drinking the koolaid
Segal et. al. recently published a paper in Nature describing a computational framework that models transcriptional regulation in an attempt to predict expression. They apply their framework to the well characterized problem of segmentation of a Drosophila embryo. Read the rest of this entry »
Sometimes you need to take a break for laughter. Or, as my postdoctoral advisor often says, “You must keep your sense of humor in academia.”
From the always funny PHD Comics. This one is #3 on the 200 most popular comics. In some ways, I think finishing my doctorate made PHD Comics funnier.
Also, from Dinosaur Comics:
It is a great series where each comic is the same with only the dialog changed.
I’ve just finished reading a book by Robert Boice entitled, Advice for New Faculty Members. It came heavily recommended, particularly as I’m planning to transition from postdoc to new faculty member soon. The subtitle of the book is Nihil Nimus (loosely, “everything in moderation”) which is about a succinct a summary as one can devise for Boice’s book. Read the rest of this entry »
I recently read the Lee et. al. paper “A single gene network accurately predicts phenotypic effects of gene perturbation in Caenorhabditis elegans” in Nature Genetics. This is an extension of their previous work on building probabilistic functional networks to a multicellular organism (the worm). (Most of their prior work was in yeast.)
Last week I attended a workshop called “Living an Extraordinary Life” conducted by the Handel Group, a life coaching company. I should prefix this whole post with an admission, I was (am?) a raging skeptic about this concept of “life coaching”. But this three day workshop came highly recommended and I thought it might be entertaining. Skipping to the punch line: it WAS an entertaining three days and I even learned a few things.
