Here’s some fantastic research we collaborated on. I’ll write a little bit more about it when I have time.

Here’s some fantastic research we collaborated on. I’ll write a little bit more about it when I have time.

Originally shared by Center For Advanced Molecular Imaging

Our collaborators, Dr. Stupp and Dr. Erin Hsu just published a paper about their research using a nanomaterial to promote bone growth. We did some of the microCT imaging and helped them with analysis. Congratulations to them.

Sulfated glycopeptide nanostructures for multipotent protein activation

S. Lee et al

Nature Nanotechnology (2017) doi:10.1038/nnano.2017.109

Accepted 28 April 2017 Published online 19 June 2017

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/june/sugar-coated-nanomaterial-promote-bone-growth/

https://news.northwestern.edu/stories/2017/june/sugar-coated-nanomaterial-promote-bone-growth/

Crazy on you

Crazy on you

I think it’s interesting that the prelude to this study was the finding that dogs that raise their eyebrows get adopted more than dogs that don’t. Heck yeah, I want a doggo that makes facial expressions with their eyebrows. Cats, not so much. However, the more they rub on furniture or toys was more likely to get a cat adopted.

That means that, compared with dogs, cats haven’t faced as much evolutionary pressure to appeal to humans, the researchers say. In other words, cats are jerks. I keep trying to tell that to my cat friends. 🙂

As usual, ignore the title from Science Mag. The correct title is Crazy-faced cats don’t win the adoption game.

Here’s your earworm.

Crazy on You by Heart.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZuW6BH_Vak

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/06/crazy-faced-cats-don-t-win-adoption-game