Winter vacation of a Mexican young scientist

Post author:Jesus Capistran
Post published:January 1, 2020

Winter vacation on the public school system means three full weeks doing something else; personal stuff maybe, I am not sure about working but resting is a must. As a postdoctoral fellow, I am not able to get into the university facilities to do some office or experimental work in the laboratory. That means that all the experimental work is on a pause. Well, this situation brings me to the next question. Is it healthy to continue working during vacations ? I mean, doing some reading or drafting a manuscript for a scientific publication. For Ph.D. holders who are working…

AFM Training – Tip functions

Post author:Jesus Capistran
Post published:December 12, 2019

Equipmen: AFM Bruker Dimension Edge Responsible research: Dr. Francisco Flores Day: 2 Today I observe how a point for AFM is changed: We need to choose it depending on the material and the measurement we want to perform. For example, the sample of today is gold nanoparticles over a glass substrate then we have tried the TAP300Al-G which is a probe from the company BudgetSensors. This probe is designed for AFM in Tapping mode and is coated with reflective aluminum. From the company BudgetSensor, we can discover the function of the tip models: No coating: is designed for topography purpose…

What are preprints?

Post author:Jesus Capistran
Post published:December 10, 2019

https://youtu.be/2zMgY8Dx9co What is a preprint? (Science communication Tool) Preprint vs traditional paper submission. When I was pursuing my bachelor's degree I went to a research center and the first thing I read there was "Science that is not shared is not science" then I had the opportunity to enter this fascinating world of thinkers, conquers or discoverers. But, How to share science? There are two ways one is peer review paper manuscript where you are reporting to science community your research this way time schedule is important In my experience 1 year of research is resume in a…