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Shutting Down Epigenetics News

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

It has become apparent that I have been stretched too thin and am unable to make any significant time contribution to work on this blog.  I want to thank all of the readers for following and supporting the site along the way, and I hope that this will inspire someone with the time and energy [...]

Getting Ready for Just Science 2008

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

I am preparing to get involved in Just Science 2008, the second year of this week-long event promoting the discussion of peer-reviewed research on science blogs. The event has been organized both years by Razib at Gene Expression, who (like myself) seems to grow tired of the “alternative topics” dominating the themes of many of [...]

Winner of Nova’s Ghost in Your Genes DVD

Thursday, January 10th, 2008

The randomly chosen winner of the newsletter contest is Dr. Natalia Cucu, an assistant professor of genetics at the University of Bucharest. She will be receiving a copy of Nova’s Ghost in Your Genes DVD, just as soon as it’s available on January 14, 2008.
The irony of the timing of this contest is that the [...]

Welcome, Graduate Admissions Committees

Friday, January 4th, 2008

The holidays are just about wrapped up, and I can only assume that over the next few weeks the site will be visited by some curious graduate admissions committee members. That is, if I ever get high enough on their spreadsheets to make the cut for further consideration.
I ended up applying to two universities for [...]

Win a DVD of NOVA’s Ghost in Your Genes

Sunday, December 9th, 2007

This fall, PBS NOVA aired a special episode, “The Ghost in Your Genes“, featuring epigenetics. (This should not be confused with the “Ghost in Your Genes” by BBC Horizons aired in 2005.) The episode featured a number of epigenetics researchers and their work, including:

Wolf Reik

Michael Skinner

Marcus Pembrey

Randy Jirtle

Jean-Pierre Issa

Mark F. Mehler

Manel Esteller

Moshe Szyf

Michael Meaney

Andrew [...]

The DNA Network: Rapidly Expanding

Tuesday, June 12th, 2007

The DNA Network was launched about a month ago with 12 blogs joining together to offer a network feed and other communication between bloggers. Since then, 5 other blogs have joined the network:

Discovering Biology in a Digital World
Mary Meets Dolly
Microarray and Bioinformatics
The Daily Transcript
VentureBeat

I have discovered some great new voices through the network. Maybe you’ll [...]

Looking for a Guest Blogger

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007

So summer rolls around, and I expected to have more time for blogging, but it just hasn’t happened yet. I am working in the lab full-time and it has been very busy, as always. There are lots of things to take care of at home that were put off during the academic semesters in lieu [...]

The DNA Network: Group of Genetics Bloggers

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Hsien Lei of Eye on DNA and Rick Vidal of My Biotech Life have spearheaded an effort to start a FeedBurner network: The DNA Network. This provides a handy aggregate feed and summary page for fans of genetics to get a quick summary of some of the best genetics writing from around the blogosphere. It [...]

Short Commercial Break and Some Random Post

Tuesday, May 8th, 2007

I wanted to take a moment to thank all of the sponsors that have helped support the ongoing activities of Epigenetics News: Medical Software Associates, CalculateMe.com, Red Apple Living, Surgeon’s Advisor, HealthTalk, ShoXX.com, Asbestos Mesothelioma Lawyers and Drugs.MD.
In addition, some readers may have noticed a link added to the top of the right sidebar: Click [...]

Launch of Eye on DNA and Call for Submissions

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007

One of the first established genetics/health bloggers to give some link love to Epigenetics News after its launch in March 2006 was Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei, formerly of the b5 media blog Genetics and Health. Just recently, she announced that she is breaking out on her own with a new blog devoted entirely to genetics, Eye [...]

Submissions for Mendel’s Garden in May

Wednesday, April 18th, 2007

The genetic blog carnival Mendel’s Garden will be hosted here at Epigenetics News on Monday, May 7. Submissions of anything related to genetics, epigenetics, evo devo, regulation of gene expression, genetic counseling, ethical issues, or closely related topics will be accepted. Send your submissions to admin AT epigeneticsnews DOT com.

The New Look

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

I went and did it: Epigenetics News now has a brand new look. I am still working out the kinks, but this design should load much faster and is much more “simple” than the previous rendition. I hope that the readability is still very good (or better) and that the appearance doesn’t detract from the [...]

The Big Commercial Break and An Idea

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

In the last week, two more sponsors have chosen to purchase a text link at Epigenetics News: Surgeon’s Advisor and HealthTalk.
Surgeon’s Advisor is a marketing firm that asists cosmetic surgeons, plastic surgeons, and doctors increase their visibility on the web through search engine optimization (SEO), site design, link building, and other techniques. If you’re a [...]

Just Science Wrap-Up: Better Late Than Never

Tuesday, February 20th, 2007

In my view, the Just Science week was a success. Yeah, we didn’t really meet the challenge. Mr. Rekow and I were able to cover a few epigenetics research articles, and then the inevitable hit: preparation for three exams. On the same day.
To be honest, I was impressed that Rekow and I were able to [...]

A Quick January Update

Friday, January 19th, 2007

There have been a few changes to the site that I’ve made over the past couple months that I wanted to make everyone aware of. For starters, if you haven’t noticed lately, I have set up the RSS feed to be handled exclusively by FeedBurner. This allows me to keep an eye on how many [...]

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