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| bio | website | nicolaromano.net |
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| location | Montpellier, France | |
| age | 32 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 5 months |
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I'm a researcher in neuroendocrinology
I'm interested in all that regards pattern recognition, time series analysis, rhythms etc.
My current research focuses in the exploration and modulation of the neuro-endocrine patterns that contribute to the generation of hormone pulsatility.
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Feb 20 |
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Are there examples of encryption in nature? @KarnRatana: encryption implies the concept of "secrecy". You encrypt data so that only a certain individual or group of individuals can access it using a certain key. See also stackoverflow.com/questions/4657416/… . It is difficult to imagine a biological situation where secrecy would be an issue. |
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Feb 19 |
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What are some alternatives to Charles Darwin evolution except creationism? @terdon: anything involving God (and creationism falls into the category by definition) is not a scientific hypothesis, as the existence of God cannot not be scientifically proven. |
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Feb 19 |
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Can a person become addicted to tea? @carandraug: thanks for the edit! |
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Feb 19 |
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Can a person become addicted to tea? @rwst: green tea and black tea are the same plant (the tea plant, Camelia sinensis). carandraug: I will gladly upvote this answer if you link to some study or review showing that caffeine is addictive (should not be difficult to find). |
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Feb 17 |
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What kind of microscope should be used to view biological structures (such as spores) roughly 5 µm in length? Agree 100%. Cheap lenses will just give blurry and distorted images. Beware of promises of 1000x, and color camera for $200... you will just be disappointed. The ideal would be going for something like the Zeiss Primo Star which goes for around 1500-2000€. |
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Feb 17 |
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Does GTP-γS (GTP gamma S) bind all GTP-binding proteins? Sort of related: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/3258/… |
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Feb 14 |
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Super-resolution imaging in vivo @thiton: again, I reiterate that when speaking about in vivo (at least in physiology) one considers a living animal, not a cell culture, which is still considered in vitro (or, for living tissue I ex vivo). I doubt you had many problems of respiration with your cells... |
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Feb 5 |
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Effect of single-gene overexpression in the cell's response Can you expand a little bit maybe giving some example of how the modulation of a single gene can subsequently affect many others? |
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Feb 3 |
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Can you consider a human as alive, or is it the cells on the body that are alive? Or: "Is Henrietta Lacks still alive?" |
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Feb 3 |
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Why Do Most Humans & Cats Have Blue/Bluish Eyes At Birth? Thanks for the edit @Alan... too early in the morning to speak proper English :P |
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Jan 28 |
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Microscopy Book Suggestions I am going to leave this as a comment, because I don't think this is exactly what you need, but the Cold Spring Harbor books about imaging are very good if you are going to use the techniques in the lab (they're very much focussed on practical issues). I own Imaging in Neuroscience: a laboratory manual but you can also find a book on imaging in general, one on live cell imaging, and one on developmental biology. |
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Jan 27 |
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Why people like to see pornographic scenes, but do not feel the same about eating scenes? @MySky: there are plenty of TV shows about cooking, not to mention that there are thousands of food-bloggers. |
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Jan 24 |
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Why is cold water more refreshing than warm water? @terdon: no, I am saying that a hot drink will make you feel less thirsty on the long run. For instance we always bring hot tea when hiking in summer, even if it's quite hot. It's a matter of temperature difference, like having a hot shower in summer, you'll feel way more refreshed then after a cold one. |
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Jan 24 |
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Super-resolution imaging in vivo well, when speaking about physiology, in vivo means on living animals, isolated cells are considered ex vivo. |
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Jan 24 |
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Why is cold water more refreshing than warm water? However, on a hot day an hot drink will make you less thirsty than a cold one. |
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Jan 24 |
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Why does having cold hands hurt? You may want to have a look at: biology.stackexchange.com/questions/371/… |
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Jan 24 |
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Super-resolution imaging in vivo That does not work in vivo, does it (cell culture does not count as in vivo)? |
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Jan 15 |
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How to evaluate the efficacy of an antibody for fluorescence microscopy? Hmmm... in my experience (in the lab) that is not that common when working with tissue. I don't work on cell culture, so maybe that is different. |
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Jan 15 |
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How to evaluate the efficacy of an antibody for fluorescence microscopy? Don't really know if the first point is really so useful... Most of the time antibodies work in IHC but not in WB or vice-versa and not having a signal in WB does not mean that your IHC signal is aspecific. Also, if you are working on tissue (rather than cell cultures) you have many different cell types which may complicate things a lot. |
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Jan 12 |
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Effects of exercise on the brain Note that the pituitary gland is not part of the brain. Also, I would refrain to say "release of <insert your favourite neurotransmitter here> does XYZ". Dopamine has many different effects depending on what part of the brain releases it and where. |
