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Growing from 2020
I was recently watching a YouTube clip of James Corden interviewing Ana de Armas for the Late, Late Show. Ana is Cuban – just like me....
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Dec 31, 20208 min read


Pregnancy and COVID-19
Previously published under COVID-19 Resources Canada by the CanCOVID Network. Disclaimer: Please note that the COVID-19 pandemic remains...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Aug 11, 202013 min read


How Mass Spectrometry Can Help Limit Reproducibility Problems
This piece was originally published in Scientific American Antibodies are critical for biological and medical research. Yet, since early...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 8, 20194 min read


What is Protein Sequencing by Mass Spectrometry?
Originally posted in Rapid Novor, Inc.'s website Frederick Sanger, father of DNA sequencing, sequenced the first protein, insulin, before...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Aug 1, 20197 min read


The Need for Ethical and Experimental Regulation in Genome Editing
This article was first published by The Health Science Inquiry Dr. Robert Edwards (Fig. 1A), the 2010 Nobel Prize in Physiology and...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
May 31, 20194 min read


Why PhDs are Difficult
I was recently reading Kathy Barker's At the Helm, and came across a great summary of why PhDs are difficult. According to Baker, unlike...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Oct 22, 20187 min read


“You were saying…? What happens when you ‘zone out’.”
Has anyone ever tried to get your attention because you’re blankly staring into space? Have you ever wondered why someone might be...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Oct 15, 20183 min read


“Poop transfers: how do they work and why do people do them?”
Before we talk about poop transfers, you first need to know a bit about the microbiome. The microbiome is the collection of organisms...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Oct 15, 20183 min read


A Bean Misunderstanding
Originally published The Ontarion I had heard about beans being toxic and that their toxicity causes bloating. That came as a surprise...
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 30, 20143 min read


What are Genetically Modified Foods?
Blog article explaining what are genetically modified foods, and their use in Canada
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Nov 20, 20143 min read


The Anti-Vaccine Movement: North America’s Greatest Commodity
Opinion piece on the importance of public health and civic duty
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Oct 29, 20143 min read


Science Education as Important as Potable Water
On the importance of science education
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Oct 19, 20122 min read


A Brief Glimpse into the Field of Phage Therapy
Small review about the world of bacteriophages
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Aug 4, 20123 min read


Could a Retrovirus be Responsible for Mental Disorders?
Diving into the discovery of HERV-W, a human endogenous retrovirus linked to multiple sclerosis and schizophrenia
Maria Rosales Gerpe
May 5, 20126 min read


If your Ferret Catches the Flu, Please Dial 911
News article regarding the moratorium on flu research
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Mar 31, 20124 min read


"Intolerance to Sexyness": when bad research gets funded
Critique of social behaviour article
Maria Rosales Gerpe
Mar 11, 20124 min read
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