By and large, I avoid blog “chain” memes, but this time I am going to make an exception. My 9rules compadre and fellow science blogger, the Neurophilosopher has tagged me as a Thinking Blogger. Since that gives rise to all these warm, fuzzy, “pat self on shoulder” kind of feelings, I shall proceed to tag some others so that they may do the same. First the rules (copied from migration).
(1) If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think; (2) Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme; and (3) Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote (here is an alternative silver version if gold doesn’t fit your blog).
My nominations (not an easy decision at all)
1. The Omics World – Hari’s blog on structural biology, bioinformatics, etc. He’s as sharp as they come. Plus we’ve been through the wars together
2. Public Rambling – My favorite bioinformatics blogger. Not much else to say here. Just read the blog
3. Neil Saunders – Running a close second to Pedro in the bioinformatics bloggers pantheon (at least in these parts)
4. Mining Drug Space – Joerg Kurt Wegner’s blog on cheminformatics and molecular modeling is fast becoming a favorite.
5. Damian Allis – Damian is quirky, “mad smart”, and once actually shared a computer lab with me. Did I mention that he is one mean drummer and never sleeps
Special mention. A little cheating here. Like Damian, Arunn’s blog is not about life science, but all that engineering and physics stuff isn’t half shabby
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