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A Family’s Inheritance — #GeneOTW with CAPN5
For most expectant parents, part of the fun is wondering which traits will get passed down to your children. Will they have their father’s nose? Their mother’s eyes? For one Iowa family, there’s a different trait to worry about. Sixty-one members of Jerry Jackson’s...
Breaking the bottleneck in biomedical research by bringing citizen scientists on board
Yesterday, an article by @CoopSciScoop made rounds in twitter that highlighted a key problem researchers face in their line of work–the difficulty of finding relevant research in a growing body of literature. Specifically, the authors of this fine paper (it’s … Continue reading →
Neat Science Thursday – citizen science is a solution
In case you missed it, Caren Cooper et al. just published a fascinating research article on PLOS One (it’s open access, so check it out!) detailing her investigations on the contributions of citizen scientists in ornithological (bird) research. In this … Continue reading →
CHGB & AMFOG: Chromogranin B and adrenomedullary function of granins – #GeneOTW
CBGB & OMFUG opened in 1973 as a venue for “Country, Bluegrass, and Blues & Other Music for Uplifting Gormandizers.” Despite its namesake aspirations, CBGB quickly became important for the creation, cultivation, and release of punk rock artists, like Patti...
Finding buried treasure in shifting sand
The problem of keeping up with scientic literature is not new. In 1986, information scientist, Don R. Swanson, published an article about mining the wealth of knowledge buried in academic literature. In his article, “Undiscovered public knowledge”, Swanson investigated information … Continue reading →
Omics Pipe- computational framework for reproducible multi-omics data analysis
As mentioned on Monday, the researchers at the Su lab have been working diligently on a paper to introduce their new computational framework for reproducible multi-omics data analysis. Advancements in sequencing technologies have made sequencing cheaper and more efficient, but … Continue reading →
Why Everyone Should Love Sushi (Domains) — #GeneOTW with SRPX
First introduced to the United States in the 1960s, sushi gradually became popular enough, that by the 1980s, American medical journals began warning against the dangers of consuming raw fish. But this did nothing to stop people from craving sushi, and...
Welcome! MyGene.info got a new look!
Our new MyGene.info website is live now! A few hightlights here:
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New cleaner landing page.
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MyGene.info documentation is now hosted by readthedocs.com at docs.mygene.info, which provides versioning and consistent user interface, also allows us to update more often.
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A blog system to allow us to
Welcome! MyGene.info got a new look!
Our new MyGene.info website is live now! A few hightlights here:
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New cleaner landing page.
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MyGene.info documentation is now hosted by readthedocs.com at docs.mygene.info, which provides versioning and consistent user interface, also allows us to update more often.
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A blog system to allow us to
Surrounded by geniuses- part 11 : Erick
The new genius who was here before, but not was not mentioned when I first joined the lab because this genius was not (as far as I knew) actually a part of the lab…yet. Sure, his name floated around in … Continue reading →