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Not Clowning Around

The operating room is not the most pleasant place for any patient. But for children about to undergo surgery, it is especially frightening. At Rambam we’ve learned that there is nothing to fear but fear itself. Now, as part of preparation for surgery, children become familiar with the operating room through the guidance of a medical clown called ‘Bermula’ Rambam’s medical clowns. Pioter Fliter-RHCC.© Medical clowns have been active at Rambam for the last eight years. Now, they have ent...

Perspective: Integrity in Academic Career

I think everyone who was a part of academic world on some stage of his career has something to say about integrity in this area. I invite you to contemplate on this issue and here are the two points of view. This article discribes how it should be and raises some interesting questions. And here is the comics describing how it is, at least somewhere, sometimes... So what do you think? What is the meaning of academic integrity for you personally? Tweet

The Problem with Biomed Engineering

The problem with biomed engineering? Too much details, not enough thinking. At least according to my wife. But she might just have a point there. She usually does. Last night I was talking with my wife; About biomedical engineering, of course. She doesn't like the field much, to be honest, and enjoy making attempts at subverting me to her point of view and dislike. "Honey, I think the biomed industry is really coming to a halt," said my darling with a serene smile on her face. "Any ...

Funny Things to Do When You Get Bored In the Lab

Bored senseless in the Lab? ILSI-BioMed crew came up with some interesting ideas to pass the time that have been circulating on the net       I like the last one most of all. It also seems to work.

Nanodrop Vs. Regular Spectrophotometer ?

A low-budget Youtube commercial for a Nanodrop spectrophotometer gives back its money worth - and much more Kindly watch the below video. It opens up slow, and it goes on even slower, but... well, it's only three minutes!     So what do we have here? Two nerdy looking scientists, having a painfully-mock argument about the virtues of the Nanodrop spectrophotometer as opposed to using the old fashioned spectrophotometer. Let me stress that I'm all for the Nanodrop device, as it tru...

Entrepeneurship Lessons from the Technion, Now on Youtube

The Technion is uploading an entire entrepeneurship course onto Youtube. Entrepeneurship is good. Free stuff is good. The Technion is good. That’s why I think the Technion’s new idea is absolutely brilliant: uploading the lectures from an ongoing Technological Entrepreneurship course to Youtube. If I ever want to op en my own start-up, this is going to be useful. Plus, the lectures themselves are interesting and highly recommended. Other th an that, I like the fact that the Te...

A New Enzyme Makes for a Hillarious Song on Youtube

Biomed is not all hard work. Sometimes, just sometimes, there are wild dances in the lab as well. Or at least that’s what Bio-Rad wants us to think in their new entertaining commercial for this PCR product. And while we’re in the musicals business, here’s another amusing film to explain what nano-technology is all about. And with muppets, too!

The Homeopathic Emergency Room

How would a homeopathic ER look like? An amusing clip reveals the answer.I'll be honest: I'm envious of homeopaths. Always have been. I mean, who wouldn't want to sell bottles of water with some sugar for big bucks? Unfortunately, there is that uncomfortable nagging feeling called conciousness. Or maybe it's just the Law, forbidding us biotechies to sell medicines that didn't go through that long and hard road of clinical trials. But if you want to see how the common hospital would've been ru...