"The man who became famous for wanting to commercialize the human genome may surprise people with his latest venture: He's going nonprofit."
" "Philanthropy is the purest form of egocentrism," said Dr. Jonathan Seely, a principal at Iatrix Systems in Menlo Park, California."

Ironically, I found this article only a few moments after the other meme about Celera (see below). Just when you think things are getting predictable.....
This looks fairly admirable...but Venter sketches me out, so I am not so sure that this "non-profit, I am the nice guy now" move is what it seems

Genome Figure Goes Philanthropic

And the war continues to rage between Celera and the Human Genome Project.....privately funded vrs publicly funded. Its interesting to watch really. The Human Genome Project is the publicly-funded side of this war, and it seems to me that although their sequencing methods are slower than Celera's, they are the side that is really interested in the science of the project. Celera, the privately-funded side, seems to me to be all about the capitalism that can be created from the project...they charge for their database information whereas the HGP offers theirs for free. But overall, it is all science really, because science entails competing to produce notable results first. So who are you supporting? The side that took longer but is more accurate, or the side that took half the time, but who's data is questionable?

New Scientist- Rivals dismiss Celera's human genome draft

This is pretty cool..I haven't had a chance to really try it out yet, but I figured I would send it along. Create your own virtual cell...woo hoo.

The Virtual Cell developed by the National Resource for Cell Analysis and Modeling, NRCAM.

HAHAHAHAHAHA.....and this is why sex-ed is taught in high school..NOT college......bad idea folks:)

FOXNews.com- UC Berkeley Shuts Racy Sex-Ed Class Down

I just wanted to meme this because these guys are really talented web designers. They were recently merged with a company out in San Fran, and I wish them the best of luck. The cool thing is that I know Daniel from high school and college, and I am so excited to see his career shine so early.

SOMATIC LABS ACQUISITION

What these people don't know is that blogging will soon be a memory...a bad taste left in people's mouths....because Memestreams is taking over baby! Fuck blogging....lets meme!

Blah, Blah, Blah and Blog

Genetically modified bacteria that take up residence in your mouth to do away with cavities. May sound gross at first, but trust me as a biology major when I say that you have LOTS of bacteria all over you including your mouth right now. Sounds cool to me. Lets do away with those dentist drills.

New Scientist - GM bacteria may banish tooth decay

But the new powers will extend these controls to apply to "intangibles", such as software, emails, designs and presentation slides. This will subject much more scientific activity to controls, says Nicholas Bohm, a member of the Law Society's electronic law committee. "

This is not good.

New Scientist- UK bill would 'infringe scientists' freedom'

If you want to be in the right place at the right time you need to figure out where things are going...

This is pretty neat

BT's future timeline

"The researchers found that those who slept for an average of eight hours or more, or less than four hours, each night had significantly increased mortality rates. "

So basically....DOH!

New Scientist