PolITiGenomics

Pretty Vacant

Friday, July 13th, 2012 Posted in genomics | 1 Comment »

It's been a long while since I posted, undoubtedly a bit too long for many to even be paying attention any more. I have a few ideas kicking around in ... Read more..

Corporate governance

Friday, January 22nd, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

There really are not words to describe the Supreme Court's decision yesterday to undo decades of court decisions and over a century of campaign finance law. Fortunately, some people ... Read more..

The End of Idealism II

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." — The Life of Reason, George Santayana Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Visit msnbc.com ... Read more..

Panic button

Sunday, January 10th, 2010 Posted in politics | No Comments »

A little perspective never hurts. The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10c Read more..

AML in the news

Wednesday, August 12th, 2009 Posted in genomics | No Comments »

For those interested, here is a collection of stories in the press about the recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine on the sequencing of the second whole ... Read more..

The Power of R

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in genomics, IT | 1 Comment »

There is a good story in The New York Times about the R statistical programming language entitled Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power. Analysts are using R more and more ... Read more..

We made Parade

Sunday, December 28th, 2008 Posted in genomics | 4 Comments »

Our sequencing of the first cancer genome made Parade Magazine's Breakthroughs Of The Year. I guess we have really made it. 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..

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..