Monthly Archives: November 2006
Genomic patents
Omics Omics recently added some very pertinent commentary on gene patents. The post is a response to an article published in Parade. Keith points out that the article carries several factual errors, such as statements by Michael Crichton on the percentage of genes that have been patented. I am not fond of [...]
Posted in Admin, Business, Healthcare, Industry, Innovation, Life Science, Omics 4 Comments
IT and research – A clash of cultures
BioIT world pointed me to a Computerworld story entitled Cultures Clash as IT Takes Control of Research Systems. The headline alone was enough to garner my interest and the story touched on an interesting subject. One of the subjects that Joe Landman and I have been covering in recent months has been the [...]
Posted in Business, Computing, Technology 4 Comments
Software tools – A question to the blogosphere
I suspect that many of the readers of this blog are more aware than I am of the tools of the web development trade, so I am posting this public question.
I want to get really serious about website design, and plan to develop a site that incorporate widgets, RSS feeds, rich media elements (e.g. flash). [...]
Posted in Blog, Self, Software & Internet 8 Comments
We are back, but not quite fully functional
The blog has been moved over, but there are some issues that need to be resolved, so for now, comments are off and I am using the default wordpress theme. Updates to follow. I might keep posting.
Update: Comments are back on. Hopefully things will be smooth from here.
Posted in Blog 6 Comments
A virtual symposium