by Kerin Higa | Feb 2, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Last week, I read The Professor and the Madman, a fascinating account by Simon Winchester about Dr. William Chester Minor and the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Dr. Minor was one of the greatest volunteer contributors to the OED, and he did it all from...
by ginger | Jan 28, 2015 | BioGPS, spotlight
This week, we profile theLINCS Information FramEwork (LIFE) “a novel knowledge-based, extensible information system of interconnected components that leverages semantic-web technologies and domain level ontologies” by a team at the Center for Computational...
by Melissa Lau | Jan 26, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Sonic hedgehog. Tin Man. Smaug. As much as I might wish, this list is not the line-up for a “Super Smash Bros: Literary Edition.” Putting my daydreaming aside (I mean, who wouldn’t want to see Elizabeth Bennet take on Lord Voldemort?), these three names are...
by Kerin Higa | Jan 19, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
The Urban Dictionary definition of “weeone” is: Usually a nickname for a shorter, petite, awesome, hot woman with a height under 5’2″ In casual conversation, according to UD user andyisdandy, you might say, “hey look at that weeone over...
by ginger | Jan 14, 2015 | BioGPS, Featured Article Series
BioGPS has become the valuable resource that it is because of the contributions from our wonderful user community. Thank you for contributing plugins, suggestions, and ideas–all of which have improved BioGPS for everyone. In order to celebrate the contributions...
by Kerin Higa | Jan 12, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
When you hear the word “scurvy,” dirty old sailors and pirates like Jack Sparrow probably come to mind. Scurvy is a disease, formerly common among seafarers, that may result in anemia, lethargy, spotty/wounded skin, spongy gums, and jaundice....
