Archive for November, 2007

Review Highlights Recent Advances in Computational Epigenetics

Monday, November 26th, 2007

A nice review article by Bock et. al. in Bioinformatics sheds light on some of the recent advances (2006-2007) being made in computational epigenetics. Some highlights:

The article provides a succinct introduction to epigenetics research for bioinformaticians that are new to the field, including explanations of mitotic vs. meiotic epigenetic inheritance, mechanisms of epigenetic regulation, and [...]

Backing up Research Data and Publications with Mozy

Friday, November 23rd, 2007

I’m a regular reader of Derek Lowe’s In the Pipeline, an excellent blog written by an industry chemist that offers insight on careers in research, the ups and downs of life in the lab, and his unique perspective on pharmaceutical news. His recent post about the lengths that he went through to back up his [...]

Bringing Your Research Lab’s Web Site into the 21st Century

Friday, November 9th, 2007

I have been asked by enough people for advice on making their lab web site “better” for various reasons, so I decided to put together a list of things that will have a tremendous impact on a researcher’s ability to provide readers with the information they’re looking for, convey a professional effort in its appearance, [...]

Putting the "Re” in Research

Sunday, November 4th, 2007

Long-time readers may remember a time at which I mentioned that I was working on writing my first peer-reviewed research publication. Since then, I don’t think that I’ve mentioned it again. Well, to make a long story short, that work was put on the back burner, but is about to begin again, after repeating a [...]