Brief Bio

I was born and raised in Kalamazoo MI. I earned my bachelors of science in biology from Western Michigan University. I met and fell in love with a big goof of a man named Cliff. I have a fat lazy cat named Kerby and a dog named Bear.

Microbiologist hits pay dirt

June 23rd, 2007 at 4:31 am (Microbiology)

From Physorg.com, so a Macquarie University scientist has cultured bacteria in mud. To which most people would say, “Who cares.” Most bacteria that is cultured using agar. But that only works for a infantesmal portion of the earth’s bacteria. So any new techneques that make studying these microorganisms easier is good news.

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Of Dinosaurs and Sponges

June 7th, 2007 at 8:34 pm (Evolution, Genetics)

So you’ve heard the news about the Creation Museum in KY. Well also this week, at US-Santa Barbra, researchers discovered the origin of the nervous system.

It seems to me that the nuts in KY will never understand a process that takes millions of years, when they are stuck with Seventeenth Century thinking. Also the notion of an inerrant Bible is not compatible with ideas that question the Bible’s accuracy.

Now back to the research…What I find fascinating is that before evolution created animals, the framework for me writing this article was already in existence. And that minor changes were all that were need to form the synaps.

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