Archive for October, 2014

Access : Evolution of the cancer genome : Nature Reviews Genetics

Monday, October 13th, 2014

@markgerstein: .@nlbigas mentions: Evolution of the cancer genome http://t.co/DLwrOlzqch Drivers provide selective advantage #BTGCG14

http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v13/n11/full/nrg3317.html

Criteria for Inference of Chromothripsis in Cancer Genomes — ScienceDirect

Monday, October 13th, 2014

@markgerstein: Korbel mentions: Criteria for Inference of
Chromothripsis in Cancer Genome
http://t.co/TslcrZsmNv #BTGCG14

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0092867413002122

Delving into Deep Learning » American Scientist

Monday, October 13th, 2014

http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/pub/2014/3/delving-into-deep-learning

Mercedes Is Making a Self-Driving Semi to Change the Future of Shipping | WIRED

Sunday, October 12th, 2014

http://www.wired.com/2014/10/mercedes-making-self-driving-semi-change-future-shipping/?mbid=social_twitter#slide-id-1584369

Intelligence amplification – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sunday, October 12th, 2014

IA v AI
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_amplification

How to Tame Bad Breath – WSJ – WSJ

Sunday, October 12th, 2014

How to Tame Bad Breath http://online.wsj.com/articles/how-to-tame-bad-breath-1411420070 Emphasizes importance of hydration for shifting #microbiome population. Also, tongue brushing.

Which Cities Get the Most Sleep? – The Jawbone Blog

Sunday, October 12th, 2014

jawbone.com/blog/circadian-rhythm

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Saturday, October 11th, 2014

Translation & transcription; Connected to an app & api (via zapier)

https://www.rev.com/translation/business

https://www.rev.com/transcription

http://m.fastcompany.com/3008932/work-smart/goodbye-typing-hello-recording-rev-finally-makes-transcription-painless

How Exercise Can Boost Young Brains – NYTimes.com

Saturday, October 11th, 2014

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/10/08/how-exercise-can-boost-the-childs-brain/?_php=true&_type=blogs&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

Jackson Lab: Jackson Lab Opens To Big Hopes For Bioscience Growth – Hartford Courant

Saturday, October 11th, 2014

http://www.courant.com/health/hc-jackson-laboratory-20141002-story.html

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The facility is funded in part by $291 million from the state through a legislative act passed three years ago, largely along party lines. In general, Democrats backed the plan by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy’s administration, and Republicans said it was too much money in exchange for 300 jobs over the course of a decade.


About 150 people work at the Farmington location, most of them hired in the past 16 to 18 months,said Charles Lee, director of the Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine.

Last week, as Lee arrived by plane in Seoul, Korea, to check on a collaborative research project there, he was greeted at the airport by media reporting on a recent announcement that Lee is a 2014 Thomson Reuters Citation Laureate, meaning that he is a strong contender this year for a Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine. Nobel winners will be announced Oct. 6.

The lab is headquartered in Bar Harbor, Maine, and it has another location in Sacramento, Calif. All told, the laboratory has an annual budget of $262.4 million for fiscal year 2014 and employs more than 1,500 people, mostly in Maine.

Much of its revenue — $165.3 million — comes from the JAX Mice & Clinical Research Services through its sale of mice to other researchers. Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor ships more than 3 million mice annually to researchers around the globe, Lee said.

The lab also received $69.6 million in public support, including grants and contracts in fiscal year 2014. The rest of its budget is funded by contributions and other sources.

In 10 years or so, the Farmington facility could become a $70 million-to-$75 million operation, said Mike Hyde, a spokesman for The Jackson Laboratory.

Jackson is partnering with various Connecticut hospitals and universities, too. Lee has reached out to researchers at Quinnipiac, Wesleyan and Yale.

“I already have a collaboration that’s funded by the NIH with Mark Gerstein, a full professor at Yale University,” Lee said. “I’m developing ties with Rick Lifton, who is the head of genetics at Yale.”

Perhaps the closest academic relationship, in proximity and in collaboration, is between Jackson and both the UConn Health Center and UConn School of Medicine.

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