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How did that Bio-Hacking shit even start?

Anyone have a CLS license? How was the process to get one?

Gonna apply for it in 2018, getting my microbio b.s. in summer

OK. Anyone have questions for a postdoc working on invasive species, specifically insect pests of agricultural systems?

Why are they suddenly appearing?

My dick takes eons to get hard when I watch regular porn, but traps make it pop up and start leaking immediately. What is the biological explanation for this?

That's a pretty vague question. Invasive species have likely existed since humans have traveled long distances. Biological invasions are becoming more frequent in large part because humans are increasingly, either intentionally or unintentionally, moving organisms to exotic ranges/habitats.

Invasive species (like pathogens) have also been spread by migratory species of animal. So, I don't think they're suddenly appearing, just becoming more noticeable and frequent.

Seconding this question.

You're gay.

Uh, no.

Traps are scientifically proven to be gay.

evolutions pretty dope

The wikipedia page has something about Firetrucks spreading seeds unintentionally.

I imagine similar stuff applies to bees being moved around and beekepers carrying their suits with them.

Bilgewater and everyone throwing shit into the sewer (which can overflow to the river) does the rest.

Landscapers are also good at spreading shit around.

I guess climate can play a role too.

Why are invasions more frequent, or do we simply notice them earlier?

I'm building a circular dichroism spectrometer. We think we can do UV ranges but more comfortable with visible light and 600 nm is ideal four our current set up. Anyone got suggestions for what we should run spectra on?

If by apply for license, you mean apply for the post-bac training program:
Make sure your degree program covers all the classes required by most training programs. It really depends on what program you go with. Some places will send you back to school for a semester for hardcore book work and then mentor your benchwork in the hospital for a year and a half. Others will have the the book work and bench work going over the whole time.
Some hospitals will stipend you outright, some will require a two year contract, and others will give you nothing.
After you finish the training program, you take a test for licensing that is quite a bit easier than the program. Some states require that you have both the state and national licenses, so make sure you look into that.
In between your graduation and application period, see if you can get a job as a lab assistant in a clinical lab. It gives you a really good competitive edge and some good references if you're a good worker.
Getting into a good post-bac program is the hardest part, so once you manage that, its pretty much a straight shot to your license and the accompanying job security/reasonable starting salary

I did my undergrad in philosophy and math. I'm thinking of doing molecular biology masters by coursework. Only reason I got interested in it was from a mathematical biology course that had a month of doing dynamical systems theory on concrete problems (like modeling the state space of certain molecular mechanisms), and I enjoyed it and started reading more (admittedly my knowledge of bio is garbage). Questions I have for anyone that answer them:

i. Anyone here work in the area? What's it like?
ii. What's the employment levels like? Don't even care what low level job I get, as long as I get something in the area.
iii. Apart from biochem, genetics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics textbooks what else should I read before I start the courses?

I addressed the first part of your question and you did as well in your own post. The second part of your question is a little trickier. On one hand, there is a greater probability of any one organism becoming successfully introduced and established in an exotic range as the number of organisms being moved around increases. So, our chances of having an invasion that is noticed also increase. On the other hand, detection strategies are constantly improving so invasions can be detected and managed at earlier stages.

thanks for the info. And yeah I meant the post-bac program

I'll be a lab tech/research assistant for the year between this and CLS (assuming I land a job). In California all the programs around me are 1 year. I'm graduating from a UC and plan to get my license at a cal state around me (GPA requirement is 2.75 and mine is well over). I'm not too concerned about where I get the license from since I already have a UC degree in my resume. I'll be taking a class in Hematology for a semester since it's not covered by my classes.

How was the actual CLS program for you? Like what did you enjoy or dislike?

there's an absolute fuck ton you're missing for molecular bio if you only did philosphy and math.

>Apart from biochem, genetics, molecular biology, and bioinformatics textbooks what else should I read before I start the courses?

you're going to have to cover basic biology and chemistry before you start tackling these as well as Ochem for biochem

If he want's a comprehensive view he's gonna need some physical chemistry in there too.

from my experience you really don't need physics in the context of molecular biology if you want to work in a lab. Unless you really want to know about microscopes refracting light or the properties of centripidal force in a centrifuge; knowledge of either didn't help me do any better

He likes mathematical biology which requires a lot of data analysis in the context of molecular interactions. Regular don't need it but mathematical modeling of biological system almost requires it.