Monthly Archives: August 2009

Another Step Towards a Personal Genomics Revolution

By jyaron | Published: August 11, 2009
Stanford Professor Stephen Quake announced today that he sequenced his own genome at a cost of only $48,000, with the help of only two other people, and in just a few weeks. Despite the fact that the machine he used retails for about a million dollars, this is a large step towards a future of [...]
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5 Great Online Tools for Biologists

By jyaron | Published: August 9, 2009
Biology (and its related fields) are less and less frequently sciences that must only be studied in the field. There are a great number of resources online that can aid biologists and researchers in expanding the productivity of their research. Here are 5 great online tools for biologists and researchers. 1. BLAST Database The NCBI [...]
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New Web-based Evolution Tool

By jyaron | Published: August 7, 2009
Sudhir Kumar (Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University) and  Blair Hedges (Penn State) have released a new web-based tool for comparing the evolutionary divergence times between multiple organisms. The tool is called the Timetree of Life and it (along with the book published at the same time) is expected to become a top resource for evolutionary [...]
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Evolution of a blog.

By jyaron | Published: August 7, 2009
The Bio Blog, the newest resource for your biological sciences news, articles, and resources, is evolving.
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