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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 (Geospiza Education).

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Why would a mutation in Google-cofounder, Sergey Brin, cause Parkinson's disease?

Lots of bloggers in the DNA network have been busy these past few days writing about Google's co-founder Sergey Brin, his blog, his wife's company (23andme), and his mutation in the LRRK2 gene. I was a little surprised to see that while other bloggers (here, here, here, and here) have been arguing about whether or not the mutation really increases...

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Posted on September 25, 2008 7:39 PM • 8 Comments •

Win prizes and trips for studying the brain!

Hey high school teachers! Are your students interested in the brain? Who isn't? Three winners will win all-expense-paid trips to present their work in a poster session in Seattle at the 2009 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. Their teachers get to come too! I can tell you, Seattle is a fun place to visit. Low tide at...

Posted on September 20, 2008 8:08 PM • 0 Comments •

The updated dope on the mismapped mutation in the dopamine D2 receptor

A few weeks ago, I wrote about a paper in Science(1) that I read on a connection between a mutation in the dopamine D2 receptor and the genetics of learning. Only, it turned out that when I looked at the gene map......

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Posted on August 8, 2008 5:35 PM • 0 Comments •

A receptor for dopamine and a mismapped mutation

Right or wrong, the word "dopamine" always conjures up images in my head of rats pushing levers over and over again, working desperately hard to send shots of dopamine into their tiny little rodent brains....

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Posted on June 19, 2008 3:52 PM • 9 Comments •

Where are the curators? Why did they miss this? What is the responsibility of the community anway?

In a recent post, I wrote about an article that I read in Science magazine on the genetics of learning. One of things about the article that surprised me quite a bit was a mistake the authors made in placing the polymorphism in the wrong gene. I wrote about that yesterday. The other thing that surprised me was something that...

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Posted on June 18, 2008 8:19 AM • 16 Comments •