This blog is for anyone who is interested in talking about parasites in a relatively philosophical, or even symbolic, sort of way. "Parasites" includes parasitic ideas, too! Parasitism is the most common way of life on earth, yet the vast majority of people, including biologists, believe it is something to be ignored. That attitude is simply wrong.
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Shell quiz #1
This link is to pictures of shells being used by the Organismic Biology class (BIOS 103) this semester at UNL. This pdf file is the first one assembled. There is a second one, also available via a link from this blog. We have most of them identified, but if you want to try your hand, feel free. Post generic names by page number and file name.
Friday, March 25, 2011
Bugbears
I'm cleaning out the lab, after 44 years, of all things that might be important for whatever reason. This link leads to the text from a crumbling piece of paper. The typed quote was originally posted (= taped to a chemical shelf) in 1967 by a grad student. F. M. Cornford is worth a search on Google.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Studying, character, success, and value (Part II - Character)
Recently a former BIOS 101 student, still in school at UNL, asked me to comment on the intertwining of studying and character. Given who the student was, I sort of assumed this was a writing assignment, perhaps based on experiences not only in my class, but also in some other class being taken currently. Then she followed with a similar assignment: to deal with success and value. I fired back a paragraph, but it was obviously not enough, so I decided to take the assignment seriously. Here is the second installment (Part II: Character).
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Studying, Character, Success, and Value (Part I: Studying)
Recently a former BIOS 101 student, still in school at UNL, asked me to comment on the intertwining of studying and character. Given who the student was, I sort of assumed this was a writing assignment, perhaps based on experiences not only in my class, but also in some other class being taken currently. I fired back a paragraph, but it was obviously not enough, so I decided to take the assignment seriously. Here is the first installment (Part I: Studying).
Sunday, January 23, 2011
BIOS 101 - Final Report
Attached is my final report, not only for BIOS 101 during the fall semester, 2010, but also for all time (that was my last ever time in that course, after 44 years). Feel free to pass it around. - JJ
Friday, December 3, 2010
The RUTE Data Set - 2010 (audio file)
This link is to the audio (as *.wma) file that goes with the *.pdf (= PowerPoint) part of the December 2, 2010, parasitology seminar on the RUTE (Research for Undergraduates in Theoretical Ecology) parasitology project conducted during the summer of 2010 at the Cedar Point Biological Station. - JJ
The RUTE Data Set - 2010 (pdf of PowerPoint)
This link is to the pdf version of the December 2, 2010, parasitology seminar in which we talked about the 2010 summer RUTE (Research for Undergraduates in Theoretical Ecology) projects in parasitology at the Cedar Point Biological Station. - JJ
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