Genomes to Systems is a biannual conference held in Manchester covering the latest post-genome developments. The final programme for Genomes to Systems 2008 is available here. To supplement this with a little more information, the following briefly overviews sessions during the three days of the 2008 conference. (more…)
March 20, 2008
Genomes to Systems 2008: Summary
Genomes to Systems 2008: Day Three
Genomes to Systems is a biannual conference held in Manchester covering the latest post-genome developments. Here are some brief and incomplete notes on some of the speakers and topics from the third and final day of the 2008 conference. (more…)
March 19, 2008
Genomes to Systems 2008: Day Two
Genomes to Systems is a biannual conference held in Manchester covering the latest post-genome developments. Here are some brief and incomplete notes on some of the speakers and topics from day two of the 2008 conference. (more…)
March 18, 2008
Genomes to Systems 2008: Day One
Genomes to Systems is a biannual conference held in Manchester covering the latest post-genome developments. Here are some brief and incomplete notes on some of the speakers and topics from day one of the 2008 conference. (more…)
March 14, 2008
Semantic Web? Yeah, Whatever!
(To be spoken in the best SoCal Valley Speak you can muster)
I went down to the beach and saw Yahoo
She was, like, all “semantic web”
And I was, like, “whatever!”
March 7, 2008
BioBlogs 19: Bioengineering
Bio::Blogs is a monthly bioinformatic-related blog journal. This issue, number 19, is hosted here at O’Really? and focuses on the the fascinating relationship between Biology and Engineering. Below, for your reading pleasure, is a brief roundup of blog posts during February-ish 2008, and a few other related Bioengineering resources.
March 5, 2008
Science 2.0
I’ve often wondered how all the ridiculous fluffy Web 2.0 marketing hype (see Tim O’Reilly’s principles of Web 2.0) maps into the world of Science. In a talk yesterday, Dave DeRoure argued there is a massive gap between scientists and infrastructure on the Web of Science, most people would agree with this. He points out that there is nothing in the middle to bridge between the two disparate worlds of people and technology. He also claims that Web 2.0 can bridge the gap, and also explains how Web 2.0 “design patterns” maps onto Science. You can see the original slides for yourself, here is my summary. (more…)
Cheminformatics 2.0
February 29, 2008
Lablogs
Some notes from a workshop on blog-based laboratory notebooks “LaBlogs” (Laboratory Logs / Weblogs) held at the Cosener’s House in Abingdon, Oxfordshire, hosted by Cameron Neylon, a protein biochemist based at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) and the University of Southampton. (more…)
February 26, 2008
So, no-one told you life was going to be this way
So, no-one told you life was going to be this way
Your job is a joke, you are broke, your love life is DOA.
It is like you are always stuck in second gear
Well, it has not been your day, your week, your month, or even your year…
OWL be there for you, when the rain starts to pour. Software engineer Leigh Dodds explains how: (more…)
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