PolITiGenomics

Archive for November, 2008

Peace, Love and Understanding

Thursday, November 27th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

I am thankful for Stephen Colbert, a bear that ate Elvis Costello, Willie Nelson, Feist, John Legend, and yes, even Toby Keith. .cc_box a:hover .cc_home {background:url('http://www.comedycentral.com/comedycentral/video/assets/syndicated-logo-over.png') !important;} .cc_links a{color:#b9b9b9;text-decoration:none;} .cc_show a ... Read more..

Party with a Purpose

Friday, November 21st, 2008 Posted in charity | No Comments »

Last night the St. Louis Crisis Nursery Young Professional Board hosted its first event, Party with a Purpose, at Bar Napoli in Clayton. The evening was a big ... Read more..

MO shame

Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in politics | 6 Comments »

Yesterday, Missouri was called for Sen. McCain. He has won Missouri 1,445,812 to 1,442,180; a margin of 3,632 or 0.126%. When taken at face value, it appears Sen. Obama made ... Read more..

Junk DNA no more

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

The New York Times has a good article, Now - The Rest of the Genome, on the latest research on genes and the non-protein-encoding parts of the genome. As reported ... Read more..

The real electoral map

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

Around election time, there is always a lot of talk about red states and blue states, but as with most things presented by the media, the true picture is less ... Read more..

AML on NPR

Friday, November 7th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Dr. Tim Ley of The Genome Center is going to be a guest on NPR's Talks of the Nation Science Friday today. He will be talking about the AML ... Read more..

Keystone award for data center

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in IT | No Comments »

The Genome Center's new Data Center Building won the prestigious (I'm told) Keystone Award for Project of the Year from the St. Louis Association of General Contractors. This award is ... Read more..

AML genome news

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

Here is some of the coverage in the press of the AML cancer genome sequencing paper: Science News, The New York Times, WUSM MedNews, Washington Post, Reuters, MIT Technology Review. ... Read more..

First whole cancer genome sequenced

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in genomics | 4 Comments »

In tomorrow's issue of Nature, three papers detailing the sequencing of entire human genomes are being published. All of the sequencing reported in the papers was generated using the Illumina/Solexa ... Read more..

Just words

Wednesday, November 5th, 2008 Posted in politics | No Comments »

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty ... Read more..