PolITiGenomics

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Archive for January, 2009

Personal genomics will shape the next decade

Saturday, January 10th, 2009 Posted in genomics | 1 Comment »

According to Forbes, personal genomics will be one of the five technologies that will shape the next decade. They predict (not too boldly) that personal genome sequencing will become widely ... Read more..

You take the good, you take the bad…

Friday, January 9th, 2009 Posted in IT, politics | No Comments »

On the heels of the bad news earlier this week that the RIAA and giant media corporations were getting the second and third spots at the Justice Department, we get ... Read more..

The Power of R

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in genomics, IT | 1 Comment »

There is a good story in The New York Times about the R statistical programming language entitled Data Analysts Captivated by R’s Power. Analysts are using R more and more ... Read more..

Justice served?

Thursday, January 8th, 2009 Posted in IT, politics | No Comments »

Despite talk of the power of all those small donors, it seems, not surprisingly, that big money has not lost all influence in Washington. President-elect Obama has selected one of ... Read more..