RT @robinysmith: These are the 50 smartest colleges in the U.S. (and #1 will surprise you) | http://t.co/rbT0jpF3tV
3:17pm November 22nd 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @assemblathon: In Bioinformatics: Toward a statistically explicit understanding of de novo sequence assembly http://t.co/QrWN1oCKuL
6:17am November 22nd 2013 via TweetDeck
Big move RT @markgenome: A great addition to the @jacksonlab faculty: George Weinstock and the #microbiome http://t.co/IMev5nZtko
5:17am November 22nd 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @medical_xpress: Scientists identify gene that regulates body weight in humans and mice http://t.co/5kqhEf5QQl
4:17am November 22nd 2013 via TweetDeck
More about the Giant Magellan Telescope - news clip, 10x the power of Hubble | http://t.co/6WtYqfitnC
4:24pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
Giant Magellan Telescope - planned for 2020. | YouTube http://t.co/AQN2TDrDlO
4:23pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
4K ChIP-Seq ID'd LD enhancers and the functional role of 3 in facial devbio | Science News http://t.co/4RLupL36ta HT @edyong209
3:23pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
TIL Normal Borlaug, father of the Green Revolution, is called 'the man who saved a billion lives' | Wikipedia http://t.co/7hRrD5nuVA
2:23pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
TIL that clipper ships converted 60% of the raw wind energy into useful work - The Atlantic http://t.co/QIdHnTfhd7
1:23pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
"The adoption of corrective lenses amounted to the largest onetime IQ boost in human history" | The Atlantic http://t.co/WNkv2JZdnF
12:23pm October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
The China Americans Don't See: the undersside of elite Chinese higher ed - http://t.co/iQIp1bNnfz http://t.co/TP0OyBJeJv
11:23am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
(Argument) "overestimates the importance of raw intelligence in the labor mkt' - Washington Post http://t.co/z5KMStYfBx
10:23am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @bitesizedbio: This is exactly why super-res. microscopy blows my mind: @plosblogs Imaging a Cell and Its Proteins http://t.co/bAjlZKo0GV
9:23am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @jung_gt: Good news: US carbon emissions fall to 18-year low. What's behind it? http://t.co/h2YtX1qUr9
8:21am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @TheAtlantic: The 50 greatest innovations since the wheel (and the Internet isn't even in the top five) http://t.co/VqyqbYI6mc
7:21am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @carlzimmer: If you want to read some science this weekend, @edyong209 will train a firehose on you. http://t.co/Fzc8nFtMHl
6:22am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @portablegenomic: Verizon launches home health platform: EHR, gamification. What about genomics?http://t.co/6EDSnnlRvV by @MobiHealthNews
5:21am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @WIRED: If you love Lego and science, you'll love this. Trust us: http://t.co/i4tIIebzQs #wiredclassic http://t.co/Wm8TlRuAhy
4:21am October 27th 2013 via TweetDeck
MT @fluidigm: Nancy Spinner Chromosomal mosaicism ID'd in cytogenetic abnormalities. More common than thought. Maybe in tissues #ASHG2103
8:43pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @DailyNewsGW: Qiagen Acquires CLC Bio http://t.co/MS1kW3S4Gq
7:43pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @howitts_done: @LIFECorporation please thank everyone for me! As someone with CML, I know how much funding for R&D makes a difference
4:10pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @LIFECorporation: Some of our team and volunteers at today's Pedal the Cause #pedalsd cycling ride. Go team! http://t.co/qPi2KbYTjd
4:09pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @geneiam: NA: Hilarious Heterozygoats pic. Just allele uneven http://t.co/1mIYRyvLCf #ASHG2013
3:43pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
"A simple introduction to bioinformatics" @neilfws: Bookmarked: A Little Book of R for Bioinformatics http://t.co/J2GIqI1VGI @myen
12:43pm October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @GenomeNathan: My #ashg2013 slides on the Empowered Genome Community and open analysis of myopia in @PGorg genomes http://t.co/Ckx4YNZjN5
9:43am October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @girlscientist: A. Chakravarti's father: "we are so happy. Two of our children have PhD's and the third is successful." #ASHG2013 #ouch
8:43am October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
.@harrymccracken You are most welcome - that Anki Drive is quite a find.
6:53am October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck in reply to
RT @USNewsEducation: Today's young college graduates will be forced to retire later b/c of student debt. http://t.co/umuScpl1Ol via @usnews
6:49am October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @ldtimmerman: DePinho said 1/4 of all jobs created in US since 2008 have been in Houston. Sounds impossible, but oil $ is mind-boggling
5:43am October 26th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @nytimesbits: Annals of Oversimplification: To Twitter, Justin Bieber is worth $763, Warren Buffett 13 cents. http://t.co/O128ZGhEM6
9:21pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @TIME: Newborn ‘functionally cured’ of HIV remains in remission | http://t.co/gBTvLtEYt9 (via @TIMEHealthland)
8:26pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
What about "Match Dot Com" & genetics? (!) RT @drbachinsky: BBC News - Light shed on how genes shape face http://t.co/jO5dhiuJu3
7:22pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @TheAtlantic: America's most popular names for boys since 1960, in 1 spectacular GIF map http://t.co/btnlP3lZa1
6:21pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
RT @joshdneufeld: PLoS ONE: Deep Sequencing Identifies Ethnicity-Specific Bacterial Signatures in the Oral Microbiome http://t.co/eJvqaL4I6f
5:21pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Eskin: Encoding scheme is called a 'genome sketch'. #ASHG2013
4:14pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Eskin: Comparison is an encrypted fingerprint (note - just a hash) for relatedness #ASHG2013
4:13pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
.@Genomethics And what a great plug for social media, I got a kick out of that.
4:11pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck in reply to
.@Genomethics You are most welcome - very much enjoyed the talk!
Eskin: Idea is to share genomic information publicly, but as an 'encrypted version'. #ASHG2013
4:08pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
E. Eskin (UCLA): Identifying Genetic Relatives without Compromising Privacy #ASHG2013
4:06pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: Relative importance for NBS - highest is effect on health, then over-diag., FP, time of Dx, reprod health last. #ASHG2013
4:02pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: 1213 sample size for survey, targeted for Canadian pop. Slightly higher ed, income. Only 2.8% chose not to screen. #ASHG2013
Hayeems: Canadian Nat'l survey, assessed NBS preference by 'discrete choice experiment'. Most preferred options. #ASHG2013
3:55pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: And 'it must be acceptable to the public'. From the average citizen to the payor. #ASHG2013
3:53pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: Harms include false positives, disrupted bonding of newborns, and over-diagnosis (milder forms of disease, unclear trtmt) #ASHG2013
3:52pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: Weighing benefits to harms: benefits include avoiding odysseys, 'prepare' for disease, early access to therapies in dev. #ASHG2013
3:51pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems:'09 'Baby's first test'; '13 NIH funds WGS. Dev multiplex tech, and parent advocacy. #ASHG2013
3:50pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
Hayeems: Newborn Screening (NBS) started in '01 in the US with Mass Spec. '06 expanded ACMG RUSP '07 'Saves Lives Act' '08 NBSTRN #ASHG2013
3:49pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
R Hayeems (Univ Toronto): "How do citizens balance the benefits and burdens of newborn screening? A choice experiment" #ASHG2013
3:48pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck
.@evolvability @ngsgene @drbachinsky Thanks for pointing that article out.
3:32pm October 25th 2013 via TweetDeck in reply to