Archive for March, 2012

CultureLab: A community for ebooks only

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/culturelab/2012/03/a-community-for-ebooks-only.html

STARTUP OPENS DOORS TO GENOME DATABASES | UTSanDiego.com

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/mar/14/tp-startup-opens-doors-to-genome-databases

The ACTN3 sports gene test: what can it really tell you? | Wired Science | Wired.com

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/the-actn3-sports-gene-test-what-can-it-really-tell-you/

The rise of the ‘narciss-ome’ : Nature News & Comment

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/the-rise-of-the-narciss-ome-1.10240

Gamers outdo computers at matching up disease genes

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/news/gamers-outdo-computers-at-matching-up-disease-genes-1.10203

Widespread RNA and DNA Sequence Differences?

Friday, March 16th, 2012

commentary :
RNA editing study under intense scrutiny
Debate highlights pitfalls in interpreting genomic data.
http://www.nature.com/news/rna-editing-study-under-intense-scrutiny-1.10217

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/335/6074/1302.6.full.pdf

In response to critique the authors of the original paper suggest that there are aggregations of RNA editing sites and (ATTENTION!) deletion/insertions in RNA

Differential network biology

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.nature.com/msb/journal/v8/n1/full/msb201199.html

recombination rates in chimp

Friday, March 16th, 2012

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2012/03/14/science.1216872.full#comments

Public Rebuke of Culture at Goldman Opens Debate – NYTimes.com

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/public-rebuke-of-culture-at-goldman-opens-debate

Why I Am Leaving Goldman Sachs – NYTimes.com

Thursday, March 15th, 2012

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/14/opinion/why-i-am-leaving-goldman-sachs.html