Category: Bio-Link
Workforce shortages are a growing problem in the biotech industry. Communities are concerned that a lack of trained workers will either keep companies away or cause companies to move. If companies do have to move, it's likely those jobs might be lost forever, never to return. According to Robert Reich, former U.S. secretary of labor, now a professor at UC-Berkeley,...
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:00 AM • 8 Comments •
Category: Plant biology
Dave Robinson and Joann Lau from Bellarmine College in Kentucky are going to be describing their student project in a free webinar next Friday, May 16th. Their students clone GAPDH (Glyceraldehyde 3-Phosphate Dehydrogenase) genes from new plants, assemble the DNA sequences, and submit them to the NCBI. Here's an example. Plus, since GAPDH is a highly conserved, it's a great...
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 7:36 PM • 3 Comments •
Category: Bio-Link
Arnold Schwarzenegger on community colleges
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 12:30 PM • 0 Comments •
Category: Genomics
Good news! Good news! Last week the Senate passed the Genetic Nondiscrimination Act (GINA). This week it was passed by the House. It only needs one signature and GINA will become law. For years, those of us who teach genetics have had to caution students about genetic testing. The biggest reason was the fear that having a genetic test would...
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 3:51 PM • 6 Comments •
Category: Biology (Macroscopic )
Snake in your yard? Call the snake rescuers.
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 2:07 PM • 10 Comments •
Category: PubChem
APRIL was so much fun, that I thought I should find a molecule for May. I searched both the Gene database, the structure database, everywhere, without any luck. Finally, I decided to change the search and use the date instead of the name of the month. And here we have it, straight from PubChem. A molecule for May. 05012008 is...
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Posted by Sandra Porter at 8:42 AM • 6 Comments •
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