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Nice job. I particularly like that the Church lab's Personal Genome project is currently topping the charts. They spurred (re)sequencing-by-synthesis with the
by apathy 19y ago
Nice job. I particularly like that the Church lab's Personal Genome project is currently topping the charts. They spurred (re)sequencing-by-synthesis with their own padlock sequencing method; if Lander hadn't got a wild hair up his ass to do the comparative genomics project with chimps, that probably would have been my PhD thesis. They're awesome, and Church 'gets it' as well as anyone in the field regarding the potential of open, collaborative collection of information.
I think Helicos' product will probably win, but the point is that this shift in methodology is going to change science. Again. And it allows for a more comprehensive understanding of the interplay between genetic, epigenetic, and environmental influences on, for lack of a better word, destiny. In addition to higher-resolution understanding of our history as a species and as carbon-based life.
I think I would like to subscribe to your newsletter ;-)
- motoko 19y agoApathy, this is a good comment, and I've just submitted a video about how Helico's sequencer works. Could you add this comment it to the news.thinkgene submission? :) http://news.thinkgene.com/links/The_Personal_Genome_Project_aims_to_recruit_100_000_volunteer http://news.thinkgene.com/links/The_Personal_Genome_Project_...
- apathy 19y agoDone. With some edits to avoid the wrath of Lander, just in case. At least ESL isn't a vindictive bible thumper like some people in the field. Ahem. Anyways, I wanted to say 2 things about your site. 1) the registration is painless and fast. Yay. 2) the font size in the textarea is too big. Boo. Nonetheless, I find this educational and will use or reimplement-the-facade-of this slinknews package for my own use. It seems terrific. It feels like reddit but it sounds a lot easier to set up. You need more traffic (data) so that you can start mining it :-)