Well, this might give you a chuckle.crainefishSeptember 20 2007, 16:19:15 UTC
One of my labmates asked yesterday if I remembered what was bigger in size, T. brucei or S. cerevisiae. I thought about Pubmed for a second, then went straight to Wikipedia.
Mind you, if it was _important_, I'd go to Pubmed, _after_ using Google to get the first hits for the best starting point article... :-)*
I use Transitchicago a lot as well, but tend to foget Metromix exists.
*Answer: yeast diameter = about 10 microns, vs 3 wide/10 long for brucei. Close enough. We stopped short of actually estimating volume. Hmmm... yeast, 4/3piR^3, approximately 523 cubic microns, brucei, 3x3x10=90 cubic microns, but brucei is irregularly shaped, so brucei's smaller.***
** And now I'm going to go tell him that. How sad is that? ****
*** And as you know, I edited this post after walking away and thinking "wait, that formula can't be right..." This is sadder.
**** I confirmed the formulas through Google :-b *****
***** Hmm, I should probably use the cyllinder formula for brucei, not the box one. 71 cubic centimeters then...
Re: Well, this might give you a chuckle.tanathalas28September 20 2007, 17:05:10 UTC
hehe, ok, all the footnotes were great.
oh, and another one I use occasionally when I remember that it exists is grubhub. gotta love a website devoted exclusively to take-out and delivery menues... :)
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Wikipedia
Metromix
Transitchicago
Wowhead (very limited scope, but lots of info if you play world of warcraft)
I do occasionally use Pubmed and the rest of the NCBI website, but that's work related, and thus, only kinda counts IMO.
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Mind you, if it was _important_, I'd go to Pubmed, _after_ using Google to get the first hits for the best starting point article... :-)*
I use Transitchicago a lot as well, but tend to foget Metromix exists.
*Answer: yeast diameter = about 10 microns, vs 3 wide/10 long for brucei. Close enough. We stopped short of actually estimating volume. Hmmm... yeast, 4/3piR^3, approximately 523 cubic microns, brucei, 3x3x10=90 cubic microns, but brucei is irregularly shaped, so brucei's smaller.***
** And now I'm going to go tell him that. How sad is that? ****
*** And as you know, I edited this post after walking away and thinking "wait, that formula can't be right..." This is sadder.
**** I confirmed the formulas through Google :-b *****
***** Hmm, I should probably use the cyllinder formula for brucei, not the box one. 71 cubic centimeters then...
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oh, and another one I use occasionally when I remember that it exists is grubhub. gotta love a website devoted exclusively to take-out and delivery menues... :)
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