The pleasures of a PhD deff includes traveling! Learning loads about Translational…
The pleasures of a PhD deff includes traveling! Learning loads about Translational Medicine at the moment 😉

Friend (+Michele Mattioni) is working on bringing down the Carbon Footprint of people…
Friend (+Michele Mattioni) is working on bringing down the Carbon Footprint of people in Cambridgeshire by promoting eating and using locally (most often on small scale) sourced food.Â
Have a look at the site, read his blog, join the discussion and join the "fun" of going green 🙂Â
#cambridge  #localfood  #carbonfootprint Â
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If you are a local food lover, have a look at this :
http://blog.sustainablesouk.com/post/31789935597/eat-and-buy-locally-at-the-cambridge-carbon-footprint
Eat and buy locally at the Cambridge Carbon Footprint
Eat and Buy Local Meeting We are going to be at the Eat and Buy local meeting organised by the Cambridge Carbon Footprint this incoming Friday (21 September 2012), where we will also present the…
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As a real hero he went!Â
As a real hero he went!Â
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Members of the US Navy ceremonial guard hold an American flag over the cremains of Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong during a burial at sea service aboard the USS Philippine Sea (CG 58), Friday, Sept. 14, 2012, in the Atlantic Ocean. Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon during the 1969 Apollo 11 mission, died Saturday, Aug. 25. He was 82. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Doesn't understand why I'm not allowed to pre-cache the +Google Maps for…
Doesn't understand why I'm not allowed to pre-cache the +Google Maps for the Barcelona area. As there is no difference in fetching it on the fly over 3g then pre-fetching it over a fist wifi I think this is an absolute silly restriction and doesn't help usability nor protects whatever Google is trying to protect. The only clear winner in this case are the telecom companies that can charge me ridiculious amounts for roaming…. #rant Â
Anyway, not they almost force me to move to Open Street Maps.Â
#Google  #GoogleMaps  #usability  #offlinemaps  
Want to understand what this ENCODE thing is all about? Watch this amazing animated…
Want to understand what this ENCODE thing is all about? Watch this amazing animated movie very elegantly explaining the basics of what makes this project so exciting and what the implications are on a level that even non scientist understand! Brilliantly done +Nature Publishing Group!Â
Genomes Certainly Are Tricky!
Thanks +Benedetta Frida Baldi for this great find! Â
#ENCODE  #science  #genomics  #genetics  #epigenetics  
The Story of You: ENCODE and the human genome
Ever since a monk called Mendel started breeding pea plants we’ve been learning about our genomes. In 1953, Watson, Crick and Franklin described the structur…
The gene patent discussion by Steven Salzberg:
"I argue here that gene patents, and patented genetic tests based
on them, are a very bad idea. First, i discuss whether genes can
reasonably be the subject of patents in the first place; i maintain that
the answer is no. second, i explain how gene patents interfere with
scientific progress, slowing down the development of new cures and
treatments for genetic diseases."
Originally shared by +Gregory Jordan
From back in June: Steven Salzberg's nicely-written refutation of gene patents.
http://genomics.jhu.edu/papers/Perils-of-gene-patents-reprint-CPT2012.pdf
http://genomics.jhu.edu/papers/Perils-of-gene-patents-reprint-CPT2012.pdf