Around the Blogs
The Future of Scientific Publishing, and Bloggers talk to bloggers, scientists talk to scientists - How science is communicated is changing rapidly. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with, in fact.
10 more interesting posts from around the blogs, below the fold…
SA Smith - Do “women do science differently from men?”
Please, Just Kill Me Instead - The NIH R01 grant application process is a nightmare.
Getting Into Graduate School - Tips and suggestions.
Manipulating Nature - Comment on Venter’s artificial genome in the news, and how it’s over-hyped.
MitoWheel 1.0: the human mitochondrial genome just got visual! - One hell of a neat analytical tool.
1 SNP to rule them & in the darkness bind them? - On an interesting linkage study, uncovering the genetic basis of eye color.
Not so fast, daf-2: IGF-I is all kinds of good for you - Why should a hormone that is neuroprotective and cardioprotective, and that prevents oxidative damage, insulin resistance and mitochondrial dysfunction, shorten the overall lifespan?
miRNAs vs. siRNAs: Part of the Mystery Solved - How the protein Dicer discriminates between different RNAs.
Cancer and Myc - Comments on one of the most-studied proteins involved in cancer progression.


