Six Guidelines for Scientific Data Visualization
[caption id="attachment_1392" align="alignleft" width="622"] Six guidelines for scientific data visualization. Written and designed by Charles Tran.[/caption]
Single-Cell Mass Cytometry: Highly Multiparametric Analysis for a New Age
Mass cytometry has been hailed as a revolutionary new addition to the immunologist’s tool kit. Developed at Dr. Scott Tanner’s lab in the Department of Chemistry at the University of...
(A)nxious, (B)urnt out, (C)oping, or (D)epressed? For many graduate students, the answer is all of the above
[caption id="attachment_1421" align="alignright" width="300"] Image credit: Biały (Flickr / Biały).[/caption] At first, there was just heightened anxiety about grades and dysregulated sleeping and eating habits, all typical behaviours for a...
Gut Feeling: How Our Microbes Can Affect Mental Health
[caption id="attachment_1415" align="alignleft" width="300"] Image credit: Science Photo Library - SCIEPRO. Image courtesy of Getty Images.[/caption] The Nobel Prize-winning, immunology pioneer Élie Metchnikoff postulated over one hundred years ago that...
Breaking the Blood Brain Barrier
[caption id="attachment_1410" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Illustration by Catherine Schrankel.[/caption] Imagine that you’ve been tasked with pulling off the ultimate heist, a George Clooney-level break-in to the most heavily guarded, impenetrable biological...
Taking Leaps: An Alumni Interview with Christina Loh
[caption id="attachment_1378" align="alignright" width="400"] Christina Loh, PhD.[/caption] California is not just all sunshine and beaches. It is also an intellectual and technological hub where ambitious young minds, like U of...
The Top 1% of Science
[caption id="attachment_1449" align="alignleft" width="622"] The top 1% of science. Data collected by Alexey Gurevich. Design by Charles Tran[/caption]
Bioelectronics: Harnessing a neural system to control inflammation
[caption id="attachment_1356" align="alignright" width="297"] Image credit: John Lund | Blend Images. Image courtesy of Getty Images.[/caption] The immune system’s inflammatory response is a double-edged sword. Inflammation is a highly complex...
Taking the Fight to the Heart of the Epidemic
[caption id="attachment_1301" align="alignnone" width="500"] Dr. Rupert Kaul. Image credit: Mayra Cruz Tleugabulova.[/caption] The global challenge presented by the AIDS epidemic, by necessity, requires modern-day HIV and AIDS research to be...