February 2012
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I'm a scientist
I have a PhD in Bioinformatics. Right now I work at an FDA facility, and I work with next-generation sequencing technologies. If you’ve read about the “$1000 genome”, these are the technologies that are going to make it possible. Right now we’re in the middle of a huge project looking at how reliable, reproducible, and useful this sequencing is, and it has eaten nearly...
Feb 10th
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Last surviving veteran of First World War dies... →
Inevitable, but sad. Wars always shape the world after them, but the impact of World War I was incredibly far-reaching. From Hemingway to chemical warfare to the Middle East to German reparation, much of the last century was shaped through the outcome of the war.  Mrs. Green was the last living connection to that war, and now that era is passed completely.
Feb 8th
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Listenjamiek: courtneyannabelle: billhinton: ...
Feb 3rd
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