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Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing manuscripts due in two weeks
The 2015 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing will be held from Jan 4-8 on Kohala Coast in Hawaii! Andrew and Ben (together with collaborators Robert and Zhiyong at NCBI) are organizing the session on Crowdsourcing and Mining Crowd Data. For the session to be remotely...
Gatekeeper of the Brain — #GeneOTW with Mfsd2a
In 2010, the Department of Homeland Security seized 96 tons of marijuana at the US-Mexico border. ((Burnett, John. Drugs Cross the Border by Truck, Free Trade, and Chance. NPR News. Retrieved June 11, 2014,...
Surrounded by geniuses- part 5 : Toby
When seeing how well the friendly, pro-linux, sitcom-perfect genius would fit on a television show, it’s easy to think that this descriptor does him some measure of justice…well, in theory anyway. Unfortunately, it does not. Is he friendly? Yes! Does … Continue reading →
Join our motley crew of researchers!
Several months ago I put out a call for postdocs applicants. Combined with other recruiting efforts, the lab has grown with several new positions -- two postdocs (starting in the fall, and more upcoming interviews), our Scientific Outreach Program Manager, and an...
Why Prions Are Still Terrifying — #GeneOTW with PRNP
Today’s funerary practices might include trends like eco-friendly burial shrouds and artificial reefs made from cremated remains, but for the Fore tribespeople in Papua New Guinea, their traditional mortuary ritual involved a different custom… cannibalism. Although...
Surrounded by geniuses- part 4 : Chunlei
Remember Last week when I confessed to posting my second impressions of two of the geniuses from the Su Lab? Though I had a chance to more accurately portray one of the two aforementioned geniuses, I didn’t have a chance … Continue reading →
Less than 30 days left to get your papers in for the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing
The 2015 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing will be held from Jan 4-8 on Kohala Coast in Hawaii! Andrew and Ben (together with collaborators Robert and Zhiyong at NCBI) are organizing the session on Crowdsourcing and Mining Crowd Data. For the session to be remotely...
NoB DBP contest end
The NoB DBP contest has ended. Thank you for your thought-provoking entries. The judges will be looking at the entries carefully and the results will be posted as soon as a winner is decided.
Wikipedia is for reals, Gene Wiki is legit
Professor Murray Jennex is an information systems whiz. He would start his classes on Information Security and Decision Support Systems with an open and frank discussion on relevant current affairs. During one of these discussions he raised a question regarding … Continue reading →
NoB DBP Idea contest ends today
Prize is $500. Get your entries in before it’s too late. More details here: http://goo.gl/FEhbYj