Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
Using laboratory information management systems (LIMS) to automate and streamline laboratory tasks: three case studies
Unlike epithelial cells, neurons respond to herpes infection through autophagy, rather than by releasing inflammatory factors.
Founder, Chairman, and CEO, NeuroVigil, Age: 33
The science images and videos that captured our attention in 2012
Fungi in 100 million year-old seafloor sediments could possess novel antibiotics.
Insulin, long recognized as a primary regulator of blood glucose, is now also understood to play key roles in neuroplasticity, neuromodulation, and neurotrophism.
Two species of songbirds pack their nests with scavenged cigarette butts that repel irksome parasites.
Elderly people are worse at spotting untrustworthy faces, possibly due to decreased activity in the brain region associated with such perceptions.
| December 1, 2012
Meet some of the people featured in the December 2012 issue of The Scientist.
The Scientist’s 5th installment of its annual competition attracted submissions from across the life science spectrum. Here are the best and brightest products of the year.