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Sequencing a Genome, part V: checking out the library
Category: Bioinformatics
Send in the clones, but only the random ones.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:02 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Basics: How do you sequence a genome? Part IV. How many reads does it take?
Category: Bioinformatics
"How deep is the ocean? How high is the sky?"
Posted by Sandra Porter at 4:49 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 29, 2007
Do Science in Las Vegas: Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Environmental Microbiology
Category: Microbiology
Hot springs, salty lakes, arid soil and good science.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 11:39 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 28, 2007
Basics: How do you sequence a genome? part III, reads and chromats
Category: Genomics
In which we define reads, chromatograms, and shotgun sequencing.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:51 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 27, 2007
Basics: How do you sequence a genome, part II
Category: Ask Dr. Science
Some background on the strategies: mapping vs. shotgun
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:50 PM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 25, 2007
Bioinformatics teaching tip #1: Remember Julia Child!
Category: Bioinformatics
No more live BLAST searches during lectures!
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:20 PM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 24, 2007
Make your own stem cells!
Category: Biotechnology
Tired of waiting for congress and you don't want to move to California or out of the US? Attila Csordas shows us in a few photographs how to isolate placental...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:05 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 22, 2007
Basics: How do you sequence a genome?
Category: Genomics
Ask Dr. Science: yes, I do take requests.
Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:59 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
January 21, 2007
What is a gene? My definition is better
Category: Genetics & Molecular Biology
In the effort to help us define a few basic concepts, PZ started out by giving us a nice simple definition of a gene, but as he, rightly noted: I...
Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:44 PM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
In the movies: fighting flies and lobbing lobsters
Category: Biology (Macroscopic )
And a mutation that makes males flies fight like a girl
Posted by Sandra Porter at 1:41 PM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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