Defense Outline
Just over a week away now… Introduction What is D2O? The history of D2O Gilbert Lewis: purification biological effects The hypothesis Joseph Katz various experiments Uses of D2O NMR, mass spec The need...
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The Biophysical Effects of Heavy Water from Anthony Salvagno
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Arabidopsis Growth Try 4: Setup
I’ve got larger test tubes (1in diameter and about a ft in height), I’ve got plenty of water, and I’ve got a PhD. Looks like I’m ready to grow some plants! Here is the protocol ( adapted from Jan 22):...
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Arabidopsis Growth Try 4: Week 2
The plants are one week old! They seem to be doing really well, for the most part. As expected, as the concentration of D2O increases the plants develop slower. Also as expected the plants also...
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Growth of Tobacco Seeds in Heavy Water
Growth of tobacco seeds in DI water. Growth of tobacco seeds in DDW. Growth of tobacco seeds in 33% D2O. Growth of tobacco seeds in 66% D2O. Growth of tobacco seeds in 99% D2O.
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Growth of tobacco seeds in low concentrations of deuterium
Growth of tobacco seeds in DDW (0.0001% D2O). Growth of tobacco seeds in DI water (0.0156% D2O). Growth of tobacco seeds in 1% D2O. Tobacco seed root length growth.
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Growth of Arabidopsis in heavy water
Arabidopsis seeds in DI water (0.0156% D2O). Arabidopsis seeds in 33% D2O. Arabidopsis seeds in 66% D2O. Arabidopsis seeds in 99% D2O.
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Arabidopsishttp://t.co/ZM1LINP0Sm Growth Try 4: Week 5
The latest updates are in. Between last week and this week, plants grown in 0% D2O, 30% D2O, 70% D2O, and 80% D2O have died. While this is expected for the larger concentrations, I can’t explain why...
View ArticleThe Repeating Crumley-ONS Project: Next Steps
Slightly over a month ago, I came across the Winnower and began a project in open notebook science. The concept was to upload notes from my notebook to the Winnower, archive the notes, and get DOI’s...
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I need a title for the paper. I’ve always called it Repeating Crumley, and maybe it makes sense to continue that trend, but is there a more fitting/descriptive name? Does it even matter? I think it...
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