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Heinrich Gompf
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Formerly @Anaclet_Lab. UC Davis Neurosurgery. Sleep, circadian rhythms research.
Predator odor avoidance test in the open field outside the building where we do our behavioral experiments.
September 16, 2025 at 9:23 PM
No need to worry about batteries with sodium nitrate concentrators. They're putting them up all over the Gobi desert / Hexi corridor (along areas that aren't very scenic and already have a highway and other things like wind farms).
September 16, 2025 at 6:03 PM
It’s wild seeing how much energy infrastructure they’ve built out in the Gobi desert.
August 30, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Someone is really into their L-type channels...
August 22, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Unscheduled IACUC inspection.
August 14, 2025 at 4:56 PM
What's that line up there in the sky? Is weather happening here in...August??? That's crazy!

[I don't think it's smoke or else it'd be on the Cal Fire map.]
August 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Home, after 2 months of travel, means [more than this, but…] walking outside for a snack. Grapes will be ready to harvest at the end of the week.
July 28, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Back from China, and whoa, yeah, what a trip it’s been!
July 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Vacation. It is upon us.

[second part of vaca, first part had wildfires and storms and a broken down car and lack of internet between some spectacular hikes, but no photos of that here]
July 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Was over at the cowboy ranch lab most of the morning doing some Barnes maze stuff, come back to Trump v Musk. LOL!
June 5, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The challenge today: septic tank / sewage pipe issues that'll take some doing to fix. Ah well.
April 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Some days are challenging out here in cowboy science country, but then the Swainson's couple come by to say it's gonna be alright. They've been keeping an eye over me for the better part of a decade, every time they visit from S. America.
April 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
C’est l’heur du guerre commercial.
April 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Trying really hard to show MAGA that UCD is not woke.
April 1, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Bird of paradise has been waiting all winter to bloom. One got done in December, 5 are out now with some more to follow.
March 28, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Why yes, I do know exactly where my food comes from.
March 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
As good a day as possible to #StandforScience in Sacramento!
March 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
So glad we don’t live in a place where spring starts in late April anymore.
March 2, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Jeebus. Did USGS change its map format to comply with the Gulf of America bullshit?

[yes, I do check this map every day, it's just one of the silly things I do, even when there's no earthquakes]
February 14, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Folks, I found what appears to be the only place near the shores of the Great Gulf of America that serves Freedom Fries!
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In an unexpected twist of bureaucratic fate, the office that I wanted to have will actually be mine.

I swear, I did not elbow my way into this particular office with this particular view (downtown & Mt Diablo). It all just happened totally without my influence.
January 31, 2025 at 3:46 PM
It's still a little young to produce 25 pounds [first tree on the left], but let this be proof to the state of California that soon all of my avocados are in fact mine.
January 29, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Since Trump solved the drone crisis, I’m going to assume these are Starlink satellites moving to a new location.
January 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Farms like this!
January 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
as i age my wine consumption becomes more and more limited by inertia.
January 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM