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If you haven't, then hustle over to Mendel's Garden for a wonderful story about the monk and his life as a scientist, check out Gene Genie for best drawing of Craig Venter that I've ever seen; and if you're into computers, take a good long look at the lightning edition of Bio::blogs. I've visited them all out myself and I...
Posted on September 9, 2007 10:37 PM • 0 Comments •
What's the connection?(image from Newton TAB blog) I have to admit, I don't know. But, I do know where you can find out. Dr. Gerard Cangelosi, from the Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, will be speaking about tuberculosis, godzilla, and XDR-TB, Monday night, 7 pm at the Pub at Ravenna Third Place as part of Science on Tap. tags: tuberculosis, informal...
Posted on August 24, 2007 12:00 PM • 1 Comments •
If you're in Seattle this week, and you're not going to the zoo concert on Wednesday night, you might enjoy this lecture series from the UW Genome Sciences department. We missed the first two talks because of travel, but our college-age daughter and her friend persuaded us to go last Weds. and hear Debbie Nickerson talk about genetics and drugs....
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Posted on July 30, 2007 2:30 PM • 3 Comments •
There are plenty of carnivals to juggle on the 'net.
Posted on June 3, 2007 2:05 PM • 0 Comments •
for our overly enthusiastic comment filter. Thankfully, a reader alerted me to the problem. I've gone through the spam bucket and you should see them now. My, answers though, may take a little more time....
Posted on May 25, 2007 12:49 PM • 0 Comments •
Learn astronomy by playing the game
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Posted on May 21, 2007 2:43 PM • 5 Comments •
Do you want to learn how to use some cool biotechnology and bioinformatics methods in your college or high school class? If you're on the East coast, the best place to go is the Fralin Biotechnology Conference at Virignia Tech, July 18-21st. (Yes, it's the same Virgina Tech, and that's why I waited to post this announcement). There's something for...
Posted on May 11, 2007 10:05 AM • 0 Comments •
tags: moose, bioinformatics class, willows, plant genes PZ's morning post about a bear killing a moose in someone's yard (they do live in Alaska, after all), reminded me that it's time to make an announcement about our upcoming course. No, no, no! We're not going to kill any moose on the premises. We're going to learn about the moose and...
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Posted on May 10, 2007 5:34 PM • 3 Comments •
Learn how to integrate ethics into your science classroom.
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Posted on March 14, 2007 3:35 PM • 0 Comments •
It must be spring. Summer course announcements are popping up everywhere and this site is no exception. Last Friday, I posted an announcement about our summer bioinformatics course in Alaska, June 27-29th. This week, I have a couple more conferences to announce. Naturally, I'll be at both of them, leading hands-on workshops for college and high school teachers in using...
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Posted on March 10, 2007 9:00 AM • 0 Comments •
Registration has opened a bit late this year, but it's always tricky when large programs change hands. The Chautauqua Short Course program for College Teachers is no different. In fact, as far as I know, we may still be waiting for the National Science Foundation to make a final decision on funding. Still, summer is rapidly approaching and I know...
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Posted on March 9, 2007 11:55 AM • 0 Comments •
Maybe a little squid told him that tomorrow is PZ's birthday. Happy birthday PZ! The fish and I wish you 50 more!...
Posted on March 8, 2007 10:47 PM • 1 Comments •
Win cash or other prizes!
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Posted on February 17, 2007 11:37 AM • 2 Comments •
It's a sure thing.
Posted on February 16, 2007 4:35 PM • 2 Comments •
BioHacking is not listing in Wikipedia but it can still be found in the blogosphere. In Bio::Blogs 7, Paraschopra muses about biomathematics, synthetic biology, conferences, and bioinformatics entrepeneurship in in India. He must have seen the news about Accelrys shutting down their R&D shop in Bangalore, India....
Posted on February 2, 2007 1:35 PM • 0 Comments •
Hot springs, salty lakes, arid soil and good science.
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Posted on January 29, 2007 11:39 AM • 1 Comments •
Imagine yourself curled up and cozy, a glass of wine (or pop) in your hand, a blazing fire, and a wonderfully entertaining book in your hand. Hmmmm. What are you reading? Oh, of course! It's the open laboratory edited by our very own Science Blogger, Bora Zivkovic, who really does seem to (a) Blog Around the Clock. The secrets out,...
Posted on January 19, 2007 8:32 PM • 0 Comments •
or you can try asking me.
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Posted on January 13, 2007 3:07 PM • 10 Comments •
You can spend all day staring at irreducibly complex patterns in the sand (wow! it's a pattern! Evidence for intelligent design? Or created by random acts of water?). Or, you can do something even more fun and enjoy a treat at Tangled Bank #70. As they say in Spain, Viva La Evolución!...
Posted on January 3, 2007 12:19 PM • 0 Comments •
Attend an exciting conference in Europe, virtually free!
Posted on November 30, 2006 1:47 PM • 2 Comments •
Random thoughts on AIDS and HIV
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Posted on November 22, 2006 2:54 PM • 2 Comments •
Write about biomedical breakthroughs and your life and win $$
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Posted on November 6, 2006 3:39 PM • 0 Comments •
Time is running out in Tripoli for six nurses and one doctor, under sentence of death.
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Posted on October 16, 2006 7:53 PM • 0 Comments •
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 far, but that doesn't mean that you have to show any restraint. All you have to do is submit to...
Posted on October 9, 2006 9:15 PM • 0 Comments •
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....
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Posted on October 4, 2006 4:38 PM • 1 Comments •
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 all means, it means that on Sunday, I will post a collection of links to interesting stories that are somehow...
Posted on September 25, 2006 12:59 PM • 0 Comments •
"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 broadcasting an entire series of shows on hurricanes, Katrina, and what the experts predicted would happen should a hurricane ever...
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Posted on September 9, 2006 5:25 PM • 0 Comments •
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 the title of Chris Mooney's book (The Republican War on Science) will surely keep it out of the top ten...
Posted on September 6, 2006 11:33 AM • 0 Comments •
or, better yet, enjoy the fine selection of summer carnivals....
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Posted on September 4, 2006 3:04 PM • 0 Comments •
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 go take a look. I enjoyed this trip through the experimental garden at UC Davis. It's a nice change to...
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Posted on August 20, 2006 3:21 PM • 1 Comments •
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 of Australia. Sorry, but when I picture Australia, I get a strange image of a cross between Babe, old Mad...
Posted on August 10, 2006 9:00 PM • 0 Comments •
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 allowed the students to connect the dots between the DNA sequences that regulate gene expression, the DNA sequences that code...
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Posted on July 25, 2006 8:00 AM • 0 Comments •
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 edition of Mendel's Garden is great spot to branch out and explore the natural world. Check out the garden tour...
Posted on July 2, 2006 1:17 PM • 1 Comments •
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...
Posted on July 1, 2006 5:12 PM • 0 Comments •
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 lit a fire in his class. His 75 students used PCR to amplify DNA from their cheek cells. The Dolan...
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Posted on July 1, 2006 1:24 PM • 0 Comments •
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 and molecular biology, called Mendel's Garden. Paul Decelles from The force that through... has gone out of his way to...
Posted on June 19, 2006 1:37 PM • 0 Comments •
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