PolITiGenomics

Striking at the root

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010 Posted in politics | 1 Comment »

If you are at all interested in a government of the people, by the people, and for the people, the presentation below by Lawrence Lessig is well worth the 18 ... Read more..

Corn genome sequenced published

Friday, November 20th, 2009 Posted in genomics | 1 Comment »

Chalk another one up for the corn lobby (damn those Iowa caucuses!), the maize genome has been published. More seriously, this maize genome reference sequence, much like the human genome ... Read more..

More corn

Thursday, February 28th, 2008 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

The draft sequenced of the maize genome was officially announced today. Here is some other coverage. Read more..

Your people call it corn

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008 Posted in genomics | 4 Comments »

Later this week, we will announce the completion of the maize genome draft sequence (for the more aural-oriented crowd, an radio story featuring Rick Wilson should be posted here soon). ... Read more..