Bartholomew Cubbins on ScienceA discussion of hot topics in biomedical science. I hope that the level of detail will interest the average scientist, yet the format will allow non-scientists to enjoy the discussion as well. While a bit of gossip and trade talk will get tossed in for good measure, I intend the majority of the discussion to be focussed on the analysis of the data.noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)Fri, 8 Mar 2024 10:22:48 -0800Blogger http://www.blogger.com9125http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/en-usnoA discussion of hot topics in biomedical science. I hope that the level of detail will interest the average scientist, yet the format will allow non-scientists to enjoy the discussion as well. While a bit of gossip and trade talk will get tossed in for good measure, I intend the majority of the discussion to be focussed on the analysis of the data.A discussion of hot topics in biomedical science. I hope that the level of detail will interest the average scientist, yet the format will allow non-scientists to enjoy the discussion as well. While a bit of gossip and trade talk will get tossed in for gonoreply@blogger.com<link>http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/03/bc-on-science-episode-8-how-to-win.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)</author><pubDate>Sat, 4 Mar 2006 12:00:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-114150244149340787</guid><description><h3 class="post-title">BC on Science Episode 8: How to Win With Excel and Influence People, an Example of How Not to Do Science (mov)</h3><br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode8HowToWinWithExcelAndInfluencePeopleAnExampleOfHowNotToDoScienceMov841.mov" target="_blank"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode8HowToWinWithExcelAndInfluencePeopleAnExampleOfHowNotToDoScienceMov800.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode8HowToWinWithExcelAndInfluencePeopleAnExampleOfHowNotToDoScienceMov841.mov" target="_blank">Watch the video</a> (pops) </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br /><br />A brief look at how one can take a contiguous set of data and make trendlines to try and prove a point, even if the data doesn't support it.<br /><br />Fair Use, ahoy!<br /><br />Google video enroute in a couple of days.</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/02/bc-on-autism-episode-7-loopy-lupron.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)</author><pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2006 20:41:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-114058329921668322</guid><description><h3 class="post-title">BC on Autism Episode 7: Loopy Lupron, a Horrible Mistake or Something Worse?</h3><br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode7LoopyLupronAHorribleMistakeOrSomethingWorse858.mov"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode7LoopyLupronAHorribleMistakeOrSomethingWorse196.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BCOnAutismEpisode7LoopyLupronAHorribleMistakeOrSomethingWorse858.mov">Watch the video</a> </center><div class="blip_description"></div></description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/02/bartholomew-cubbins-on-autism-episode.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)</author><pubDate>Sat, 4 Feb 2006 15:08:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113909448916679112</guid><description><h3 class="post-title">Bartholomew Cubbins on Autism Episode 5: The Challenges of a Chelator (mov)</h3><br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnAutismEpisode5TheChallengesOfAChelatorMov247.mov"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnAutismEpisode5TheChallengesOfAChelatorMov647.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnAutismEpisode5TheChallengesOfAChelatorMov247.mov">Watch the video</a> </center><div class="blip_description"></div></description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title/><link>http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/02/bartholomew-cubbins-on-science-episode.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)</author><pubDate>Wed, 1 Feb 2006 21:40:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113885882155129744</guid><description><h3 class="post-title">Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 3: What Not To Do During a Group Meeting (mov)</h3><br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnRNAEpisode7WhatNotToDoDuringAGroupMeetingMov609.mov" target="_blank"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnRNAEpisode7WhatNotToDoDuringAGroupMeetingMov558.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnRNAEpisode7WhatNotToDoDuringAGroupMeetingMov609.mov" target="_blank">Watch the video</a> (pops) </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br />A great example of what not to do during your group meeting presentation.<br /><br />Here we have exhibit A, the last slide of graduate student Y's great data-heavy presentation. And then the fun started. Why, oh why, did he chose to do this. And more importantly, why didn't he run it by me before doing it? Oh, who am I kidding, I would have encouraged it. meh.<br /><br />For a small file, check out:<br />http://blip.tv/file/12335<br /><br />or if you like google:<br /><embed style="width:400px; height:326px;" id="VideoPlayback" align="middle" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?videoUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvp.video.google.com%2Fvideodownload%3Fversion%3D0%26secureurl%3DlAAAAB2ppBFC9aQvTcFJhtVM1c_-f5oZTcIiGJuPv3MQOwpIAagyhmo10G3GPgOwRM2O2UsWSjNTSaa11Ar-HoOwDdKXWUV-NxBfV5OLk3KzUcTm7eJTpI2IkaZ5E5a19TIey8LhOI4khjAl4OFSIRcxD_bbcCk3RkviOzB6Rsn9wytw8xu4vrfZc9XMBDb3TSzL82ApOj6I_EqG4vZjLOh9D0E%26sigh%3D-FhbGhvna-670txd5OG4M6WiXuY%26begin%3D0%26len%3D223890%26docid%3D3849024683875578734&thumbnailUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fvideo.google.com%2FThumbnailServer%3Fcontentid%3D15ff9ab94fff8794%26second%3D5%26itag%3Dw320%26urlcreated%3D1138910640%26sigh%3DQbYm-qcXzsq41udZwn8lE1sdI9E&playerId=3849024683875578734&playerMode=embedded" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" quality="best" bgcolor="#ffffff" scale="noScale" wmode="window" salign="TL" > </embed></description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item><item><title>Wost PI?http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/01/wost-pi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)Thu, 12 Jan 2006 16:17:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113711145581388931<!-- // Begin Pollhost.com Poll Code // --><br /><form method=post action=http://poll.pollhost.com/vote.cgi><br /><table border=0 width=150 bgcolor=#FFFFFF cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2><br /><tr><td colspan=2><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000"><b>What is the worst PI/lab head situation to find yourself?</b></font></td></tr><br /><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=1></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The overly amorous PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=2></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The buddy PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=3></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The married-to-the-lab manager / superpostdoc PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=4></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The screaming / cussing PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=5></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The passive-aggressive PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=6></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The meek PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=7></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The idiot PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td width=5><input type=radio name=answer value=8></td><td><font face="Arial" size=-1 color="#000000">The big-talker PI.</font></td></tr><tr><td colspan=2><br /><input type=hidden name=config value="QkN1YmJpbnMJMTEzNzExMDg1MwlGRkZGRkYJMDAwMDAwCUFyaWFsCUFzc29ydGVk"><br /><center><input type=submit value=Vote></center><br /></td></tr><br /><tr><td bgcolor=#FFFFFF colspan=2 align=right><font face="Arial" size=-2 color="#000000"><a href=http://www.pollhost.com/><font color=#000099>Free polls from Pollhost.com</font></a></font></td></tr><br /></table></form><br /><!-- // End Pollhost.com Poll Code // -->0Logical Fallacieshttp://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/01/logical-fallacies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)Mon, 9 Jan 2006 18:33:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113686073450476726For a great rundown on logical fallacies, check out <a href="http://interverbal.blogspot.com/2006/01/review-of-logic-fallacies-used-in_05.html" target="_blank">Interverbal's blog detailing fallacies 1-23</a>. Go to his <a href="http://interverbal.blogspot.com" target="_blank">main splash page</a> for many more.<br /><br />I'd bet a paycheck that most of us have committed one or more these at some point in the recent past. I'm sure I have and so I'll be keeping this close as a reminder.<br /><br />-BC0Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 2: News Maximum Tree Height?http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/01/bartholomew-cubbins-on-science-episode_08.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:05:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113677950609621843<br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode2NewsMaximumTreeHeight647.mov" target="_blank"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode2NewsMaximumTreeHeight647.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode2NewsMaximumTreeHeight647.mov" target="_blank">Watch the video</a> (pops) </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br /><br />Quick discussion of the topic. The fluffy factor is moderate because, well, it's a news piece. Complaints? Get in line with the others:<br /><a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3797/1252/1600/0707roaming06.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3797/1252/320/0707roaming06.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a>0Bartholomew Cubbins on Science Episode 1: Narwhal Newshttp://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/01/bartholomew-cubbins-on-science-episode.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)Sun, 8 Jan 2006 18:20:00 -0800tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113677320627786250<br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode1NarwhalNews369.mov" target="_blank"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode1NarwhalNews369.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-BartholomewCubbinsOnScienceEpisode1NarwhalNews369.mov" target="_blank">Watch the video</a>(pops) </center><div class="blip_description"></div><br /><br />A quick rundown of an interesting piece of news: the tusk of the Narwhal, once thought to be used for jousting and breaking holes into the ice, is a cool sensor of salinity, temperature, and other unknown factors.0<link>http://bcubbinsscience.blogspot.com/2006/01/introduction-to-bartholomew-cubbins-on.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Bartholomew Cubbins)</author><pubDate>Mon, 2 Jan 2006 14:45:00 -0800</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20386269.post-113624190217529379</guid><description><h3 class="post-title">Introduction to Bartholomew Cubbins on Science</h3><br /> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-IntroductionToBartholomewCubbinsOnScience537.mov" TARGET="_blank"> <img src="http://blip.tv/uploadedFiles/BartholomewCubbins-IntroductionToBartholomewCubbinsOnScience537.jpg" border="0" /> </a></center> <center> <a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/BartholomewCubbins-IntroductionToBartholomewCubbinsOnScience537.mov">Watch the video</a> </center><div class="blip_description">Short intro about the topics I'll cover in detail: Autism, RNA, Immunology, and General Science.</div></description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total></item></channel></rss>