linkstream2 microblog

https://www.rna-seqblog.com/

a useful resource on data visualization.
Most chapters discuss obvious things, but chapter 13, 14 is very useful. http://serialmentor.com/dataviz/

Alternative evolutionary histories in the sequence space of an ancient protein https://www.Nature.com/articles/nature23902 Great viz of different potential but not necessarily realized evolutionary trajectories. Quite relevant for molecular #evolution & #pseudogenes

https://www.statnews.com/2017/09/05/watson-ibm-cancer/

Oh no…
https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/3/17422752/microsoft-github-acquisition-rumors

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2016/03/alzheimer-s-may-be-caused-haywire-immune-system-eating-brain-connections

Alzheimer’s may be caused by haywire immune system eating brain connections Study targets new mechanism in fight against cognitive decline

https://mymotiv.com

curated tissue expression database for mammalians: human, mouse, rat, pig

web: https://tissues.jensenlab.org/
paper: https://academic.oup.com/database/article/doi/10.1093/database/bay003/4851151 a relevant figure:
https://academic.oup.com/view-large/figure/112879298/bay003f2.tif

Susceptibility of brain atrophy to TRIB3 in #Alzheimer’s disease, evidence from functional prioritization in imaging genetics
http://www.PNAS.org/content/115/12/3162.long Nice connection of developing phenotypes from #imaging, combined w. simple polygenic scores from genotypes

Thoughts on @R_Thaler & @CassSunstein’s Nudge
http://BLOG.gerstein.info/2018/05/thoughts-on-thaler-sunsteins-nudge.html General points about human decision making, with practical
implications for one’s day-to-day life HT @Rozowsky