http://www.nature.com/ng/journal/v45/n4/full/ng.2560.html?WT.ec_id=NG-201304
Archive for March, 2013
Identification of 23 new prostate cancer susceptibility loci using the iCOGS custom genotyping array
March 31, 2013The Dawn of Genome Trolling
March 31, 2013related to the Hela genome controversy
http://www.technologyreview.com/view/512966/the-dawn-of-genome-trolling/#comments
Putting genome data into the public domain advances science, but nearly all of it can be linked to someone.
Last week European scientists were shamed into cutting off public access to a genome sequence. As far as I know, it’s the first instance of a genome pulled from the public record….
Cloud and Big Data, Together: A Huge Springboard to Innovation – Forbes
March 30, 2013Free open data streams, some from gvt.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/joemckendrick/2013/03/17/cloud-and-big-data-together-a-huge-springboard-to-innovation/
Where we could put all that grant money
March 30, 2013How about a 40-inch surface computer? đŸ™‚
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/pixelsense/WhatIsSurface.aspx
In Asteroid’s Aftermath, a Sigh of Relief – NYTimes.com
March 26, 2013Nice to average the destructiveness over all possible impact locations
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/26/science/space/in-asteroids-aftermath-a-sigh-of-relief.html?smid=tw-nytimes