http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/atlarge/2013/09/09/130909crat_atlarge_gladwell
A CRITIC AT LARGE
MAN AND SUPERMAN
In athletic competitions, what qualifies as a sporting chance?
BY MALCOLM GLADWELL
Do #Genetic Advantages Make #Sports Unfair? In contrast to doping, corrective operations, &c http://nyr.kr/1ftwS9p MT @drbachinsky
New $17M program exploring mysterious extracellular #RNA: defining its action, collecting #bigdata http://scim.ag/18nWSyU MT @lopezjenniferw
http://www.sciencemag.org/content/341/6149/947.full
[News & Analysis] Cell Biology: NIH Effort Gambles on Mysterious Extracellular RNAs
A $17 million research program, announced this month by the U.S. National Institutes of Health, aims to determine whether RNA molecules are deliberately released by cells as hormonelike signals—and whether such extracellular RNAs can be harnessed for diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Author: Mitch Leslie
Expanded speedtest results (in Mb/s downloading and then uploading + latency (ms)) comparing DSL & Cable
mb16 =>
432a => SSID=MarkGerstein : 267, 278, 13
860mbg11=>Verizon-DSL : 6.4, .9 (2nd try: 6.07, 0.84, 33)
860mbg11=>TW-Cable : 6.4, 5.2 (2nd try: 5.46, 5.18, 32)
“12c” SSID=>TW-Cable : .53, .68, 28
FD4CN=>Verizon-DSL : 5.1, .8
77c021=>TW-Cable : 8.8, 5.1
http://verizon.net/speedoptimizer
then
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ena/WebFeat/qualifiers/pseudogene.html
http://www.insdc.org/documents/pseudogene-qualifier-vocabulary see here as well
https://www.vectorbase.org/info/website/glossary.html
vs
http://gencodegenes.wordpress.com/toolbox
Also, on unitary pseudogene term “origin” here is the earliest use of the term findable :
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/molgen/
Unitary & Processed as in Gencode
Unprocessed = Duplicated
Allelic = Polymorphic
Workouts are no antidote to death by desk: Great #graphics of writer v phys therapist daily exertion
http://www.newscientist.com/articleimages/mg21829232.200/1-workouts-are-no-antidote-to-death-by-desk-job.html via @mitchblunt
Toy Stories: Nice listing of odd #toys from ’10, e.g. HexBug, Tetraxis, Flash Scrabble, Perfume Sci.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/12/06/101206fa_fact_marx via @NewYorker
ON AND OFF THE AVENUE
TOY STORIES
Rating this year’s playthings.
BY PATRICIA MARX
* Tetraxis from momath.org
http://momath.org/shop/tetraxis-2/
* Sophisticated Science Perfume Science
by Thames & Kosmos
http://www.amazon.com/Thames-Kosmos-646517-Sophisticated-Science/dp/B001ALLMWS
* Diet coke & mentos – makershed.com
* Zometool Bucky Ball Kit
http://www.amazon.com/Zometool-0B-BKY-PRJ-Bucky-Ball-Kit/dp/B0007W1E3S
* Sophie the Giraffe
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dbaby&field-keywords=Sophie+the+Giraffe&rh=i%3Ababy%2Ck%3ASophie+the+Giraffe
* Scrabble Flash – high speed electronic version of the classic http://www.amazon.com/Hasbro-Scrabble-Flash/dp/B004WOZZ6E
* HexBug (Am Mus Nat Hist)
https://www.facebook.com/hexbug
How to do scientific research without even trying… key is taking photos with good #metadata
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/how-to-do-scientific-research-without-even-trying-much via @WhitleyWildlife
How to do scientific research without even trying (much) | Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/science/2013/08/how-to-do-scientific-research-without-even-trying-much/
http://preview.reuters.com/2013/8/7/for-henrietta-lacks-famous-cells-new-and-unique-1
http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/07/us-science-hela-idUSBRE9760YD20130807
QT:"
The decision applies only to researchers funded by NIH, which said it
"encourages" other scientists to abide by the agreement. Because
DNA-sequencing technology is cheap and ubiquitous in genetics labs,
the HeLa genome has been partly sequenced many times, and can easily
be fully sequenced again.
"Sequencing" refers to determining the precise order of the chemical
letters on a person’s genome, which is the full library of his or her
genetic information. Bits and pieces of that sequence spell out, for
instance, whether someone is at risk of diabetes or Alzheimer’s or
other genetic traits, as well as personal traits like the consistency
of ear wax.
These loopholes in the access agreement significantly weaken the NIH
move, said Mark Gerstein, a computational biologist at Yale University
who has raised concerns about threats to genetic privacy. "I doubt NIH
will get blanket agreement from scientists in every country" to follow
its protocol, "so it’s not clear what the agreement will be able to
accomplish."
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speedtest results (in Mb/s downloading and then uploading + latency (ms)) comparing DSL & Cable
mb16 =>
860mbg11=>Verizon-DSL : 6.4, .9 (2nd try: 6.07, 0.84, 33)
860mbg11=>TW-Cable : 6.4, 5.2 (2nd try: 5.46, 5.18, 32)
“12c” SSID=>TW-Cable : .53, .68, 28
FD4CN=>Verizon-DSL : 5.1, .8
77c021=>TW-Cable : 8.8, 5.1
http://verizon.net/speedoptimizer
then
I list below a number of courses that I think should be
included/excluded from the undergrad bioinformatics program. This is based on a discussion with a student who did an undergraduate double major in CS and Biology.
The courses that I think essential for the program are:
– Algorithms, Data structures, Cell & Molecular biology, and Genetics
The courses that I think should be included in the program are:
– Discrete mathematics, Algorithms on strings, Computational complexity, Statistics, Data mining and Databases, Machine Learning, Biochemistry, Unix/Linux operating system, Scripting Languages (Perl and/or Python), and Scientific writing
The courses that I think might less important are:
– Computer architecture, Compiler theory, Circuit design, Inorganic chemistry, and Chemical engineering
Curious to get people’s thoughts on this. Feel free to comment or email me (http://contact.gerstein.info).
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