AGBT 2009 will be starting in about two weeks in Marco Island, FL. The 10th annual AGBT meeting looks like it is going to be very impressive. With all of the advances in sequencing and genomics over the last year and the announcement of future platform updates, there should be a lot to take in. I will be speaking at this years meeting so, if you are attending, please consider coming to give a listen.... Full Post
Two Washington University in St. Louis professors, Michele Boldrin and David Levine, have a new book about the current state of intellectual property entitled Against Intellectual Monopoly. You can purchase the book on Amazon and it is freely available online in PDF format (also here). There is a very positive review of the book (with more in depth analysis promised) available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute website. The authors are not socialists wanting to... Full Post
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Full Post
Looks like the GenomeWeb site has rolled out a new look. The Daily Scan, GenomeWeb's blog, has a whole new URL too. A big improvement on the old look, if you ask me. Full Post
Lawrence Lessig was on The Colbert Report last Thursday. Enjoy the fireworks. The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Lawrence Lessig Colbert at ChristmasColbert Christmas DVD Green ScreenBill O'Reilly Interview You can find audio remixes of the interview on ccMixter and indabamusic and video remixes on YouTube. Here is a clever video remix. It seems all this remixing has angered Mr. Colbert enough to create his own video for one of the audio remixes... Full Post