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CLOCK CUES. “The circadian clock sustains self-perpetuating oscillations with a 24-h periodicity and is simultaneously synchronized with external environmental cues such as light, temperature and food intake, the so-called ‘zeitgebers’, or time-givers, that maintain an organism’s proper timekeeping (Fig. 1).” https://lnkd.in/dG2eBWiK View in LinkedIn

CLOCKS AND CANCER. “Epidemiological and clinical data reveal a connection between the disruption of circadian rhythms and cancer that is supported by recent preclinical data.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0271-8?fbclid=IwAR01C2Z4J5lxVYDLhxIb9dPb3fhNSZSxwimZvhHaJ4n3-nVPpkt2PNqoukk View in LinkedIn

MASTER CLOCK. “The circadian clock is a complex cellular mechanism that, through the control of diverse metabolic and gene expression pathways, governs a large array of cyclic physiological processes.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0271-8?fbclid=IwAR01C2Z4J5lxVYDLhxIb9dPb3fhNSZSxwimZvhHaJ4n3-nVPpkt2PNqoukk View in LinkedIn

FRAGMENT FROM NATURE features an interesting report titled ‘The emerging link between cancer, metabolism, and circadian rhythms’ by Selma Masri & Paolo Sassone-Corsi of the University of California at Irvine and INSERM. These findings are potentially very important for the causes as well as the treatment of some cancers. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0271-8?fbclid=IwAR01C2Z4J5lxVYDLhxIb9dPb3fhNSZSxwimZvhHaJ4n3-nVPpkt2PNqoukk View in LinkedIn

A TALK, The Force, a whimsical tour of biology. " " https://lnkd.in/eSzQfZBh View in LinkedIn

Marvellous carving in limestone inside Girona cathedral. View in LinkedIn

TURING TEST. “I believe that in about fifty years’ time it will be possible to program computers with a storage capacity of 10(9), to make them play the imitation game so well that an average interrogator will not have more than 70 percent chance of making the right identification after five minutes of questioning. The original question, ‘Can machines think’ I believe to be too meaningless to deserve discussion.” (Alan Turing). https://lnkd.in/eWj_kHSV View in LinkedIn

MASSIVE SUPERPOSITION. “The Hilbert space will never fully crystallize, especially as so much of the two universes are photons, which rarely interact with each other or with particles, so that all except about one billionth of each of the two universes is now in a superposition of states at any moment.” https://lnkd.in/gDaxUYAS View in LinkedIn

GENETIC EFFECT. “Altogether these studies provide compelling support for the notion that genetic disruption of key components of the clock mechanism increases tumorigenesis, but it is still unclear whether there is any specificity for distinct types of cancer.” https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-018-0271-8?fbclid=IwAR01C2Z4J5lxVYDLhxIb9dPb3fhNSZSxwimZvhHaJ4n3-nVPpkt2PNqoukk View in LinkedIn

3D ANALOGY. “The outer face of the crystal would accumulate more mass from the unfrozen liquid next to it, but the exact shape and contents of the face, and which parts of the liquid are to be incorporated in the next instant would be a function of the previous history of the crystal and the characteristics and evolution in time of the remaining liquid.” https://lnkd.in/gDaxUYAS View in LinkedIn