Monthly Archives: August 2006
Structure prediction has a long way to go – The PDB says “no” to computational models
I read this first in Bioinform, where it was reported that from October 15, 2006 the PDB will no longer accept theoretical models. The decision was the result of a workshop held last fall, the results of which have been published in Structure
As someone long involved with protein structure prediction, I should be apalled [...]
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Things I noticed – Edition Cuatro
Another week and another edition of Things I Noticed. A week that saw the demotion of Pluto and a rejection of the Fields medal . So what’s been happening in my universe
An electronic database of drugs
The FDA is proposing a new rule that would make the management of drug information [...]
Bio::Blogs #3 – The final call
Bio::Blogs edition 3 is due at my blog on September 1. This is the final reminder. In case you don’t remember, here are the rules
You can submit a blog entry of your own, or of one that you’ve read and enjoyed. The only “rules” are: it must be from a blog, it should [...]
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Biology, computing and web services – Past, present and future
The O’Reilly radar is a rather interesting blog to monitor. Amidst all the Web 2.0 and other IT posts, one finds post like this one about web services for bioinformatics. Specifically, they point to an article by Prof. Rick Stevens of U. Chicago and Argonne National Labs. The article is part [...]
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Bio::Blogs #3