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APP Regulates Brain Lipid Homeostasis
Presentation at Neuroscience 2013; November 10, 2013. Available on Prezi or for download.
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Unveiling Pathogenic Mechanisms in Niemann-Pick Type C Disease
Presentation for Parseghian Foundation Conference 2013. Available on Prezi or for download.
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Testing an Adaptive Response Hypothesis of Alzheimer’s Disease
Loma Linda University Monday Seminar presentation, February 11, 2013. Also available on Prezi or for download.
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PhD Candidate!
Yesterday I presented and defended my PhD thesis. Spoiler: I passed! I’m now a PhD candidate, meaning that the only thing standing between me and my first doctorate…is more than a year of dedicated research. It’s kind of a big deal, as they say, so I’m going to allow a bit of self-satisfaction. A big…
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Snapshot of a Researcher: Dr. Soriano
At least one person has told me her view of scientists was that they were all crazy white-haired men with accents. It got me thinking—I think that picture is close to a majority opinion. Indeed, if you do a Google image search for “scientist,” one of the first results is pretty much exactly that. As others…
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Science at 100x
Because you were so consumed with longing to know what I do in lab all day, here’s a picture of some immunofluorescence staining I’ve been working on. Blue is cholesterol (labeled with filipin), which has accumulated in these cells as a result of treatment with a special drug. Red and green are two proteins I’m…
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Spring, I Hardly Knew Ye
Having lived here less than a year, I’m not entirely confident that I’m qualified to comment on the Southern California environments. However, I would imagine that it is in these first months that the differences between “here” and “there”—that is to say, Maryland—are the most salient, and are thus a fine source of raw material…
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Here’s the Windup
We’ve got our second test on Monday, so this week I’ve been more and more occupied with studying and preparing for that. In other words, I’m going to be less busy starting this coming Tuesday. Last week our good friend Kyle (formerly of this now-defunct blog, currently with no internet home sans Facebook) made good…
Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.