It’s that time of year when kids come home from school and start complaining of “the itchesâ€; the nits are back.I don’t know about the rest of the world but here in the UK we used to have “nit nurses†who would go from school […]
A recent advertising flyer from Life Tech seems to borrow from the GoogleMap of next-gen sequencers by suggesting to their community to “get on the map”. The backdrop to the ad is a map of the world with highlighted areas where the reader might assume […]
A box plot conveys a lot of information and can be a very powerful tool. Excel does not generate these as part of its basic funtctions and I have never found time to learn how to do this in R orGather your data togather in […]
Thanks very much to the people that sent me some more chips for an improved set of cuff links. I was not sure whether you required anonymity or not so erred on the side of caution!It would take quite a nerd to spot the difference […]
I have been collecting genomics technologies for a while to create a little display of old and current consumables. As part of this collecting I had more Ion chips than I needed and decided to try and get creative.The result is (I think) quite a […]
I always struggle when it comes to writing in someones leaving card. I’d like to be witty and at the same time show the person that I remembered them and enjoyed working with them. However most of the time something short gets quickly scribbled. We […]
GlaxoSmithKline have won the contract to help perform drug testing at next summers 2012 Olympic games with King’s College London’s Drug Control Centre. There is a report on the BBC news from the 10th of October which is still being repeated. It is, quite frankly, […]
23andMe just launched their new programme to perform exome sequencing for individuals. The Exome80 “Personal exome sequencing” will cost just $999! This will now put pressure on some of those who have had their genomes scanned on arrays to pay up for the exome or […]
Are you considering a science degree? If so then the BBC has a finance calculator on its website designed for students in the UK who could be going off to Uni in September 2012. This is designed to help students get an idea of how […]
