linkstream2 microblog

Data but no science
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/12/sunday-review/big-datas-impact-in-the-world.html

http://m.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/02/13/120213fa_fact_widdicombe

seems like amazon S3
https://developers.google.com/storage
heard rumors that EC2 like thing is on way….

Extension of cortical synaptic development distinguishes humans from chimpanzees and macaques
http://genome.cshlp.org/content/early/2012/01/30/gr.127324.111.long

http://www.economist.com/node/21545972

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v468/n7325/full/nature09634.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22174289

http://www.genomeweb.com//node/1025581?hq_e=el&hq_m=1188275&hq_l=3&hq_v=b71e4120cb http://www.research.va.gov/mvp/

Pandora is a free music service that helps you listen to and discover new music.

I’m listening to Crimson & Clover (2000) by Tommy James & The Shondells on Pandora

http://www.pandora.com/music/song/tommy+james+shondells/crimson+clover+2000?shareImp=true

Enjoy!

http://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/turboworx-files-bankruptcy-protection-ex-ceo-says-firm-operational-restructuring

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-02-15/harvard-mapping-my-dna-turns-scary-as-threatening-gene-emerges.html

Evidence report with JAK2 variant – http://evidence.personalgenomes.org/huA90CE6 .

My comment in response to https://plus.google.com/u/0/102948203403308799263/posts/NBHErsbBLxL

“Enjoyed this story very much. Finding that one has a rare but powerful variant will probably one of the first practical ways that personal genomics will impact actual people’s lives — particularly with the ramping up the NHGRI supported sequencing on simple Mendelian disorders.”