About

Welcome to Cognitive Feedback Loop. This blog was started with the intended purpose of bridging the gap of communication between scientists and the general public. I write about things from the world of science that are interesting and important. I also produce the included illustrations to help simplify the message, because a picture is sometimes worth 1000 points of data. And in the spirit of academia, I also include copious hyperlinked references to the original research articles.

I studied chemistry in college, and biochemistry for my Ph.D. Now I work as a researcher in a virology lab at Arizona State University. You can see my bibliography below, or a full portfolio here.

If you are interested in working with me on a writing piece or an illustration please contact me at robert@cognitivefeedbackloop.com, and maybe I can help you out. In most cases I would charge no fee and only ask that you mention my name in your acknowledgements.

Thanks for visiting my blog. I hope that you find an article that you enjoy reading, and a diagram that resonates with your imagination and gives you some cognitive feedback!




Bibliograpy:

1. R.M. Lawrence, J.D. Zook, B.G. Hogue. Full inactivation of alphaviruses in single particle and crystallized forms. (2016) Journal of Virological Methods. 236: 237-244

2. H.P. Stevenson, G. Lin, C.O. Barnes, et al. Transmission electron microscopy for the evaluation and optimization of crystal growth. (2016) Acta Crystallographica, Section D. 72 (5): 603-615.

3. J. Ding, R.M. Lawrence, P.V. Jones, B.G. Hogue, M.A. Hayes. Concentration of Sindbis Virus with Optimized Gradient Insulator-based Dielectrophoresis. (2016) Analyst. DOI: 10.1039/c5an02430g

4. R.M. Lawrence, C.E. Conrad, N.A. Zatsepin, et al. Serial femtosecond X-ray diffraction of enveloped virus microcrystals. (2015) Structural Dynamics. 2 (4): 041720.

5. H-H Lee, I. Cherni, H. Yu, et al. Expression, purification, and crystallization of CTP-MPR, a candidate mucosal vaccine component against HIV-1. (2014) IUCrJ. 1: 305-317.

6. R.M. Lawrence, B. Varco-Merth, C.J. Bley, J-L Chen, P. Fromme. Recombinant production and purification of the subunit c of chloroplast ATP synthase. (2011) Protein Expression and Purification. 76: 15-24.

7. R.M. Lawrence. Recombinant expression, purification, and reconstitution of the chloroplast ATP synthase c-subunit ring. (2011) Dissertation, Arizona State University.