Category: Academic
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Focus stacking for photomicroscopy
Focus stacks are a simple way to get sharp photos when your microscope section is not flat. Compare the left thumbnail with out of focus parts with the right, which is sharp all over
renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2016/02/17/focus-stacking-for-photomicroscopy
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Tips: Numbered Lists in Word
One of my pet irritations is making a numbered list and discovering that the numbers seem to arbitrarily change font.
There is an Easy Solution: ...
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Public understanding of science in the US
NSF data shows the general public have a poor science education. Almost half don't know how long it takes the Earth to go around the Sun. Half think electrons are bigger than atoms ...renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2015/12/05/public-understanding-of-science-in-the-us
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Converting photos to powerpoint with lines and shading
If you want to create drawings like the one to the right using a program you already know how to use, this tutorial may help you. Powerpoint is not ideal for this sort of drawing, but it is easier than Inkscape (free) or Adobe Illustrator (very expensive), since you already know how to drive powerpoint. No new user interface to learn, just a few tricks and tweaks to get the head around.This tutorial will take you through the key steps in generating this illustration of a newborn wallaby attached to a teat in the pouch. I will show how to generate the base by tracing the outlines from a photo, and then how to embellish this with fills and shading to get a reasonably 3-D appearance.
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Honours and Masters Flyer 2015
Research projects will be available for new Honours and Masters students in 2015 in areas of reproductive and developmental biology including regulation of gonadal development, disorders of sexual development, early embryo development and genomic imprinting.renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2015/09/21/honours-and-masters-flyer-2015
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Professor Marilyn Renfree wins Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers
For three decades of inspirational mentoring of young researchers, particularly women, Professor Renfree has been awarded the University of Technology Sydney Eureka Prize for Outstanding Mentor of Young Researchers.
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Opening old PPT files
Whilst newer Powerpoints refuse to open some of the older powerpoint formats, there are ways to convert the old files to newer formats.
renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2015/07/15/opening-old-ppt-files
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Paper accepted: FOXA1 and SOX9 expression in the developing wallaby reproductive system
We provide evidence that FOXA1 and SOX9 are required to sustain prostate differentiation, development and proliferation in tammars after androgen levels fall during sexual differentiation
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Improving Your Photomicrography
Some quick tips to improve photomicrographs.
renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2015/05/14/improving-your-photomicrography
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NEW paper, just released: MHC genes in marsupials
THis study clarifies how marsupial fetuses escape immune rejection by its mother's immune system
renfreeshawlab.science.unimelb.edu.au/2015/05/11/new-paper-just-released-mhc-genes-in-marsupials
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