Archive for March, 2015

The pi moment of the century

Sunday, March 15th, 2015

The pi moment of the century just occurred on the E Coast, USA: 3.14.15 9:26:53 (March 14, 2015 9:26:53 am ET)! via @bornalibran #PiDay2015

related to the scaling you like

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Statistical Basis for Predicting Technological Progress

http://trancik.scripts.mit.edu/home/data/
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0052669

Béla Nagy,
J. Doyne Farmer,
Quan M. Bui,
Jessika E. Trancik

Published: February 28, 2013
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0052669

Earth’s other ‘moon’ and its crazy orbit could reveal mysteries of the solar system

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Earth’s other moon [#Cruithne] & its crazy [horseshoe] orbit [explained in a great #movie] could reveal mysteries
http://theconversation.com/earths-other-moon-and-its-crazy-orbit-could-reveal-mysteries-of-the-solar-system-38010

Is Your Music Too Loud? Experts Say It May Be If it Is Louder Than a Microwave’s Beep – WSJ

Friday, March 13th, 2015

Is Your Music Too Loud?
http://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-music-too-loud-experts-say-yes-if-its-louder-than-a-microwaves-beep-1425921356 At max volume iPod w/ default white earbuds is 102 dB. Safe for 5′. Listen all day at 80dB

Pi Day 2015: Ten digits represented on March 14 at 9:26:53.

Friday, March 13th, 2015

http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2015/03/pi_day_2015_ten_digits_represented_on_march_14_at_9_26_53.html?wpsrc=fol_tw

41-01 The Med Student’s Memo – Research Concerns – The Cancer Letter Publications

Friday, March 13th, 2015

http://www.cancerletter.com/articles/20150109_9

Putting Police Officers Back on the Beat – WSJ

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

http://www.wsj.com/articles/putting-police-officers-back-on-the-beat-1426201176?mod=e2tw

ENCODE and Beyond Planning Workshop 3/10-3/11

Thursday, March 12th, 2015

from NHGRI

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On March 10-11, 2015, NHGRI will sponsor the workshop -From Genome Function to Biomedical Insight: ENCODE and Beyond – at the Natcher Conference Center on the NIH main campus. Details of the meeting, including the agenda, can be found from the link below. This workshop will also be recorded and streamed live. Follow the link below to watch.
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Link: http://www.genome.gov/27560819

My tagged items:
http://linkstream2.gerstein.info/tag/i0beyondenc

Private meeting materials:
http://archive.gersteinlab.org/meetings/s/2015/03.11/meeting-materials-i0beyondenc

Global Analysis of Short RNAs Reveals Widespread Promoter-Proximal Stalling and Arrest of Pol II in Drosophila

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2009/12/10/science.1181421

Published Online December 10 2009

Science DOI: 10.1126/science.1181421

REPORT

Global Analysis of Short RNAs Reveals Widespread Promoter-Proximal Stalling and Arrest of Pol II in Drosophila

Sergei Nechaev1,
David C. Fargo2,
Gilberto dos Santos1,
Liwen Liu3,
Yuan Gao4 and
Karen Adelman1,*

In pursuit of design principles of regulatory sequences : Nature Reviews Genetics : Nature Publishing Group

Wednesday, March 11th, 2015

http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v15/n7/full/nrg3684.html