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Nick Oswald

Nick is a molecular biologist-turned-publisher. After a PhD in Developmental Biology and an eclectic seven years in biotech he is now Editorial Manager of Neuroendocrinology and the founder and Editor-In-Chief of Bitesize Bio. You are welcome to connect with Nick on LinkedIn

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How to tell which identical twin is the father of your child, CRISPR arrays helping bacteria fight off phages and patents written on toilet paper. It’s all happening in this week’s look around the blogs…

Awww… he has your DNA Copy Number Variation Profile Hsein Hsein at Eye on DNA discusses how to tell the difference, at the DNA level, between identical twins. Great for paternity testing between twins who like to share everything… apparently.

Grow up, Doctor. Following on from Dan’s post on what comes after grad school, the anon blogger at It’s Alive blog puts in his views on young scientists entering the real world.

…as does Alex at The Daily transcript.

Darwin Day. I was going to put together a list of links to blog posts celebrating Darwin Day (which was on Feb 12) but Coturnix at A Blog Around The Clock, made a great list himself, so you can look at his instead.

BioXerox. Alex at The Daily Transcript gives an interesting view on how to think about biology.

Do you reference Alberts? In probably one of the shortest articles ever, PhilipJ at BioCurious raises an interesting question – why do biologist’s never reference Albert’s et al’s Molecular Biology of the Cell?

Sometimes it’s hard to be a scientist… David at The World’s Fair gives mention to the plight of scientist couples everywhere who have to spend Valentine’s Day apart. The amazing gel artwork photo in this article is worth a look in itself.

Hot and CRISPR. An interesting explanation of how CRISPR arrays help bacteria in the fight against phage attack at Small Things Considered.

Devo-Fest. In the last few weeks, Dan has brought us some great posts on developmental biology. PZ Myers at Pharyngula continues the party with a great post comparing development in plants and animals.

and finally…

IP isn’t worth the (toilet) paper it’s written on. This short but amusing post at Acid Test laments the state of our IP systems, when a roll of toilet paper has 40 patents to it’s name.