Archive for June, 2013

Yale Zipcar Program

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

http://to.yale.edu/zipcar

wiki hosting

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_wiki_hosting_services

Brief history of www.gersteinlab.org

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

From MF, in chronological order

1. bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu — physical machine in Bass

2. www.gersteinlab.org — physical machine in ITS
(mirrored to bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu — physical machine in Bass)

3. www.gersteinlab.org — qemu virtualized machine in ITS

4. mirrored to bioinfo.mbb.yale.edu — VMware virtualized machine in Gibbs

5. info.gersteinlab.org forked — VMware virtual machine in Gibbs

6. www.gersteinlab.org/info.gersteinlab.org — consolidated in EC2

Be prepared for the big genome leak

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

http://www.nature.com/news/be-prepared-for-the-big-genome-leak-1.13173

It is only a matter of time until idealism sees the release of confidential genetic data on study participants, says Steven E. Brenner.

SLIDES – GTEx – Sample Molecular Quality and Data Production

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

http://biospecimens.cancer.gov/meeting/brnsymposium/2012/docs/Day2_Ardlie_GTEx_BRN_2.23.11.pdf

Larry Ellison’s Fantasy Island – WSJ.com

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

A Privatized Gvt. MT @WSJ: @larryellison’s ambitious plan for Lanai: http://bit.ly/17NxUOg #hawaii #billionaire

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324798904578529682230185530.html?mod=e2tw

You Are Here: A Whole-Sky Time-Lapse of the Galactic Center – Rebecca J. Rosen – The Atlantic

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

Amazing #photo of what the night sky should look like MT @TheAtlantic: whole-sky time-lapse of the galactic center http://bit.ly/14BUQwD

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/06/you-are-here-a-whole-sky-time-lapse-of-the-galactic-center/276891/

John Colapinto: A Surgeon Helps Singers Sing Again : The New Yorker

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

The elasticity of vocal cords, the difficulty of operating on them & the story of a surgeon doing this
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2013/03/04/130304fa_fact_colapinto #medicine

Web Exclusive: Quantum Weirdness? It’s All in Your Mind: Scientific American

Saturday, June 15th, 2013

QM QBism v Copenhagen. Is Bayesian Belief better explaining
Schrodinger’s Cat than superimposed dead & alive states?
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=wave-function

Seeking Clues to a Heart Killer in the DNA Binding a Family – NYTimes.com

Tuesday, June 11th, 2013

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/13/health/seeking-clues-to-a-heart-killer-in-the-dna-binding-a-family.html?pagewanted=all