Saturday, October 15, 2011

Selected Papers 101511

synthetic biology
Entrainment of a Population of Synthetic Genetic Oscillators

autophagy
The WD40 Repeat PtdIns(3)P-Binding Protein EPG-6 Regulates Progression of Omegasomes to Autophagosomes
p62/SQSTM1 in autophagic clearance of a non-ubiquitylated substrate

cell biology
Reconstructing Regulatory Network Transitions [review]
Commitment to a Cellular Transition Precedes Genome-wide Transcriptional Change
Distinct Interactions Select and Maintain a Specific Cell Fate
The Min Oscillator Uses MinD-Dependent Conformational Changes in MinE to Spatially Regulate Cytokinesis
Divergent Strategies for Controlling the Nuclear Membrane Satisfy Geometric Constraints during Nuclear Division
Chromosome Organization by a Nucleoid-Associated Protein in Live Bacteria
The Spatial Arrangement of Chromosomes during Prometaphase Facilitates Spindle Assembly
Rapid Microtubule Self-Assembly Kinetics
In Vitro Centromere and Kinetochore Assembly on Defined Chromatin Templates

cell biology, quantitative biology
Random Partitioning of Molecules at Cell Division
Integrating Multiple Signals into Cell Decisions by Networks of Protein Modification Cycles

developmental biology
Generation of Spatial Patterns Through Cell Polarity Switching

developmental biology, modeling
Does the Potential for Chaos Constrain the Embryonic Cell-Cycle Oscillator?

evolution
Signalling and the Evolution of Cooperative Foraging in Dynamic Environments

evolution, cancer biology, theoretical biology
Stochastic State Transitions Give Rise to Phenotypic Equilibrium in Populations of Cancer Cells

ecology
A Unifying Approach for Food Webs, Phylogeny, Social Networks, and Statistics

imaging
An Expanded Palette of Genetically Encoded Ca2+ Indicators
Superresolution Imaging of Multiple Fluorescent Proteins with Highly Overlapping Emission Spectra in Living Cells
Quantifying Spatial Correlations of Fluorescent Markers Using Enhanced Background Reduction with Protein Proximity Index and Correlation Coefficient Estimations

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Saturday, October 01, 2011

當兵當修行

很久以前,在晨曦社板上看過文威學長講軍中環境是不算小的逆緣;
當我還在台大而為晋先跑去當兵之時,為晋也是如此認為。
不過一直到正式踏進這個環境前我還是認為有辦法克服,
即使升碩二以來某些因素把持續有一段時日的工夫打斷了。

經過新訓這八週,
我才體會到有些心境甚至言行若不是有深刻的底子是很難轉化掉的,
還好在部隊裡選擇不碰葷食,讓某些起伏的可能性消失了,
不然應該要花很久的時間才能恢復吧。

儘管如此,其實我還滿喜歡入伍訓單純的生活,
嗯,還有五班與六班的大家,讓我這八週大部份時間都是在歡笑中度過,
不過最後一星期全連流行模仿李榮森喊換手讓我一直狂笑,
害我在其他人的腦海中除了狀況外之外,還多了笑點極低的刻板印象⋯

到北投後,即使有很多很多事情要準備,
還是要找個時間回山上,另外也應該到農禪寺跟雲來寺走走,
兩座寺院都離政戰學校不到兩公里,不去拜訪實在說不過去。

Ajahn Chah跟Ajahn Sumedo的這個故事
(摘自奚淞老師的〈看,那飄落的葉片〉),
應該可以做為當兵當修行的參考吧!

……午後的陽光炙熱,比丘蘇美多掃除林地落葉,心裡不禁焦躁起來。

出家不久的他,滿懷追求開悟的熱忱,來到阿姜查主持的森林寺院——巴蓬寺。待了一段時日,他發現這裡的修行生活圍繞於清理環境、挑水、打掃落葉等單調寺務上。

看看,昨天掃過的地面,今天又滿鋪落葉;就算今天掃乾淨,明日又待如何?「我是來攻讀佛學和修行的,如今我竟在毫無目的的掃落葉……」比丘蘇美多怨忿地想: 「我的聰明、才智,都在這裡白白耗費了!」他開始覺得一切都令人厭惡,法師不好、比丘教育不足,他也怨恨太陽、怨恨落葉,討厭一切的一切……他氣惱地持竹帚嘩嘩刮掃地面,激得枯葉泥塵四散紛飛。

驀地,他發現阿姜查竟站立眼前,什麼時候走來的也不知道。

「苦在哪兒?在巴蓬寺苦嗎?」阿姜查裂開他那著名的、把圓臉橫切成上下兩截的笑容,向蘇美多拋下一句問話。然後,法師悠然轉身、穿越林間小徑走開,留下持帚怔立的蘇美多。

「苦嗎?剛才確實是滿心煩惱啊!」比丘蘇美多捉摸法師突兀的問話,心想:「可是,這一打斷,剛才的苦究竟跑到哪裡去了?苦,是什麼在苦?巴蓬寺不苦,掃地也不算苦。那麼,製造一大堆牢騷和怨恨的又是誰?」

經阿姜查一句話點醒,比丘蘇美多直下看到了自己的心。

重新掃地的他,動作減慢、兩手使力也均勻了。午後的樹林寂靜,沙沙的竹帚觸地聲,把他帶入平寧的正念觀照中。落葉撇掃成堆,而他的心,正像那經清掃而敞露出的泥沙地,平整、清爽,有著脈絡分明的竹帚掃痕……

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