Scientific jargon and readability: What is your r-index?
…of experience in this area, I would be pleased to participate in such efforts. Finally, I love the suggestion of determining a readability index (r-index) for scientists, analogous to the…
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Only the ribosome is lacking
…encodes the largest set of proteins involved in translation. Included are all 20 aminoacyl tRNA synthetases, 70 tRNAs, multiple translation proteins, and more. I love how the authors summarize this…
Humpback whale respiratory virome
…genomes. It is difficult to know if these viruses actually infect humpback whales, or if they are simply passengers. For this reason, the authors call their sequences whale-associated. I love…
A PhD Lab Coat Ceremony
…loved the work but I soon realized that I had to return to school because I didn€™t know anything about microbiology. Then I read a book called ‘Fever€™ about the…
Using Google to track influenza
This is a guest post by Cliff Mintz, Ph.D. of BioJobBlog. No matter what you may think of Google, you gotta love the brilliance and innovative moxy of the guys…
Trial By Error: The View From Norway
…interstitial cystitis and so on put into this bag. Of course, the proponents of the Lightning Process love the MUPS idea–and support the notion that ME is all in the…