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How to Target a Tumor’s Infrastructure — #GeneOTW with RHBDF1
America is failing. Or rather… our infrastructure is. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers, the condition and performance of our infrastructure is so poor, that we failed their “2013 Report Card” with a resounding grade of D+. ((2013 Report Card for...
Surrounded by geniuses- part 3 : Ben
As we’ve seen so far, the short descriptors really did not do my brilliant colleagues any justice and fail miserably to convey the sheer volume of awesome concentrated into each of the geniuses found in the Su lab. To be … Continue reading →
You can lead a researcher to cash, but you can’t make them apply
One would think that a $500 prize would be sufficient to motivate a cash-strapped researcher, or a starving scientist-in-training student to put together an entry for the Network of Biothings Driving Biological Projects contest. Heck, since the contest is open … Continue reading →
King Oyster’s Secret — #GeneOTW: CD36
Medicinal mushrooms (MMs) have been used as natural medicines for millennia. Today, there are approximately 1.5 million species of fungi on Earth, and at least 300 species of mushrooms have been found to possess therapeutic properties ((Wasser, S. P. (2011). Current...
Surrounded by geniuses – part 2: Max
My first impression of Quirky, artistic genius with awesome hair was really based on nothing but a couple of pictures. First is the little thumbnail of a picture on the Su Lab’s main site: which clearly displays his awesome hair, … Continue reading →
1981 — #GeneOTW with RNF115
1981 was an eventful year. The Iran Hostage Crisis had finally ended. Ronald Reagan became the 40th President of the United States, and shortly thereafter, survived an assassination attempt. In the soap opera General Hospital, the marriage of two beloved characters...
Ooops, already broke a bunch of rules
First impressions can be quite off. Tough-looking, bad-ass genius turns out to be a really nice and considerate person. Feeling sorry for me when I was working on my woefully small laptop, he offered me the use of a much … Continue reading →
If you could easily search through and analyze all biomedical research, what would you do?
That's the crux of the DBP contest for the Network of BioThings, which is closing within a mere two weeks on June 30, 2014. The $500 prize has yet to be claimed. What is the goal of the Network of BioThings? The Network of BioThings aims to structure the biological...
Surrounded by geniuses – part 1: Katie
Since my first impressions are probably highly inaccurate, I should at least post corrections about my colleagues. Of course, the ‘genius’ part is 100% true. The rest is probably far too simplified, so I am compelled to introduce the members … Continue reading →
I am ready for work, but is work ready for me?
Yes! Yes, of course! There is always plenty to do and so much to learn in an awesome lab. The lab that I joined does a lot of data mining and has a lot of ongoing projects many of which … Continue reading →