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Sandra Porter I am a microbiologist and molecular biologist turned tenured biotech faculty turned bioinformatics scientist turned entrepreneur. My passion is developing instructional materials for 21st century biology (Digital World Biology).

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Speak out for the Tripoli Six, before it's too late

Time is running out in Tripoli for six nurses and one doctor, under sentence of death.

Time to Submit: Mendel's Garden Blooms Here on Sunday

Mendel's garden in Bruno, CZ, may be too far for physical travel, but you can still imagine what Mendel might have thought if he'd gotten a look at this version of his vision. Maybe I'm taking alliteration a little too...

Leif Erickson vs. Columbus

This may seem strange to anyone who hasn't lived in Minnesota, but when I was a child, kids in my elementary school used to have fist fights when it came to the question of which famous European discovered America....

Bio::Blogs 4 is on the way

Like computers? Like biology? Want to find a way to combine the two worlds? Bio::Blogs, a carnival at the intersection of biology, computing, and math, will be hosted here October 1st. For those of you who are wondering what this...

TV for teachers

"And it's a hard, and it's a hard, it's a hard, and it's a hard, And it's a hard rain's a-gonna fall. " - BoB Dylan Tired of Simpson reruns and the exploits of Friends? [From the WSTA] NOVA is...

Don't mention the War!

Do you ever imagine the presidential advisors doing the Basil Fawlty silly walk, looking crazed and confused, and quoting John Cleese whenever there's been a bad day in the Middle East? I do. And this mental picture makes me think...

Enjoy summer while you can

or, better yet, enjoy the fine selection of summer carnivals....

A lovely Sunday in the garden

August is the time when gardens look their best. Fruit becomes showy, flowers abound, and plants are large and plentiful. Mendel's Garden #4, currently blooming at The Inoculated Mind, is no exception. Evolgen pointed this out, so I had to...

It's never too late for Bio::Blogs

Bio::Blogs#2 is been out for a few days but it's certainly not out of interesting ideas and things to read. There is some interesting stuff about Brisbane. Queensland looks like a lovely place and much different than my mental images...

Inquiring as to the sequence

One of my favorite experiments, in our biotech program at Seattle Central Community College, was when my students sequenced promoters that they had cloned from E. coli . I liked this activity because it pulled lots of pieces together and...

Entertain your brain with a walk in the garden

Mendel's Garden, that is. Enjoy a quiet mental stroll among the shady trees where Hsien Hsien Lei from Genetics and Health has compiled perennial favorites and annual suprises. Even though the season is young, Mendel's Garden is clearly growing. This...

New Bioinformatics Blog Carnival

Pedro Beltao, of Public Rambling, has started a bioinformatics blogs carnival named Bio::Blogs. The first edition is up and ready to be read. This looks like a promising collection. technorati tags: carnival, bioinformatics...

Blogging for dollars

This summer I have a high school teacher working with me as an intern, because of an RET (Research Experience for Teachers) grant from the National Science Foundation. Yesterday, he told me a story about the science activity that really...

New carnivals

Two new carnivals were posted recently that you may want to investigate. The latest edition of the pediatric grand rounds is up. You will laugh, you will cry, and you WILL enjoy it. There's also a new carnival on genetics...

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