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| bio | website | youtube.com/user/Arm0ry |
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| location | London, UK / Stuttgart, Germany | |
| age | 22 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year |
| seen | 3 hours ago | |
| stats | profile views | 43 |
Studying BSc Biomedical Science at Imperial College London.
I have several years worth of experience in
web development (HTML, PHP, CSS, JS, SQL; both raw and using frameworks jQuery and Smarty)
and programming (Windows/C++, Android/Java, Flash/AS3)
as well as some hobbyist experience in design (Inkscape, GIMP, Autodesk 3D).
Active member of the London Hackspace Biohackers whenever time permits; I also love tweaking and meddling but rarely find the time these days (in other words, hacking). Also, laptops don't permit for meddling a lot unfortunately.
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Apr 5 |
reviewed | No Action Needed How to Design an siRNA Experiment? |
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Apr 5 |
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How do axon terminals report to the soma? As far as my teaching has gone, glia provide scaffolding and in some cases are involved in metabolising small molecules, but not in any way proteins. And if they do, that just makes the question even more interesting - how would the axon terminal feed back to another cell when it needs more or less of a protein? |
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Apr 4 |
asked | How do axon terminals report to the soma? |
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Apr 4 |
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What is range of the number of individual organelles in cells Yes @terdon definitely has a point. In fact, organelle concentration is very different even in different parts of a single cell. E.g. the axon terminals of neurons contain a lof ot mitochondria to provide ATP for continuous firing, while the cell soma (the main body, which can be more than 1m away) contains much fewer of them. Another case, most cells only have one nucleus. Certain cell types like skeletal and cardiac muscle or the placental trophoblasts however fuse and form multinucleated cells. |
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Apr 3 |
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Why Do Nerve Signals Get Crossed? How clear is that sensation? Does it correspond to your finger movement, i.e. are you certain that it is a misprojection of the sensation (onto the wrong part of your body)? With such a rare occurrence it could just be a random error. |
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Apr 3 |
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Why Do Nerve Signals Get Crossed? What I meant was things like, if it was mislocated on the same spot but opposite side of the body for example; but it seems to be random. The other question was what exactly causes it to happen - does it only occur when you are scratching yourself after you were itching or also in other situations? |
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Apr 3 |
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Why Do Nerve Signals Get Crossed? Could you clarify exactly how the sensation is wrong for you? You are supposed to have an itch for whatever reason, and when you scratch it it's supposed to go away and you get the touch sensation of your fingers instead. All in the same place of course. Are you saying that the actual touch sensation of your fingers on your skin is mislocated? If so, is there a regularity to where it is mislocated (e.g. symmetrical to body axis)? And does this only occur on skin that was itching before, or any part at any time? |
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Apr 3 |
answered | Why does contracting the iris allow less intense light to go in? |
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Apr 1 |
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Is it technically possible to make someone see something when their eyes are closed? deleted 3 characters in body |
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Apr 1 |
answered | Is it technically possible to make someone see something when their eyes are closed? |
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Mar 31 |
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If life is discovered on another planet, will it likely be classified using the current domain/kingdom/phylum system? added 640 characters in body |
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Mar 30 |
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If life is discovered on another planet, will it likely be classified using the current domain/kingdom/phylum system? Valid point, does that sound better? I have to say that this made me realise the question could stir discussion more than encouraging an objective answer, so may be a candidate for closing. |
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Mar 30 |
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If life is discovered on another planet, will it likely be classified using the current domain/kingdom/phylum system? what's up with my o's and u's tonight |
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Mar 29 |
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DNA gel extraction: chemical contaminants Agree, you should check the reading before digestion and see what amount of DNA you're working with. |
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Mar 29 |
answered | If life is discovered on another planet, will it likely be classified using the current domain/kingdom/phylum system? |
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Mar 29 |
reviewed | Close RACE pcr product |
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Mar 29 |
reviewed | Close What's the Evolutionary Purpose of Hair in Humans (namely the hair that grows on their skin, NOT internal hairs)? |
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Mar 28 |
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Can mammals from different species reproduce? It's not a "percentage similarity" that's needed - it's a compatibility of the sperm's attachment mechanisms and what attachment sites the ovum provides. If all the fusion machinery is compatible, a viable embryo should be able to form, so strictly it should be possible for the rest of the genome to be entirely different. Although of course the higher the overall similarity, the more likely it is the fusion machinery will be compatible. |
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Mar 28 |
reviewed | Reviewed what's an ethics-friendly way to measure the protocol of electric shocking mice? |
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Mar 27 |
awarded | Custodian |
