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Rule In, Rule Out
Looking at false positives, false negatives, and what that means for COVID-19 testing.
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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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Getting the Facts on the Latest Tree Ring Analysis
http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2012/07/tree-rings-and-climate-some-recent-developments/ For all the scientific illiterates who think the Nature paper contradicts climate change.
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Flashed Face Distortion Effect Makes Ordinary Portraits Look Hideous
If you ever create a slideshow of portraits, you might want to avoid showing them aligned side-by-side with a gap in between. The video above shows a crazy optical illusion that researchers have dubbed the “Flashed Face Distortion Effect”. By flashing ordinary portraits aligned at the eyes, the human brain begins to compare and exaggerate…
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Developing a Unifying Theory of Alzheimer’s Disease
Monday Seminar presentation, April 16, 2012.
Matter, Energy, and Life of Michaela A. Castello.