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Posts by Jason Needham

I thought his description of how the visual cortex assembles progressively more complex patterns from binary inputs to be pretty good. What did he say that gave you the impression he doesn't understand biological brains?

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The Look of a Winner The emerging--and disturbing--science of how candidates' physical appearances influence our choice in leaders

It seems like you've mostly just interviewed political pundits. Have you considered interviewing neuroscientists/social psychologists? Specifically, I'm thinking of Jonathan Heidt's work on political morality. After all, voters care about more than policy: www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-...

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Figure 1. Timeline of mainly US civil society campaigns to encourage meat reduction as individual climate action along with short descriptions of the animal agriculture industry’s response.

Figure 1. Timeline of mainly US civil society campaigns to encourage meat reduction as individual climate action along with short descriptions of the animal agriculture industry’s response.

There’s a popular talking point that says boycotting animal products is an “individual action” that distracts from the responsibility of powerful corporations.

The meat industry spent decades promoting this narrative.

new paper:
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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

1 year ago 78 23 1 2

Hey Erik,
Could you please add me to the group? Here's a link to my orchid: orcid.org/0000-0002-37...

Thanks!
Jason

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Single-cell analysis reveals host S phase drives large T antigen expression during BK polyomavirus infection Author summary BK polyomavirus (BKPyV) is the leading cause of graft loss in kidney transplant patients due to the lack of effective antivirals. Previous studies have implied that early expression of ...

Single-cell analysis reveals host S phase drives large T antigen expression during BK polyomavirus infection

journals.plos.org/plospathogen...

1 year ago 3 2 0 0

There is no brain microbiome.

An example of where the actual, broadly defined * peer review has * worked *.

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The preliminary sequence from the H5N1 human case in British Columbia has been posted and it is not good news. The virus potentially has a quasispecies at HA residue 226 (H3 numbering). This is bad news because we know that mutations at residue 226 can increase binding to human receptors. 1/

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