Archive for March, 2014

Lethal Chemistry at Harvard – NYTimes.com

Friday, March 7th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/1998/11/29/magazine/lethal-chemistry-at-harvard.html?pagewanted=all

FAQ: moving from the United States to the United Kingdom (England)

Friday, March 7th, 2014

http://www.avatar-moving.com/gh_showarticle.asp?hid=47

number of transcription factor molecules per cell

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

System-wide analyses have underestimated #protein abundances… Corrected protein conc. better correlated w/ #mRNA
https://peerj.com/articles/270

…once a non linear bias in mass spec. data is corrected, the concentration of the factor expressed at the median level is present at 70,000 molecules per cell. ….

Li, J, Bickel, P.J. and Biggin M.D. (2014) System Wide Analyses have Underestimated Protein Abundances and the Importance of Transcription in Mammals. PeerJ DOI10.7717/peerj.270

There is a culture of acceptance around mental health issues in academia | Higher Education Network | Guardian Professional

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2014/mar/01/mental-health-issue-phd-research-university

Sherwin B. Nuland, Author of ‘How We Die,’ Is Dead at 83 – NYTimes.com

Thursday, March 6th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/05/us/sherwin-b-nuland-author-who-challenged-concept-of-dignified-death-dies-at-83.html?smid=tw-share&_r=0

The Diving Bell and the Exoskeleton: An Excursion into the Depths – Alexis C. Madrigal – The Atlantic

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/03/the-diving-bell-and-the-exoskeleton-an-excursion-into-the-depths/284210/

The price of a long, healthy life may be reduced fertility | David Cox | Science | theguardian.com

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

http://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2014/mar/04/long-healthy-life-fertility-igf-longevity?CMP=twt_gu

Nature Genetics calls for data analysis papers

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v46/n3/full/ng.2914.html

Systematic investigation of cancer-associated somatic point mutations in SNP databases : Nature Biotechnology : Nature Publishing Group

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v31/n9/full/nbt.2681.html

Math professor joins New York Times as chief data scientist | Columbia Daily Spectator

Wednesday, March 5th, 2014

http://www.columbiaspectator.com/news/2014/02/05/math-professor-joins-new-york-times-chief-data-scientist