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Filling in the genetic gaps in the phylogenetic tree of nearby human species! 

Filling in the genetic gaps in the phylogenetic tree of nearby human species! 

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#paper   #sequencing   #genome    #denisovans   #neanderthaler  

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A new high-coverage DNA sequencing method reconstructs the full genome of Denisovans — relatives to both Neandertals and humans — from genetic fragments in a single finger bone.

New DNA analysis shows ancient humans interbred with Denisovans
A new high-coverage DNA sequencing method reconstructs the full genome of Denisovans — relatives to both Neandertals and humans — from genetic fragments in a single finger bone.

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For all the PhD students in life sciences out there on G+: there is a great opportunity for a free PhD conference to promote your work (we accept abstracts for posters and talks) organised by the Wellcome Trust Sanger and the European Bioinformatics Institute on Monday 12th November 2012, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge

For all the PhD students in life sciences out there on G+: there is a great opportunity for a free PhD conference to promote your work (we accept abstracts for posters and talks) organised by the Wellcome Trust Sanger and the European Bioinformatics Institute on Monday 12th November 2012, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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Keynote speakers are: Ross King, Ottoline Leyser and Michael Akam

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#eSCAMPS #conference #phdconference

eSCAMPS 2012
eSCAMPS 2012. MAIN PAGE. PROGRAMME. Keynote Speakers · Student Speakers · Provisional Programme · REGISTRATION. OTHER INFORMATION. Venue · Sponsorship · Organisers · Past events. eSCAMPS Organising Co…

For all the PhD students in life sciences out there on G+: there is a great opportunity…

For all the PhD students in life sciences out there on G+: there is a great opportunity…

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For all the PhD students in life sciences out there on G+: there is a great opportunity for a free PhD conference to promote your work (we accept abstracts for posters and talks) organised by the Wellcome Trust Sanger and the European Bioinformatics Institute on Monday 12th November 2012, at Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Keynote speakers are: Ross King, Ottoline Leyser and Michael Akam

You can already fill in your name + email address at our website so that we can let you know when registration is possible.

#eSCAMPS   #conference   #phdconference  

eSCAMPS 2012
eSCAMPS 2012. MAIN PAGE. PROGRAMME. Keynote Speakers · Student Speakers · Provisional Programme · REGISTRATION. OTHER INFORMATION. Venue · Sponsorship · Organisers · Past events. eSCAMPS Organising Co…

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With the massive amount of papers and vast amount of data in the pipeline for the…

With the massive amount of papers and vast amount of data in the pipeline for the…

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With the massive amount of papers and vast amount of data in the pipeline for the Human Encode project you would almost forget that the same principle (try to apply all molecular assays onto all kind of cell types) is being applied to other species like in Mouse ECODE project. As mouse is one of the laboratories work horses this kind of projects are essential for the advancements in like drug development or in general a better understanding of molecular biology. Will be great to see over the next couple of years how this project is evolving and how much of the results are comparable with the Human. 

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#paper   #mouseencode   #ENCODE  

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Genome Biology | Full text | An encyclopedia of mouse DNA elements (Mouse ENCODE)
To complement the human Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and to enable a broad range of mouse genomics efforts, the Mouse ENCODE Consortium is applying the same experimental pipelines dev…

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Nicest weather gadget for +Android is I think the Aix Weather Widget (http://goo.gl/YV793)…

Nicest weather gadget for +Android is I think the Aix Weather Widget (http://goo.gl/YV793)…

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Nicest weather gadget for +Android is I think the Aix Weather Widget (http://goo.gl/YV793) made by +Per Magnus Veierland. I really like the way it displays temperature, sun/rain and how much rain to expect per hour of the day. 

#Android   #androidapps   #widgets   #weatherwidget  


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"Estimates of the number of calories in different kinds of foods measure the…

"Estimates of the number of calories in different kinds of foods measure the…

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"Estimates of the number of calories in different kinds of foods measure the average number of calories we could get from those foods based only on the proportions of fat, carbohydrates, protein and sometimes fiber they contain (In essence, calories ingested minus calories egested). A variety of standard systems exist, all of which derive from the original developed by Wilbur Atwater more than a hundred years ago. They are all systems of averages. No food is average." http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/27/the-hidden-truths-about-calories/ 

The Hidden Truths About Calories | Guest Blog, Scientific American Blog Network
Odds are you sometimes think about calories. They are among the most often counted things in the universe. When the calorie was originally conceived it was …


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About me

I am a Lead Data Scientist at Microsoft in the World-Wide Data Insights CTO office focusing on cloud solutions for the Internet-of-Things, Big Data, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning. I obtained my PhD at the University of Cambridge specialising in Big Data Biology while being based at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL).

In my previous "academic life", I was working in Ewan Birney's research group. My main subject was understanding non-coding variation using genome-wide molecular assays, like FAIRE and CTCF, onto Human cell line populations. Another research interest was identification of whole-body phenotypes in Human MRI scans using Machine Learning techniques.

Furthermore, I'm the co-founder of Rijschoolvergelijker. The largest driving school comparison website in the Netherlands with European ambitions.

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