I love FIJI. It's capabilities and talented community of developers are incredible. In the name of democratizing imaging software for the masses and generating repeatable, reliable image processing pipelines, I try to use it for the majority of my image processing and analysis needs. But it's taken me a while to get to that point. … Continue reading My Top FIJI Plugins and Resources for Image Processing and Analysis
Category: Science
Learning 3D CAD from Scratch – Resources
3D Printing, CNC, and many methods of prototyping are quickly becoming ubiquitous tools across science and engineering. We have more access to these tools than ever before. But how do you actually make use of them? Personally, I use Autodesk Inventor - one of the major CAD programs available commonly used for parts and assemblies. … Continue reading Learning 3D CAD from Scratch – Resources
Tips for Scientific Literature Searches
[Pro Tip - Don't actually use Bing for literature searches.... it's remarkably bad] Starting a new project the first time, whether it be starting graduate research in a new lab, starting a new postdoc, or as a PI with a new collaboration, means that you are going to need to get an idea of what … Continue reading Tips for Scientific Literature Searches
My Favorite Science / Academic Podcasts
I'm a huge fan of podcasts. I listen to them constantly while I'm imaging in the lab or doing a bunch of data processing. It keeps my mind stimulated, passively taking in new information (school related or not). I still listen to a lot of music, but whenever I'm walking, running, doing some less mind-intensive … Continue reading My Favorite Science / Academic Podcasts
Peer-Reviewed Journals that I follow
As a follow up to my post on RSS Feeds, I thought I would provide you all with the list of feeds, journals and authors that I follow, and some backstory on why. Feeds: High-Impact Nature Science Scientific Reports Scientce Translational Medicine Nature Biomedical Engineering Nature Communications Biophotonics Neurophotonics IEEE Reviews in Biomedical Engineering Optica … Continue reading Peer-Reviewed Journals that I follow
Tools for Staying Current in Your Field: RSS Feeds
Staying current in your field is important if you plan to make valuable scientific contributions to your field of research. That said, the task of staying current can be really time consuming if you try to do it by brute-force. When you're spending hours in the lab each day, it's not feasible to stay current … Continue reading Tools for Staying Current in Your Field: RSS Feeds
Citation Managers to Compile Literature
When you are diving into the scientific literature, it is important to accumulating work that has been done in the field you are planning on researching in. It takes a fair bit of time, but having the knowledge of what has been done and what still needs to be done in a particular field of … Continue reading Citation Managers to Compile Literature
Understanding Your New Field of Research
There are hundreds of academic journals publishing peer reviewed literature from all over the world. Even crazier is the hundreds of thousands of papers that are published each year. Hell, in my world, Optics Express publishes a couple hundred papers a month, and the vast majority of those articles have little to no direct impact … Continue reading Understanding Your New Field of Research