Archive for March, 2014

2 new FANTOM papers

Thursday, March 27th, 2014

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The atlas is used to compare regulatory programs between different cells at unprecedented depth, to identify disease-associated regulatory single nucleotide polymorphisms, and to classify
cell-type-specific and ubiquitous enhancers.
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A promoter-level mammalian expression atlas
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v507/n7493/full/nature13182.html

An atlas of active enhancers across human cell types and tissues http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v507/n7493/full/nature12787.html

Swiss Watchmakers Skeptical of Digital Revolution – NYTimes.com

Wednesday, March 26th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/26/business/international/swiss-watchmakers-skeptical-of-digital-revolution.html?src=twr&smid=tw-nytimes

I.B.M. Exploring New Feats for Watson – NYTimes.com

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/28/technology/ibm-exploring-new-feats-for-watson.html?_r=1&

Compare: How London Looks on Google vs. Paintings From the 1700s | Wired Design | Wired.com

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

http://www.wired.com/design/2014/03/stunning-comparison-london-using-google-street-view-centuries-old-paintings/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-432591

only in India… do signs like this make sense…

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

http://imgur.com/EEo5X

Bring on the box plots : Methagora

Tuesday, March 25th, 2014

http://blogs.nature.com/methagora/2014/01/bring-on-the-box-plots-boxplotr.html

Erascan

Monday, March 24th, 2014

http://www.yankodesign.com/2012/02/01/erascan-can-scan/

whiteboard eraser & scanner

het/hom

Monday, March 24th, 2014

het/hom ratio = ~1.5
in the sequencing of many Asian individuals (Table 1)

http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v43/n8/fig_tab/ng.872_T1.html

From
Extensive genomic and transcriptional diversity identified through massively parallel DNA and RNA sequencing of eighteen Korean individuals
Nature Genetics 43, 745-752 (2011) doi:10.1038/ng.872

age distribution of repeats

Monday, March 24th, 2014

From the following article:
Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
International Human Genome Sequencing Consortium
Nature 409, 860-921(15 February 2001)
doi:10.1038/35057062

Alu age distribution

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v409/n6822/fig_tab/409860a0_F18.html

dislike the open office concept

Monday, March 24th, 2014

http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/currency/2014/01/the-open-office-trap.html