MT @pathogenomenick: Roche to "underpromise and over deliver"; "no details of timescales, specifications or features for new platforms"

11:10pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @Stew: Nature Publishing Group (& all the Macmillan journal-y bits, not Digital Science) are merging with Springer http://t.co/lr16dW

8:55pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @sciam: Manhattan Project Plutonium, Lost to Obscurity, Recovered by Scientists http://t.co/umT0kYGQ9d #science

7:05pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @meghanakeshavan: BRAIN Initiative, vaccines and precision medicine: The three topics that most excite @NIHDirector #JPM15

6:45pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to

RT @meghanakeshavan: .@NIHDirector about BRAIN Initiative, wants funding to ramp up to billions, like HGP #JPM15 http://t.co/z0i0LCpOaV

5:45pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to

RT @NatGeoScience: New findings for old question—why do zebras have stripes? http://t.co/pLSEvkSAL6

4:40pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to

RT @yokofakun: Nucleic Acids Research. Database Issue 2015: http://t.co/eKEJBCZPx9

3:35pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to

RT @fiedawn: Planetary #Genomes? Kepler space telescope - 1,000 planets more Earth-like than any yet found http://t.co/lIGVOsZo1h #DNA

2:10pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @MaxEhrenfreund: No one can figure out why crime is so low. A mystery in this AM's Wonkbook http://t.co/aNfvhrHPpK http://t.co/w3Bog5Sgrw

1:05pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

MT @NatureBiotech: What researchers are learning as they sequence, map, and decode species’ genomes | The Scientist http://t.co/IGivEYXNUS

12:10pm January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @NIH: #NIH purchasing power has fallen by 25% since 2003. 1 in 6 grants are getting funded. It used to be 1 in 3. @NIHDirector #JPM15

11:10am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

4K TVs Are Forked. You Should Wait Before You Buy One | WIRED http://t.co/Ro4YCwM6Kq

10:55am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @BW: Tall buildings are back. Except in North America http://t.co/PhQGlhqtW8

7:20am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @Forbes: More Millennials staying home to save on college costs - but 7 in 10 graduating still have student loans: http://t.co/DDsj2P9buZ

6:25am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @AAAS_News: New study reports that many daily aspirin users don't need them http://t.co/O9HUtLa4Ks

5:20am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @meghanakeshavan: Future of next-gen sequencing (and why an $ILMN cofounder's never had his genome mapped) #JPM15 http://t.co/ZCfEl6368L

4:20am January 15th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @ldtimmerman: Immune sequencing in a nutshell. A 7 min radio spot abt @AdaptiveBiotech on @KUOW http://t.co/3I2hSHK6ml #JPM15 (rec Fri)

10:20pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @horwitz: Probably the coolest neo-retro Apple product design I've ever seen. http://t.co/3VX2Bixed7… http://t.co/BgZddNQT3i

9:10pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @BioWorld: "If it's a rare disease in your family, it doesn't matter that it's rare. You want somebody to work on it" @NIHDirector #JPM15

8:10pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @ValaAfshar: Time spent on mobile devices: apps (86%) vs. web (14%) http://t.co/8Tkih4gxDa

7:55pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @APHL: Newborn Screening: This Tiny Test is a Big Job That’s Always Improving http://t.co/qkKRWaruJc

6:20pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @rvaughnmd: Who Carries Around Wads of $100s? A Pickpocket's Guide http://t.co/9QccfJKnw2

5:10pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @IgorCarron: This #Paris graphitti street art has gone too far. It must be stopped. http://t.co/pfdtaJBKPf

4:10pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @CRIgenomics: CoreGenomics blog: Illumina's new sequencers - my initial thoughts http://t.co/9scuNlR55I

3:05pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

RT @MolSystBiol: Sunney Xie's lab: RNA dynamics at sub‐minute time resolution in E coli http://t.co/WU9QICMc53 http://t.co/biTpXO9A0a

2:35pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

To everyone tweeting and listening in from #PAGXXIII - many thanks for the conversations and interest! Until next year #PAGXXIV

12:30pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:Was able to pull out milk proteins. Natural state in mammals is lactose intolerance. Can track back to Bronze Age using MS #PAGXXIII

12:22pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:Was able to determine dietary gDNA sequence - 'the German diet has changed little in 900y' (!) 4 livestock spp. #PAGXXIII

12:21pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Looking at periodontal disease - fig from 2014 Nature Genet http://t.co/nJMhE2lFyo #PAGXXIII

12:19pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

Someday, I want to slide down into an Austrian salt mine. #PAGXXIII #bucketlist

12:14pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:Onto calculus: <1ng DNA/mg sample. A recent OA paleomicrobiology review: http://t.co/gWeKqceywM Dentine yield much lower #PAGXXIII

12:13pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Austrian salt mine, Iran mummified; 70-80% ancient microbiome seq. 'Looks close to modern' Prominent: bifidobact. in Austria #PAGXXIII

12:07pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:Hinds Cave USA - very early site, very little preserved. One context: salt mines (Iron Age Celtic and Iran) #PAGXXIII

12:06pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Tyrolean iceman - much rural human; dry cave - also. But vast majority of samples: just composts in-place, then preserved #PAGXXIII

12:05pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Fig of coprolites - grass, sticks (!) 2012 PLOS One http://t.co/Q0PIFLhRbA Comparing across many samples & modern sources #PAGXXIII

12:04pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Calculus though: fig from 2014 Nature Gen paper http://t.co/WmjjTst7HS #PAGXXIII

12:02pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Ancient DNA - bone and teeth. Mummies are rare, often no organs; Some do preserve: feces in dry or cold (coprolites) #PAGXXIII

12:01pm January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Ref 2012 Science http://t.co/oF3w36gp9H on relationship to the immune system (i.e. Crohn's) #PAGXXIII

11:59am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Joey shown: needs microbiome to avoid toxic effects of leaves consumed. Chart of microbial diversity by diet, obesity #PAGXXIII

11:57am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: We are a superorganism, or a holobiont (i.e. coral reef). Microbiome term coined by Lederberg in '01. http://t.co/4nTwjf8cex #PAGXXIII

11:55am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:One bowel movement: 9% of cells lost (!); in mouth, about 100mg. Van Leeuwenhoek's page shown. 3.3M est bact genes #PAGXXIII

11:54am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW: Human est 10T cells + 100T bacterial cells. 100T is 300x the 300B stars in Milky Way. 1.5kg of bacteria/human. Abt 1 brain #PAGXXIII

11:52am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

CW:"We know almost nothing about the evolution of the microbiome." Shows DAPI-stained image of tooth surface. #PAGXXIII

11:50am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

Last plenary: Christina Warinner (Univ OK): "Reconstructing Our Ancient Microbial Self" #PAGXXIII

11:48am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

GO:A2:Still looking - but engineering in cereals helpful in finding out what ancillary signals needed #PAGXXIII

11:47am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

GO:Q:How does a legume tell which signal is given? A:Same common signalling, nodule forms one vs another. TF not found yet #PAGXXIII

11:47am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite

GO:Q:Has the reverse been tried in rice w/ CCaMK? A:Yes - but legume-spec xcr factors still needed. #PAGXXIII

11:44am January 14th 2015 via Hootsuite