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'Gilmore Girls' Season 2, Episode 6: Presenting Lorelai Gilmore
TV Gilmore Girls
Directing and writing credits:
Directed by Chris Long, written by Sheila R. Lawrence. This is Long's first episode of "GG," but he'll go on to direct some of my all-time favorites, like "The Bracebridge Dinner" and "Nag Hammadi Is Where They Found the Gnostic Gospel." He's probably best known for his work as a producing director on "The Americans" and was nominated for an Emmy in 2016. He was featured on an episode of Slate's TV Club Insider podcast after "A Roy Rogers In Franconia" aired, so check it out if you're a fan of the show.
Lawrence has also worked with the Palladinos as a writer and producer on "Bunheads" and "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel." The Gilmore Guys did a pretty solid interview with her a few years ago that I recommend. Their style is little too long and meandering for my taste, but Kevin and Demi really do dive deep with each cast and crew member that they interview.
Most batshit crazy outfit:
Lorelai's lace-up baseball tee, bandana, and lightwash jeans are bad, but I kind of consider them standard at this point. Rory wears a bunch of sweaters that make her look 20 pounds heavier than she is, but again ... no surprises there. The most standout "wtf-ery" is definitely Rory's debutante ball dress. It feels weirdly incomplete, like someone finished making a corset and then just said, "let's jazz this up by tacking a big, poufy skirt onto it." And don't even get me started on those fucking gloves.
Don't forget the appliqué straps and weird embroidery!
Most irritating Rory or Lorelai moment:
This conversation highlights some of Lorelai's shittiest parenting qualities:
Rory: It sucks. I know it sucks, just tell me it sucks.
Lorelai: It's great.
Rory: No it's not.
Lorelai: It's an A.
Rory: Don't lie.
Lorelai: A-plus.
Rory: You're my mom.
Lorelai: Is anything higher than an A-plus?
Rory: You have to say that.
Lorelai: It's an A-plus with a crown and a wand.
After this scene, my husband turned to me and said (in a tone mocking Lorelai), "I'm going to validate you into a dysfunctional adulthood." Want to know why Rory is such an obviously damaged person in AYitL? It's partially because of this hyperbolic flattery that Lorelai can't seem to shake.
Number of times Rory or Lorelai treat their bff like shit:
Lane is barely in this episode and Sookie is missing completely.
Best literary or pop culture references:
Lorelai: I swear, there is nothing in the world my mother is better at than getting someone to agree to something that in any other universe, they would never ever consider.
Rory: Mom.
Lorelai: I am still convinced she had something to do with Lily Tomlin doing that movie with John Travolta.
The movie Lorelai's referring to is "Moment by Moment." I've seen it and can confirm that it's hilariously awful. John Travolta plays a greasy pill-pusher named Strip, which basically tells you everything you need to know. The director, Jane Wagner, is Lily Tomlin's wife and I'm not quite sure how she let this fiasco happen. (This movie was made in 1978, so Jane and Lily weren't married at the time it was filmed, but I think they were together.)
Back when the A.V. Club wasn't a piece of shit, "Moment by Moment" was featured on Nathan Rabin's "My World of Flops." I miss this series and the old A.V. Club so damn much.
Stars Hollow weirdness:
Miss Patty's lady boner for Christopher is slightly out of control.
Sharpest insult or one-liner:
Rory: He's got a new girlfriend, you know.
Lorelai: Sherri.
Rory: Yeah.
Lorelai: Poor girl's named after a Journey song, that's gotta be rough.
Like most good "GG" insults, I've stolen and tailored this one to suit my needs before.
Books mentioned/books Rory is reading:
Christopher finally buys Rory "The Compact Oxford English Dictionary." It's a good thing his credit card was declined the first time he tried to purchase it, because this new edition has the word "jiggy" in it 🙄.
Best song of the episode:
"Jubilee" by Grant Lee Buffalo. He sings this song as the Gilmores walk past him post-cotillion. The music in this episode kinda sucks, tbh. The song Christopher blasts in his Volvo is "Du Hast" by Rammstein, a band I put in the same category as System of a Down. I actually feel like it's out of character for Christopher to like them. He seems more like a U2 guy to me.
Richard is a colossal dickhead to Emily throughout this episode and it's miraculous that they didn't separate sooner in their relationship. I know they came of age in a different time (or whatever excuse you want to give), but the way he treats her is demeaning and unacceptable. Richard might act like he doesn't give a shit about her "social engagements," but he totally does! Status and appearance are important to these people, and Emily is the one responsible for maintaining those public ties.
What I love most about Emily is that she confronts Richard when he treats her poorly and doesn't just sit around complacently and stew in silence. She tells Richard he sounds "pompous and condescending" and reminds him that she's just as important as him. She tries to be a supportive and understanding partner, but she certainly is not a doormat for his insecurity-fueled slights.
I love the end of this episode, when Lorelai shows up unannounced and explains to Emily that she's "just here to hang." The moments when Lorelai is able to empathize with Emily and extend kindness are few and far between, but some of the best of the series. Other favorites are when they steal robes together in "There's the Rub" and when Lorelai buys Emily a DVD player in "Dear Emily and Richard." Lorelai and her mom might have a contentious relationship, but they love and support each other when it matters most.
I also like the way Lorelai handles Rory's decision to participate in the debutante ball. She doesn't hold back her criticism of this deeply patriarchal ritual, but she supports Rory nonetheless. This is the conversation they have:
Rory: I'm doing this.
Lorelai: Why?
Rory: Because you should've seen the look on Grandma's face when she asked me. It's just really really important to her.
Lorelai: But ...
Rory: Now if it's that important to her, and it's not that important to me, then why shouldn't I do it?
Lorelai: Rory, do you now what a coming out party says?
Rory: It says I'm a woman now.
Lorelai: No. It says, 'Hi, I'm Rory. I'm of good breeding and marriageable age, and I will now parade around in front of young men of similarly good breeding and marriageable age so they can all take a good long look at me.'
Rory: You're exaggerating.
Lorelai: No, it's like animals being up for bid at the county fair, except sheep don't wear hoop skirts.
Rory: Look, I promised, but you don't have to be apart of it if you don't want to.
Lorelai: No, no, if you wanna do it, I'll help. It's just weird. This is all the stuff I ran away from. I just assumed you'd be running with me.
If my (hypothetical) daughter wanted to partake in some misogynistic, fan dance bullshit, I'm not sure I would realistically be able to lend my support, but I'm proud of Lorelai for rising to the occasion. She voices her opinion and tries to change Rory's mind, but decides to help her when she realizes it's a lost cause.
I know I shouldn't, but I do judge Rory for succumbing to Emily's pressure. I find it difficult to believe that a young woman who grew up reading Simone de Beauvoir and Eudora Welty would willingly participate in such an openly sexist tradition. Kristen Richardson and Sandy Honig wrote an article about debutante balls for Rookie Mag that kind of broadened my perspective but didn't even tangentially touch on the disgusting privilege of the entire tradition. COMPLEX cites the debutante ball as one of the whitest things to happen on "Gilmore Girls" and I have to agree. Kristen Yoonsoo Kim and Frazier Tharpe say,
"You know you're watching a hella white show when there is a freakin' debutante ball involved (looking at you, The O.C. and Gossip Girl). Despite all of Lorelai's resistance against her family's white privilege ass background, Rory agrees to "come out" — white dress, elbow gloves, the whole damn thing — while surrounded by other white girls who whole-heartedly believe debutante balls are a make-or-break in society type of function. Also, there's a fan dance in this episode and you can't help but laugh at the elite silliness of it all."
It's episodes like this that make me feel guilty for spending time rewatching and writing about this show when there's better, more diverse and worthwhile TV out there.
Random observations:
I like Jess's Metallica t-shirt, but the Gilmores have the audacity to call it "gross." Like those bitches know anything about fashion.
Just as I'm skeptical of Christopher's Rammstein fandom, I question Dean's obsession with Neil Young. He seems more like the type of dude who would idolize Bruce Springsteen.
Emily actually carries a shopping bag from Bloomingdales, which is surprising. When the Gilmores go shopping, they usually carry nondescript bags, which makes me wonder if this was paid advertising.
This exchange always makes me laugh because Lauren Graham's delivery is spot-on:
Christopher: Fine. May I have this dance?
Lorelai: I don't know. Do you have a trust fund? Always make sure.
Shakey's is a chain based primarily in CA, so I always think it's weird when they mention it in "GG." Maybe the writers consider it an in-joke.
I agree with Emily ... this cotillion looks cheap as fuck. "Look at these flowers. Baby's breath. What is this, County General?"
Samantha Shelton, aka Libby, the Midori Sour deb, also plays Walker in "Bridesmaids Revisited."
What's with the outdoor bakery cart in Stars Hollow? Is this run by Weston's Bakery? I want more details.
Proof that Christopher is a fuck boy: he flirts with Lorelai the entire time he's in Stars Hollow, but doesn't tell her about Sherri until she kisses him at the end of the episode.
Emily's gardening outfit at the end of the episode is so good. I recently started watching "Grace and Frankie" and think that Grace and Emily would be friends (and in my dreams, a lesbian couple) IRL. At the very least, they would admire each other's wardrobes.
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A Balanced Approach Is Tipping The Scales In Washington's Favor
Zach Selby
Offensive coordinator Scott Turner stared at the stat sheet after the Washington Football Team's Week 9 game against the New York Giants, and to the first-year play-caller's disappointment, his offense only had nine rushing attempts for 37 yards.
There were a bevy of reasons why the run-pass ratio was so lopsided. The team was down, 20-3, at halftime, fumbled the ball on the first offensive play and muffed a punt that took away a chance for the unit to regain its composure. Regardless, Turner's conclusion was the same: the results were not good enough.
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If Washington sticks to the blueprint it developed over the past two weeks, it will give itself a chance to stay in the NFC East race.
"Without really trying to give away what our mindset and philosophy is, our thing is just we don't want to be predictable," Turner said. "We want to keep defenses off-balance. You've got to be good at both in the NFL. You can't just think: 'I'm going to line up and run the ball.' You can't just drop back and throw it every time. You've got to be good at both, whether it's first down or 2nd-and-10, and you try to avoid as many tendencies as you can."
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beech 2018
Got the bark off! That was some peeling effort. Using the blade of the hatchet like a scraper. But there was no getting in between bark and hard wood. They are quite attached to each other. I had beech before but never this fresh. And as with the rowan the inner layer of the bark turns from withe to red when exposed to the air; although the colour is less intense and the sap less sticky and lacks the fruity smell.
The piece works with the image I got while working on air creature – which for now I give a deserved rest. Should I go with that image or wait for something else to emerge? And if I go with it, which end is top and which is bottom? I'll sleep over it and see how it feels tomorrow in broad daylight.
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I realise, I'm afraid of following this vision. That is usually a very good indicator that I should follow it!
Also: when an idea has taken hold, it is very difficult to think of something else. If someone says to you: "Do not think of a red Ferrari!", it is impossible to avoid exactly that image and not think of it. The subconscious doesn't understand the negation "Not". So though I explicitly did not decide yet to go along with the current vision of this piece, my subconscious is delivering lots of images and ideas how to exactly do that: where to start, how to go about it, and providing flashes of the form itself.
I have to stop working because the light is fading and working in artificial light is not the same. I was worried that this might be less fun. That knowing the image from the start would be less of a discovery and more like craftsmanship. But it isn't. Mainly, I guess, because the image is not concrete in its form. Its more of an idea: a hand holding a bunch of flames. How these flames flare is what I'm finding out step by step. Yes, I had to 'construct' the hand as a basis. But all the rest is pure discovery while I'm working. Sometimes going with the movements of the wood and accentuating them. At other times working against what is already there, taking away, going in deep. It is a lot of fun! And the fear takes a backseat at the moment. Its still there, but just enough to fuel the necessary tension and curiosity.
It is like pure shaping. I'm chipping away at different flares that emerge from the stem, finding new twists and turns and sometimes connections between them. I wish I could go on like this forever! Every time I stop is like waking up – from a different reality. Or maybe it's the other way round? Waking up the moment I pick up the knife and hammer and start shaping. And when I'm not working I'm incredibly tired.
At the moment I don't have much concern about the piece as a whole. But for this one its not so important anyway. It is about the twists and turns. I'm curious what will come out of it.
The pace is slow today. Yesterday was about some initial ideas and forms. Today is already about refining them and in the course of doing so, finding new ones.
the wood is still wet, so the color changes when the surface dries over night
I kept this one flame in the middle thinking its form will come out of the others in the end. It started as a nice idea: something at the core. So I kept it. But digging deeper from all sides diminished it more and more until now it looks like just an outcrop of one of the main three flames. And I thought I'd finally give it a form, which diminished it even more. Its still a nice idea, but suddenly I realised there is another solution that might be much more appealing: take it out completely! I leave that idea as such and take a break to let it sink in. But I like it already and I'm rather sure I'll do it.
The whole thing stands again on its own without the support of wood chips tucked under it from the side and the front. The hand at the bottom is still rather large. More of a paw. I have a slightly different vision of it, an open palm with the fire sitting on it, instead of this version, holding on to the fire. But that is probably not possible. The fingertips would be in danger of breaking off. And there would be now way to remedy that once I've chosen that path. So I surrender to the limits of the material and let the hand hold on to the flames. But maybe not that tight. I can open it a bit more.
Yes! Good idea to take that core out. And the rather iconic form that is revealed in the middle is just perfect. Lets see how long it stays. The uneasiness I felt this morning is gone. Something hindered me and I couldn't see what it was. Obviously it was that chunk of wood in the middle. Now that its gone it opens up the whole sculpture in so many ways. And I feel in motion again, knowing what to do next, and next, and next…
Sometimes I look at these sculptures and think: How did they come to be? How did I do that – did I really do it? As if I had no part in it. Which is the opposite of what I feel when I'm working on them. Then I am very much involved, though in a different way than with other kinds of work. It doesn't come so much from the mind and is then carried out 'by the rest of me'. It's a joint process between me (all of me), the wood, the tools, the place, plus something else that is invisible and hard to pin down. Its not the only or most important factor. It is just the most mysterious one. And without it, I'm sure, these sculptures wouldn't exist.
Just a few more adjustments and going deeper in the middle an now it needs time to dry.
Working on air creature again. But I finally have a title for this one that feels right.
decision process


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The original ML-L3 remote costs something around 40$ in my local photo equipment shop. So I browsed the web a bit and found out that someone had recorded the remote signal and built a diy-version of the remote. I said to myself: "I can do that!" And so I did. The thing cost me some 7$, not counting the cost of the PCB and time.
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As part of DHC/ART's 10-year anniversary celebration, curator Cheryl Sim invited filmmaker Robin McKenna to take part in a public conversation with Lewis Hyde. Hyde is the author of The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, a book that inspired both L'OFFRE and McKenna's upcoming feature-length documentary GIFT.
Presented in association with DHC/ART, her film will premiere at FIFA, International Festival of Films on Art, and was selected for the 2018 competition. Written, directed and coproduced by McKenna, GIFT is a poetic outlook on gift economies through art and cultural practices. It follows four storylines linked by creativity, generosity, resistance and defiance. We meet a young Kwakwaka'wakw artist and chief in Alert Bay on northern Vancouver Island, BC, as he organizes a Potlatch ceremony. We then embark on a woman's journey as she prepares for Burning Man, an annual festival happening in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada, we are introduced to the moving works of Taiwanese artist Lee Mingwei and finally, have a glimpse at life at Metropoliz, a beautiful and peculiar museum in Rome.
"It was a challenge to try to show something that is basically invisible," McKenna says. "How do you capture these stories, the connections and relationships between people and show both the outer and the inner gifts? I tried to express the ideas of a complex book through a film without interviews. Before starting, I contacted Hyde saying I would like to adapt his book to the 21st century."
A gift is something that can't be measured
"The danger of a film like this is that it is all beautiful and romantic," McKenna says after my praises of the film. "But I try to reflect the reality of the world right now, which is also dark." Indeed, the film does an excellent job portraying not only the selflessness associated with artists' work, but also the vulnerability, complexities and different levels of investment that come with it. "On Saturdays, I like to go out with my purse and pretend to be a person visiting the museum," says one of the film's characters. "My friends are here. I go where I want, I do what I want." Such statement would not strike most of us as noteworthy, had it not been voiced by a Roma girl as she refers to her home – which is both a museum and an occupation. Metropoliz, Museum of the Other and the Elsewhere is a "living contemporary art museum" in Rome that houses about 200 migrants and precarious workers under constant threat of eviction and police brutality. This former salami factory operates solely on the principles of gift economy: artists come from all over the world to contribute to the site with mural paintings, sculptures and installations, thus creating a protective layer to the contested space by using the value of the art market to outweigh real estate speculation. Here, McKenna shows us how art can address some of the most pressing issues of our times, by inspiring us not only to envision, but also to act on more equitable futures for ourselves and our communities. "A gift is something that can't be measured," she says. "What art gives us is intangible, it's a catalyst for transformation."
Look for your encounter
"Something that came out of making the film, but that was not part of the book, was the flip side of receiving a gift. It's not always easy," says McKenna. "This is what is so beautiful about [Lee Mingwei's] Sonic Blossom – you're put in a spot where your only job is to receive. It takes an openness that not everyone is ready for." In the film, we can see the Taiwanese artist instruct the singers: "look for your encounter." Montreal visitors might have had the opportunity to experience this work from the Taiwanese artist at DHC/ART during the L'OFFRE exhibition, where, on weekends, singers stroll in the galleries and approach a visitor with the question: "may I offer you the gift of song?" If they accept, they are invited to sit while the singer offers a one-on-one performance of one of Franz Schubert's lieder. Other gallery visitors can watch and partake on this ephemeral gift, but the intimacy that is created between the sitter and the singer can only be experienced in the present moment.
A gift isn't fully realized until it is given away.
McKenna hopes that the film will spark conversations and connect people. "It plants seeds," she says. "And what happens after goes so much further." Five years in the making, she is very excited to share the film and hopes to screen it in places like the Metropoliz and other locations where people would not have access to it. "Now that I am thinking about distribution, I understand the fear of having someone refuse your gift" she says smiling.
GIFT will premiere on Friday, March 16, at 8:45 PM at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts – Maxwell-Cummings Auditorium (Screening #34).
The exhibition L'OFFRE will close on March 11.
Robin McKenna is director, producer and writer of GIFT. Currently, she is directing a short film with the NFB for the Governor General's Awards for the Performing Arts—and finishing Thanadoula, a short animated documentary fairytale about a girl's search for her older sister and the "crow magic" connecting them. She is producer/co-director of Medicine, a feature documentary in post-production, about ayahuasca, medicine and healing.
Robin began making films with La Course destination monde. Her film The Great War Experience won Yorkton Film Festival's Founders' Award in 2007. Her cinematography credits include City of Borders (Berlinale, Hot Docs 2008) and The Take with Naomi Klein and Avi Lewis (AFI Best Documentary, 2004). She is an alumnus of Hot Docs Doc Lab, and has been a filmmaker-mentor with Wapikoni Mobile.
Article by Tanha Gomes (DHC/ART Education)
Monica Dumitru, one of the young inhabitants of Metropoliz/MAAM museum in Rome, Italy. Artwork in background, in her family's living quarters, by Sabrina Dan. Still from GIFT, Nicolas Canniccioni.
Before the potlatch. Still from GIFT, Mark O'Fearghail.
Portraits of the inhabitants of Metropoliz/MAAM by artist Guendalina Salini. Still from GIFT, Nicolas Canniccioni.
À propos de DHC/ART Éducation
DHC/ART Éducation offre une programmation inclusive et des outils d'interprétation novateurs qui encouragent l'exploration et la compréhension de l'art contemporain. Nous voulons créer un espace où il est possible pour les visiteurs d'échanger au sujet des expositions présentées à la Fondation. Nous favorisons les discussions critiques au sujet des oeuvres, nourries par un partage d'expériences et de perspectives diverses.


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USF specialty license plates decrease in sales
Mike Velez
February 2, 2011 August 27, 2019
Sales of USF specialty license plates dropped 13.6 percent in 2010, just one year after being the third fastest growing plate in Florida.
According to statistics from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV), 1,419 new USF specialty plates were issued statewide in 2010 and another 12,951 plates were renewed.
Those numbers are down from 2009, when 2,791 new plates were issued and 13,845 were renewed. The 16,636 plates issued and renewed in 2009, compared to 14,718 in 2008, made the University plates the third fastest growing from 2008, behind the University of Florida (UF) and the Army.
In 2010, USF was the 36th best selling specialty plate after being 37th in 2009. In 2008, the plate was 41st.
Despite having fewer students, USF continues to sell more specialty plates than the University of Central Florida. However, plate sales for USF are significantly lower than Florida State University, despite a larger population.
The climate was harsh on nearly all specialty plates in 2010. The highest selling plate in the state was UF, which sold 102,890 plates, with a 14.9 percent drop in sales. Of plates selling at least 7,000, the Miami Heat plate was the only one in Florida to improve in sales, going from 20,874 in 2009 to 21,600 in 2010.
John Harper, director of the USF Alumni Association, said despite selling fewer plates, there are more USF plates on the road then ever.
While Harper said sales were lower in 2010 compared to 2009, he said the numbers cannot necessarily be trusted to give an accurate report of the actual climate. In 2008, the state of Florida began allowing drivers to renew their vehicle registration every two years, rather than every year, a condition that could lead to a misrepresentation of the specialty plate popularity information provided by the DSHMV through its website.
"Because of biennial registration fees and other factors, the data on the state's website does not accurately reflect the current number of USF plates in the Florida market," he said. "That is no doubt why they include the disclaimer on their website that using the data for historical issuance trends could produce erroneous outcomes."
Unlike the DSHMV, which tracks sales on an annual basis, the Alumni Association tracks revenue according to fiscal years, which begin July 1 and end June 30 of the following year.
"The number (on the road) is continuing to increase, but the growth rate has slowed," he said. "The upward trend in the number of Bulls plates on the road is clearly shown in the steady increase in revenue below."
Harper said $255,239 was raised from specialty licenses plate sales during fiscal year 2006-07, $337,214 in 2007-08, $358,556 in 2008-09 and $375,002 in 2009-10.
Harper said increased charges imposed by the DHSMV turned people off from purchasing or renewing plates in 2010. A previously $12 surcharge, composed of a processing fee and a plate change fee, increased to $33. USF charges its own fee of $25 for its specialty plate, but offers a voucher program, which pays for the first year's $25 fee. The voucher can be found at usfalumni.org.
"The voucher program is immensely popular," Harper said. "When someone purchases a USF plate, we cover the initial ($25) fee."
During the 2009-10 fiscal year, 780 vouchers were redeemed, said Lara Wade, University spokeswoman. Wade said that so far in 2010-11, 285 vouchers have been redeemed.
Harper also credited the economy for the decrease in plate sales.
"The economy has impacted many, many people into making more discretionary expenditures," he said. "The state tripled the fees to get a specialty plate last year, so that has turned down a lot of people."
Harper said the Alumni Association has yet to receive an indication of how well the plates are selling in 2011.
The funds the Alumni Association raises through the program go toward funding scholarships, academic enhancement activities, fundraising efforts and programs of the association, such as the Legislative Internship programs, and the USF Ambassadors, Harper said.
The plates also serve a different purpose: promotion.
"I recommend that every student, every grad, get a (USF) plate," he said. "It's a tremendous branding tool for the University."
Derick Flis, who graduated in 2010 with a degree in finance, said he purchased his USF license plate during summer 2007 before entering his freshman year at the University.
"It shows a little bit of school spirit, and it's not something that everybody has," he said.
Flis said he also took advantage of the voucher program.
According to the DHSMV website, the USF specialty plate program began Oct. 1, 1987. Harper said the first plate featured University mascot Rocky D. Bull, but was discontinued in 1997 when the current plate was created.
"It's a lot different than the current plate," he said of the old plates. "Every once in a while, you'll see one driving around."
The current plates may soon become a common sight on Georgia roads. Harper said the Motor Vehicle Division in the state of Georgia has given the University permission to sell plates there. Harper said plates have been on sale since the end of January.
Camila Gomez, STAFF WRITER
Following a request to the state's public universities in late December to detail costs related to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and critical race theory (CRT), Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez announced Tuesday that the state will attempt to curb DEI efforts in higher education. As of Wednesday, USF hasn't responded to the governor's new plans […]
Recent anti-abortion legislation produces mixed reactions from student orgs
Following a rise in legislation targeting abortion such as the Born-Alive abortion bill, students continue to be placed in difficult situations as they may lack the money and transportation necessary when seeking an abortion, according to Planned Parenthood Generation Action president Prachi Misra. The Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act, passed Jan. 11 in the House […]
Lone candidate in search announced as provost
Clinton Engelberger, EDITOR IN CHIEF
Prasant Mohapatra, vice chancellor for research at the University of California, Davis, will start as the provost and executive vice president of academic affairs on March 1, according to a Monday universitywide email. Mohapatra was the only candidate in the running for the position, as the original search that occurred last fall was scrapped when […]
DeSantis requests data from USF Health on transgender students
JULIA SAAD, CORRESPONDENT
Gov. Ron DeSantis' Office of Planning and Budget's new survey requested that 12 Florida public universities release information about its students that sought "gender-affirming" care in the last five years – USF's campuses and USF Health ranked at the top of the list. The official release of the survey did not state DeSantis' objective in […]
Law officially inaugurated as USF's eight president in ceremony
HANNAH WAGNER, NEWS EDITOR
President Rhea Law was inducted as USF's eighth president during her investiture ceremony on Thursday. During her address to attendees, Law emphasized the importance of USF's growth, as well as what it has achieved in recent years and the role of community in facilitating such success. "We've transformed from a small commuter school into a […]
'Increase Black enrollment now': Protestors interrupt Law's inauguration
A group of six protesters with the Students for a Democratic Society disrupted Rhea Law's inauguration ceremony on Thursday right before she received the President's Chain of Office. The protesters held up a black banner that read "We won't wait. Increase Black enrollment" while repeatedly chanting "Increase Black enrollment now." Board of Trustees Chair Will […]


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"Second river crossing"? We already have six seven.
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A lot of the talk around the need for a new east-west motorway claims we need a second river crossing.
The issue with this claim is that we already have a second river crossing.
The first river crossing is, of course, the Westgate bridge — recently-upgraded (25% boost in capacity as part of a $1.4 billion project) but still full (thank you induced traffic) — 5 lanes each way.
The second river crossing is Footscray Road. This is three lanes each way for most of its length, but where it crosses the Maribyrnong River, 2 lanes each way.
The third river crossing is Dynon Road, with 2 lanes each way.
The fourth river crossing is Smithfield Road/Ballarat Road, also with 2 lanes each way.
So while the call is for a second river crossing, in fact the existing second, third and fourth river crossings already together provide more lanes than the Westgate Bridge.
It's true that none of these are motorways, and therefore they have traffic lights, but this hardly matters at peak times, when traffic clogs up and crawls whether or not a road has traffic lights.
Vehicle lanes have a theoretical capacity of between 1300 and 1800 vehicles per hour, and the latest Vicroads network performance monitoring report says that the average car occupancy during peak hour in Melbourne is 1.21 (PM peak; AM is lower).
If one assumed the top of the range, that'd be a theoretical 2,178 people per lane per hour.
So for the 5 lanes each way on the Westgate plus 6 lanes each way on the other roads we'll say they're taking a load of up to about 23,950 people per hour.
(A little further north, but arguably outside the area of where the new motorway is wanted, are Farnsworth Avenue and Maribyrnong Road — adding a further 3 lanes each way).
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
There are more river crossings than just the roads.
The fifth river crossing is the four track railway line from Footscray, serving suburban and regional trains from Williamstown, Werribee (including Altona Loop), Sydenham, Geelong, Melton/Ballarat and Bendigo — 2 tracks each way.
The sixth river crossing is the two track dual gauge railway line from Sunshine via the Bunbury Street tunnel, taking predominantly freight as well as passenger trains from Sydney, Adelaide and Albury — 1 track each way.
The seventh river crossing is about to be constructed: it's the Regional Rail Link bridge that will take V/Line trains from Geelong, Melton/Ballarat and Bendigo off the existing four track bridge — 1 track each way. (Update: this opened in June 2015)
What's the peak capacity of these rail lines?
Once the Regional Rail Link is opened, that will take up to 20 V/Line trains per hour, with about a capacity around 300 people each = 6000.
(V/Line train capacity varies with the length of the train. Precise passenger numbers are here for Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo. In all cases, capacity can be increased for the shorter trains by adding more carriages, such as those about to be freed up when the Sunbury line goes electric, and more to be added with the new order of V/Line carriages.)
The slots on the suburban lines can then all be taken by suburban trains. These tracks are signalled for trains every 2 minutes, but the general rule of thumb is to use 80% of the theoretical capacity, so 2 tracks x 24 trains = 48 trains per hour. Even that At an average "desirable" figure of 800 per train = 38,400 people per hour.
(In practice in peak hour some trains have more than 800, some less. No exact figures are public, but a summary is in the load surveys.)
A theoretical total then on the three tracks of 44,400 people per hour, or about double all of the road capacity (and not counting the trains using the Bunbury Street tunnel, which bring in more people on a small number of additional trains).
But it's needed for freight!
Freight? If freight is such a priority, why are there no truck-only lanes on the existing motorways, to ensure individuals in cars don't delay freight? On the contrary, some of the freeways have lanes where trucks are specifically banned.
If freight is such a priority, why is there no proposal to build this new tunnel as a freight-only route?
And as I've noted before, if freight is a priority, and we're not just building another road to bring more cars into the CBD, why did the original artist impressions clearly show cars heading to the CBD?
The general consensus seems to be that this tunnel won't be fully funded by government due to the huge cost. Private enterprise would have to be involved, and they would inevitably push for it to be built with city exits — to encourage car commuters onto it to generate more toll revenue — which would result in more cars clogging up the inner-north and CBD. Marvellous.
So, where to from here?
Road capacity can be increased by widening existing roads and bridges, and/or by building the $10 billion road tunnel. Like every motorway before it, it will inevitably fill with cars, increasing overall road traffic.
Rail capacity can be increased by improving rail operations, upgrading signalling (to improve track capacity), extending train lengths (particularly V/Line, but also in the longer term, metropolitan trains), new more efficient designs of trains (without intermediate cabs, for instance), and adding tracks (anything up to and including the proposed $5 billion metro rail tunnel).
But as the figures above indicate, it's a lot more efficient to move large numbers of people by rail. Importantly, existing rail capacity can be harnessed by giving outer-suburban residents better access to stations at the start (and end, if necessary) of their trips: in particular, better more frequent connecting buses, better walking and bike facilities at stations, and of course more frequent trains all day (minimising wait times no matter when you want to travel).
Like other recent public transport upgrades, the more you improve the service, the more passengers you get, moving more people more efficiently and sustainably than in cars.
As I said last week: Do we want the next surge in travel growth in Melbourne to be in private vehicles, or sustainable modes such as public transport, walking and cycling?
Which should we be aiming for?
Update 2/7/2014: Added image of government advertising for the "second river crossing".
See also: PTUA: Myth: There's only one river crossing from Melbourne's West
Tags bridges, Maribyrnong river, public transport, roads, transport
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Mikesays:
Mon 15 October 2012 at 8:06 am
Your first link specifically talk about a second *Yarra* (not River) crossing, but then all of the bridges that you mention are crossing the Maribyrnong. And then you don't mention alll the other existing Yarra crossings, so I'm a bit confused…
Joshsays:
How about the Bolte Bridge, that crosses the Yarra River and Victoria Harbour?
That's because the Yarra curves around to the east so when the road is a certain distance north of the bay, it doesn't have to cross the Yarra, but it usually has to cross the Maribyrnong.
@Mike, point taken. The issue is they frame it the wrong way. It's really about roads heading west (across whatever river). There is no credible plan for a second Yarra crossing to the west. As @Philip says, the relevant river crossing is the Maribyrnong.
@Josh, if you take the Bolte across the Yarra, you still have to take one of the other bridges to head west.
Simon Russellsays:
Interesting points, although perhaps Footscray Road and Dynon Road aren't the most useful connection points — you just get dumped into Footscray, and then have to zig zag your way through it. (The source of the truck problem in the in the area.)
Perhaps the Port of Melbourne or whichever relevant authority/company might put some money into a freight-only tunnel heading west (and perhaps a better link onto CityLink.) if freight is such a big deal. There are, of course, other ways to move freight other than on trucks. Some lateral thinking around more frequent, smaller freight trains and optimizing container transfers might help.
Mon 15 October 2012 at 11:41 am
Freight is definitely a big deal. Everything material that we produce or use has to be moved, and it can't be moved everywhere on trains – it does need to be moved on roads from rail depots to and from the freight generators. Private vehicles can be more easily eliminated from traffic than freight vehicles can, and this is achieved by improving public transport. If there wasn't a morning commuter peak hour, or if it was far less congested than it is, freight would be able to use the existing roads more efficiently.
To build another road instead of improving the capacity and operation of the rail system is to encourage more commuter traffic on the roads, making freight movement even more difficult than it already is. I believe that is part of the point Daniel is illustrating here.
Mon 15 October 2012 at 4:16 pm
That artists impression of a tunnel looks bogus to me.
To build a tunnel, you either dig a trench and then build a roof over it, or you drill a tunnel.
A bored tunnel isn't six lanes wide with a flat roof over it. They are usually round, and if you want six lanes you'd have to build at least 2 of them.
And a tunnel in a trench doesn't have a huge wall of rock over the top of it.
There could be improved connections between the port and the regional highways. Two things I would suggest, are a bridge between Coode Road and Whitehall Street, to get more trucks out of Footscray and off the Footscray Road Bridge, and a better connection between Hyde street and the West Gate Freeway.
Paul - The Kind Little Bloggersays:
I'm not abreast of the stats, but it does sound plausible that if PT is improved, more people will use it. It's a dilemma that the SA Government have been juggling with for a long time too. Yet, no matter what they do, it doesn't seem to work.
I think a more pragmatic solution would be for people to lower their expectations and start doing what is right and sensible – catching public transport and walking / cycling when they can. (What an uncool thing for me to say, hey?)
Andrew Ssays:
Speaking of freight and the truck congestion issue, I see Lindsay Fox every now and again brings up closing the Port of Melbourne and moving the lot to Hastings, sort of trying to sound a martyr by partly blaming trucks on the Westgate corridor …
http://au.news.yahoo.com/video/national/watch/af92f6a1_6432_3aa8_b868_ccc9d96c1342/248154/
Given the Bunbury Street tunnel carries the interstate standard gauge links to Sydney and Adelaide I would have thought Hastings would be the biggest discouragement to putting freight on rail, particularly given the only rail corridors are broad gauge, full of level crossings and heavily used by suburban operations. The result would be many more trucks dumped on the Monash-City Link corridor every day.
After substantial land decontamination efforts before any development at the Port of Melbourne I'd doubt the land value would fund the billions for dedicated standard gauge lines along the Dandenong or Frankston corridors and (somehow) through the city.
@Simon Russell – regarding Footscray and Dynon Roads – EXACTLY!
@enno – the tunnel portals would be cut and cover before diverging as bored tunnels deeper under Footscray according to that plan. The Burnely and Domain tunnels were built as cut and cover to around St Kilda Road before diverging as bored tunnels. The Domain tunnel under the Yarra actually goes through the bottom of it and is anchored down to prevent it floating. Also the City Loop tunnels were cut and cover near the portals (noted by them being box sections) before being bored deeper down (the main tunnel lines are circular section)
David Stossersays:
The Bunbury Street tracks are actually bidirectional, so you could have two trains coming into Melbourne at the same time if you wanted. The problem is that there's only one track from Tottenham towards both Seymour (Sydney) and Adelaide, and at the city end those two tracks split into one each for Melbourne Docks, North Dynon, South Dynon and Southern Cross (total four). So you could have simultaneous Adelaide-Docks (freight) and Sydney-Melbourne (pass) trains.
Nik Dowsays:
Mon 18 March 2013 at 10:56 am
When Rotterdam planned on increases in freight coming through the port (largest port in Europe), they knew there would be more truck traffic – even though they move as much as possible by rail.
Did they build more roads? NO, they built a new subway to get passenger cars off the roads.
We could learn from the Dutch.


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Q: How do I define a 3D line that does not leave the horizontal plane? If I want to define the line y=2x when discussing 3D lines this is actually a plane. We should be able to turn it into a line with cartesian equation x=2y=z/0 but that would give us something undefined. How do you resolve that problem?

A: Typically you would describe it parametrically:
$$(x,y,z) = (t, 2t, 0), \quad t \in \Bbb R$$
To elaborate on this, two pieces of information that describe a line are a starting point (which you can choose anywhere on the line) as well as a direction vector (which you can scale by any non-zero number):
$$(x,y,z) = (p_x, p_y, p_z) + (v_xt, v_yt, v_zt), \quad t \in \Bbb R$$
Since this notation starts to get cumbersome, we can simplify it by writing
$$\mathbf{x} = \mathbf{p} + \mathbf{v}t, \quad t \in \Bbb R$$
where $\mathbf{x}$ represents $(x,y,z)$ and similarly for $\mathbf{p}$ and $\mathbf{v}$.

A: The general rule-of-thumb is that in $n$-dimensional space $\Bbb R^n$, every equation you add cuts the dimension by $1$.

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*In the plane, $y=x$ gives a line. A system of $2$ equations like $x=y$ and $x=3$ determines a point.

*In $\Bbb R^3$, $y=x$ gives a plane. The system $x=y$ and $y=z$ defines a line, and something like $x=y$, $y=z$, and $z=3$ gives just a point.

*In $7$-dimensional space, $y=x$ gives a $6$-dimensional hyperplane, you need $6$ equations to describe a line, etc.
All you need to do here is write $x=2y$ and $z=0$. I suppose with some elbow grease you could force this into one equation like $(x-2y)^2+z^2=0$, but I'm not sure this is an improvement.

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December 15, 2020 By DivSciComm
Michael Rosbash, the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology and his wife, Nadja Abovich, established the Rosbash-Abovich Award as a way to inspire and acknowledge excellence in research by post-doctoral fellows and graduate students in the Brandeis life sciences. The Rosbash-Abovich award will be awarded annually.
The award honors the most outstanding papers published the previous year that have been authored by a Brandeis postdoctoral fellow and a Brandeis PhD student. In addition to the honor being selected, each winner is presented with a monetary award.
Future winners will present their talks at upcoming Volen Scientific Retreats, but due to COVID restrictions, the 2020 winners will be presenting their talks during the Molecular Genetics Journal Club meetings.
Most outstanding paper by a post-doctoral fellow
Michael O'Donnell, PhD
The 2020 winner for the most outstanding post-doctoral paper is Michael O'Donnell for the publication titled "A neurotransmitter produced by gut bacteria modulates host sensory behavior". O'Donnell, is a former postdoc in the Piali Sengupta Lab. Sengupta said
Mike is a remarkable scientist and mentor. He single-handedly and independently established a new research direction in my lab. He also served as an informal mentor to many graduate students and has continued to do so even after he left my lab. I greatly appreciated our long discussions and arguments, and he is very much missed.
Sengupta also noted that O'Donnell was chosen to receive this award
on the basis of the creativity and novelty of his work that was published in Nature. The committee was particularly interested in nominating a researcher who was a driving force behind the work and Mike certainly fulfilled this criteria.
O'Donnell is now an assistant professor at Yale and recently formed the O'Donnell lab. He presented his talk to the Molecular Genetics Journal Club on December 2, 2020. He spoke about his work on neuromodulators produced by different bacteria.
Most outstanding paper by a PhD student
Professor James Haber & Gonen Memisoglu, PhD
The recipient of the 2020 award for the most outstanding PhD student paper is Gonen Memisoglu for the publication "Mec1 ATR Autophosphorylation and Ddc2 ATRIP Phosphorylation Regulates DNA Damage Checkpoint Signaling." She was a PhD student in James Haber's lab. She received her PhD in 2018 and is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Chicago. She will be presenting her talk at the Molecular Genetics Journal Club on February 2, 2021.
When asked about his former PhD student, Haber said
I was delighted to learn that Gonen was the recipient of the Rosbash/Abovich award for the best publication by a graduate student last year; but I had to ask "which paper" because Gonen made two important discoveries last year about the way cells respond to DNA damage. Gonen helped develop a highly efficient way to edit the yeast genome and to create dozens of very precise mutations in the Mec1 gene that is the master regulator of the DNA damage response. When there is a chromosome break, the Mec1 protein phosphorylates a number of proteins that creates a cascade of signaling to prevent cells from progressing through mitosis until damage is repaired. Gonen discovered that the extinction of the this signal depended on Mec1's autophosphorylation of one specific target and that changing that specific amino acid to one that could not be phosphorylated was enough to cause cells to remain arrested. She also identified several alterations of the Ddc2 protein that associates with Mec1 that were also critical for its normal activation.
During her time in my lab Gonen was a super hard-working and exceptionally insightful grad student, but also incredibly generous with her time, helping others in the lab
Filed Under: awards, Biology, grad students, labs, postdocs Tagged With: awards, grad students, Haber lab, life sciences, MCB research, molecular and cell biology, postdocs, Rosbash lab, Sengupta Lab
Clocks, fruit flies, and Sweden
December 1, 2017 By division-of-science
We mentioned previously that Rosbash, Hall and Young are getting the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine this year "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".
The Physiology/Medicine lectures were on Thursday Dec 7 at 1 pm CET (7 am Brandeis time) and are still available to view. The Biology Department enjoyed watching the lectures on "tape delay":
From and about the winners, via Cell:
A Nobel Pursuit May Not Run like Clockwork
Life Is an N of 1
As Time Flew By
About the science and its implications:
Physiology Flies with Time (from Amita Seghal via Cell)
This Mysterious 'Circadian Clock' Governs Our Lives (from Bambos Kyriacou via Sputnik)
If you need to flesh out your fantasy of going to Sweden to collect your prize, see What to expect when you're expecting a Nobel Prize
ICYMI Rosbash, Hall and Young answer questions about circadian rhythms at Nobel press conference | BrandeisNOW https://t.co/v1etBc3Dr6
— Brandeis Inquiry (@BrandeisInquiry) December 7, 2017
Lectures with the Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine in Aula Medica: Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young #NobelPrize https://t.co/cfd4bEdlrm pic.twitter.com/AHKKMSBRWv
— KarolinskaInstitutet (@karolinskainst) December 7, 2017
Hall gave props to "AIs" and mentioned many from Brandeis as well as Rockefeller. Rosbash is also doing this…
— Joel Levine (@jlevmail) December 7, 2017
Jeff Hall distinguishing PIs Principal Investigators and AIs Actual Investigators (the students and postdocs who do all the work) @NobelPrize
— Leslie Vosshall (@pollyp1) December 7, 2017
In his Nobel Lecture Medicine Laureate Michael Rosbash explained just how important our body clocks are. In fact, more than 50% of gene expression is under the control of circadian rhythms. pic.twitter.com/KDAQGPpV55
— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) December 7, 2017
More than 100 @BrandeisUAlumni & members of the Stockholm Jewish community gathered tonight to celebrate #BrandeisNobel! pic.twitter.com/z0J5qzmJtF
— Brandeis University (@BrandeisU) December 8, 2017
Brandeis celebrates professors' Nobel Prize https://t.co/LiS414NX8G via @BostonGlobe
— Boston Globe Metro (@GlobeMetro) December 11, 2017
Bravo to Michael Rosbash for speaking out!
US Nobel laureate fears US politics could undermine science – ABC News – https://t.co/CrxZA22fqf via @ABC #NobelPrize @NobelPrize
— Joseph Takahashi (@CircadianClocks) December 11, 2017
Circadian Rhythms and When to Eat (Swedish Television)
Filed Under: awards, Biology, Neuroscience Tagged With: circadian rhythms, Drosophila, Hall lab, Nobel prize, research, Rosbash lab
Rosbash, Hall & Young Awarded Nobel Prize
October 2, 2017 By DivSciComm
Brandeis researchers Michael Rosbash, the Peter Gruber Endowed Chair in Neuroscience, and Professor Emeritus of Biology Jeffrey C. Hall have received this year's Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Michael Young from The Rockefeller University, for their pioneering work on the molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm.
Nobel Press Release
2017 Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to 3 Americans for Body Clock Studies (NY Times)
The Nobel Prize in Medicine Goes to Your Body's Circadian Clock (Wired)
Brandeis Press Conference
Collection of related papers and comments (Nature)
Timing is Everything (Science)
Nobel winners identified molecular 'cogs' in the biological clocks that control our circadian rhythms (The Conversation)
the infographic version of the story (Compound Interest)
Reflections on contributing to "big discoveries" about the fly clock: Our fortunate paths as post-docs with 2017 Nobel laureates Jeff Hall, Michael Rosbash, and Mike Young
Understanding Circadian Rhythms: A Tale of Friendship, Behavior, Genetics, and Luck (video, iBiology)
Clockwork Genes: Discoveries in Biological Time (video, HHMI)
HHMI News
We'll always have RNA
Rosbash Lab website
latest lab publication: Temporal calcium profiling of specific circadian neurons in freely moving flies
More about Jeff
Jeff Hall interviewed on USA Today
Profile of Jeffrey C. Hall (PNAS)
A Neurogeneticist's Manifesto
Neurogenetics of Courtship and Mating in Drosophila
History 150b: Gettysburg (course website, spring 2002); see also The Stand of the U.S. Army at Gettysburg
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Fly Life: A day-in-the-life of a fly scientist (from the Fly on the Wall blog)
drosophilaresearch.org
FlyBase
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Filed Under: awards, Biology, labs, Neuroscience Tagged With: circadian rhythms, Drosophila, genetics, Hall lab, neurogenetics, neuroscience, Nobel prize, Rosbash lab
The 7th Annual SPROUT Awards Are Available
Post written by Fern Shamis.
The 7th Annual SPROUT Awards are back and want to help you bring your research and entrepreneurial ambitions to life! Have a great idea? Does your research have the ability to impact the world? Need funding support to make your innovation a reality? Consider applying for a SPROUT award.
In the past, successful SPROUT applications have come from all departments in the sciences including Biology, Biochemistry, Physics, and Chemistry. Past candidates have proposed projects ranging from early-stage research and development to patent-ready projects. Many undergraduates, graduates, staff and faculty have all pitched various projects from a Therapy for the Diseases of Aging (Anne Lawson, Hedstrom lab), to a Circadian Rhythm Incubating Device (Jae Jung, Rosbash lab) and the use of carrot fiber as an antidiabetic (Michelle Landstrom, Hayes lab) to a panel of outside judges in the hopes of receiving funding. Articles about past SPROUT winners are available on Brandeis Now. A list of additional winners and their executive summaries are also available online.
This year, the award pool once again is up to $100,000 to be dispersed among this year's successful candidates. The final deadline for preliminary applications is February 20th by 11 p.m. Information sessions will be held on Thursday, February 2nd, 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. in Volen 201 and on Tuesday, February 7th, 3:00.-4:00 p.m. Shapiro Science Center, 1st Floor Library. More information and to submit our preliminary application is available on the SPROUT website!
Filed Under: awards Tagged With: awards, grants, Hedstrom lab, Rosbash lab, sprout grants
Neurons that make flies sleep
August 3, 2016 By division-of-science
Sleep is known to be regulated by both intrinsic (what time is it?) and environmental factors (is it hot today?). How exactly these factors are integrated at the cellular level is a hot topic for investigation, given the prevalence of sleep disorders. Researchers in the Rosbash and Griffith labs are pursuing the question in the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, to take advantage of the genetic tools in the model system and the excellent understanding of circadian rhythms in the fly.
Like other animals, the fruit fly displays a robust activity/sleep pattern, which consists of a morning (M) activity peak, a middle-day siesta, an evening (E) activity peak and nighttime sleep. M and E peaks are controlled by different subgroups of circadian neurons such as wake-promoting M and E clock cells.
In a paper just published in Nature, Brandeis postdoctoral fellow Fang Guo and coworkers identify a small group of circadian neurons, a subset of the glutamatergic DN1 (gDN1s) cells, which have a critical role in both types of regulation. The authors manipulated the gDN1s activity by using recently developed optogenetics tools, and found activity of those neurons is both necessary and sufficient to promote sleep.
The cartoon model illustrates how the circadian neuron negative feedback set the timing of activity and siesta of Drosophila. The arousal-promoting M cells (sLNv) release pigment-dispersing factor (PDF) peptide to promote M activity at dawn. PDF peptide can activate gDN1s, which release glutamate to inhibit arousal-promoting M and E (LNds) cells and cause a middle-day siesta. At evening, the gDN1s activity is reduced to trough levels and release E cell activity from inhibition.
DN1s enhance baseline sleep by acting as feedback inhibitors of previously identified wake-promoting M and E clock cells, making them the first known sleep-promoting neurons in this circadian circuit. It is already known that M cell can activate gDN1s at dawn. Thus the daily activity-sleep pattern of Drosophila is timed by the circadian neuron negative feedback circuitry (see Figure). More interestingly, by using in vivo calcium reporters, the authors reveal that the activity of the gDN1s is also shown to be sexually dimorphic, explaining the well-known difference in daytime sleep between males and females. DN1s also have a key role in mediating the effects of temperature on daytime sleep. The circadian and environmental responsiveness of gDN1s positions them to be key players in shaping sleep to the needs of the individual animal.
Authors on the paper include postdocs Guo, Junwei Yu and Weifei Luo, staff member Kate Abruzzi, and Brandeis graduate Hyung Jae Jung '15 (Biology/HSSP).
Guo F, Yu J, Jung HJ, Abruzzi KC, Luo W, Griffith LC, Rosbash M. Circadian neuron feedback controls the Drosophila sleep-activity profile. Nature. 2016.
Filed Under: Biology, Neuroscience Tagged With: circadian rhythms, Drosophila, Griffith lab, neuroscience, Rosbash lab, sleep
Sprout Award Winners Announced
July 12, 2016 By DivSciComm
The recipients of the 6th annual Sprout Awards have been announced. There will be eight teams from labs in the Biology, Biochemistry, and Chemistry departments sharing the $100,000 in funding in FY 2017. The Sprout program's grant pool was doubled this year in order to expand the support for the promising innovation and research that is happening here at Brandeis University. The Sprout program, created 6 years with the intent to encourage entrepreneurial activity, is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and the Hassenfeld Family Innovation Center. It is administered by the university's Office of Technology Licensing
(read more at Brandeis Now).
Filed Under: Biochemistry, Biology, chemistry, grants Tagged With: deng lab, Hedstrom lab, innovation, Lau lab, Nelson lab, Pandelia lab, Rosbash lab, sprout grants, Wangh lab, Xu lab