you would like to learn more.

Finally, you can participate by collaborating on a publication. The DevoWorm group has been featured in four publications in the past year. The OpenWorm article in the "Connectome to Behavior" special issue of Royal Society B provides a succinct description of the project and its current course. Some of our members served as editors and contributors to a special issue of BioSystems in honor of Dr. Lev Beloussov. This issue features 32 articles that provide a very broad and innovative look at the topic of morphogenesis. Our set of contributions (peer-reviewed papers) spanned from network models of the embryo to the developmental emergence of the connectome and quantitative approaches to organogenesis in the eye imaginal disc. 

Picture of Dr. Lev Beloussov 

If you are interested in joining in on the discussion, we hold group meetings online every Monday at 9pm UTC. We are also starting to host hackathons on Fridays during the late morning/early afternoon North American time. Check out our scheduling page for more information. Hope to encounter you soon, and have a great month!