Tag Archives: neurons

December 03

Meet Christopher Lee – Shape matters! Stories of a “model” scientist

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What does Lotso, the bear from Pixar’s Toy Story 3, have in common with the research of computational scientist Dr. Christopher Lee? Lotso is created with a similar technology that Christopher uses to create real 3D models of neurons. For those who just started following this interview series, I am a researcher myself and conduct […]

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October 15

Meet Richard McCosh – A Researcher that Tackles the “Brainy” Side of Reproduction

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Have you heard of Lonesome George? The tortoise? He was long known as the rarest creature in the world, because he was the last existing individual of the Pinta Island tortoise species in the Galapagos Islands before he died in 2012 [1]. The existence of every species on earth is dependent on successful reproduction. If […]

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