Below are the 20 most recent journal entries recorded in kolbala's LiveJournal:

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Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012
12:41 am	random stuff from the past! https://www.lsa.umich.edu/UofM/Content/umbs/document/Bartizan_summer_2007.pdf https://www.lsa.umich.edu/UofM/Content/umbs/document/BartizanWinter2008.pdf  http://scicats.wordpress.com/biosphere-2/ http://www.pathwaystoscience.org/Profiles.asp?student=JardiKolby The famous DNA triple crossover that I designed with Ned Seeman (soon I will have this tatoo!) http://nanoengineer-1.com/dev1/images/stories/gallery/SDN%20gallery/tx_crossover_combined.jpg My friend Henry Hess (I worked with him in Seattle on a optical nanotechnolgy experiment) http://www.bme.columbia.edu/hess/Hess.html (Comment on this)
Friday, May 11th, 2012
11:36 am	Arizona Illustrated - Water management in the border regions The lead P.I. (Gregg Garfin), the Border region chapter lead author (Margaret Wilder), and the Border region chapter Review Editor (Robert Varady) for the "Assessment of Climate Change in the Southwest United States" report discuss some of their research on understanding and planning for water resource management across the US-Mexico border with the PBS program Arizona Illustrated. Their interview as well as a fascinating primer by Tom Swetnam on paleoclimate via tree ring characteristics can be viewed here - http://playpbs.azpm.org/video/2233279400 Their report, "Moving Forward from Vulnerability to Adaptation: Climate Change, Drought, and Water Demand in the Urbanizing Southwestern United States and Northern Mexico Case Studies in Ambos Nogales, Puerto Peñasco, Tucson, and Hermosillo"  is available for free download here: http://udallcenter.arizona.edu/sarp/pdf/Casebook.pdf (Comment on this)
Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
4:39 pm	Mt. Baldy Wilderness and the super moon We spent a few days backpacking in the Mt. Baldy Wilderness. We followed the west fork of the Little Colorado running strong on fresh snow melt to its headwaters and on up through alpine meadows to the spruce and fir covered Mt. Baldy saddle. Despite the devastation that the combination of abiotic drought stress and biotic bark beetle kill has caused on the beautiful evergreen forests, this place is at once recognizable as sacred land - as it has been since the first humans walked here. Turbulence felt the call of his ancestors as he rampaged in the meadows looking for elk. We camped at the summit and watched the rare giant moon rise up to greet us as we warmed ourselves by the fire. Here is a short photo slideshow: http://fileshar.es/Wi3a8EB (Comment on this)
Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
9:04 am	presentation on volatile plant metabolites Fantastic Adventure Science Page from Ty and Maz http://www.tyeenandmaz.com/ Presentation on volatile plant metabolites http://amazonpire.org/documents/Jardine_VolatilePlantMetabolites.pdf (Comment on this)
8:41 am	Movie Stars! An inspiring video by Marielle Smith on the future of the Amazon Forest under climate change http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZQfPer-nDI&feature=youtu.be I help teach high school students from around the US the fundamentals of research http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-dfWi9Lscg (Comment on this)
Sunday, April 29th, 2012
3:39 pm	Arizona, Canyon Country!    (Comment on this)
3:18 pm	Another lovely bike tour on the Colorado Plateau! (Comment on this)
3:04 pm	The "turtle" is on his way to Germany (Comment on this)
Friday, April 20th, 2012
10:18 am	Picket Post Mtn. We went to visit an old friend - Picket Post Mountain. At first site, it seems impossible to get to the summit, but a long scramble through the main gully leads to breathtaking vistas in the Superstitions.      (Comment on this)
10:08 am	AZT - Patagonia Exquisite views and single track to match! We did a fantastic 2 day bike-pack loop tour on the AZT near Mt. Wrightson, north of Patagonia.           (Comment on this)
Sunday, March 25th, 2012
11:08 pm	Bike tour on the AZ trail north of Flagstaff     (Comment on this)
11:00 pm	Isoprene, back to the fundamentals While trying to find "everything under the sun" that is released by plants into the atmosphere, the ecosystem metabolomics laboratory at Biosphere 2 is also going back to the fundamentals of plant primary and secondary carbon metabolism by studying isoprene. Isoprene (2-methyl-1,3-butadiene) is a highly reactive organic gas that is produced and released by many plant species in huge quanties. So much so that it accounts for an estimated 1/3 of all organic emissions from all natural and human sources (biogenic and anthropogenic). The image shows Prof. Kolby Jardine standing in front of isoprene (the 5 carbon molecule with two double bonds) and it's mass spectrum which represents a "fingerprint" that can be used to identify it's presence using GC-MS. (Comment on this)
10:50 pm	cool optics (Comment on this)
10:48 pm	Mount Turbulence, 50th summit hike (Comment on this)
10:34 pm	Backpacking on the New Mexico/Arizona/Mexico region The southwest is so rugged, but it makes for superb adventures!   (Comment on this)
10:26 pm	Another expedition up Babo! It's just not a good year without at least one! Probably the first dog to make it to the summit? What an inspiring place!! Makes our 5th accent. Funny part of this trip was belaying Turbulence up the 5.4 climbing pitch simultaneously with Angie. He was freaked out, but I think he's learning to deal with all of this exposure. One year old and has allready logged some 20 different peaks, 50 accents of mount turbulence, and an estimated 1000-2000 miles running. (Comment on this)
10:19 pm	human-electric hybrid Human hybrid systems are the wave of the future!. Below, I'm making some grocery runs in my system that I developed over the last year. We hope to go on a long bike tour this summer! (Comment on this)
10:12 pm	Cochise stronghold, a climber's and backpacker's heaven!! Lovely backinging weekend through the Dragoon Mountains (Comment on this)
10:07 pm	Rise up! Lovely 4000 feet elevation gain on a sunday morning bike ride up Mnt Lemmon (4:00 AM start!). The looks on the road bikers faces when they saw me pulling a puppy trailer and puppy running beside ang was hilarious! Bombing back down at mock 10 was so rad. Next time, we will try for the 6000 foot gain to the summit. (Comment on this)
10:02 pm	We're starting a new journal! Journal of Please Don't Try This now accepting articles for submission! http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_magazine/previous_issues/articles/2012_02_24/caredit.a1200021 (Comment on this)