“Taste good, sequence it” and “Look cute, sequence it.”
When I first started working in science, sequencing was just beginning to be a ‘kit’ science, where anyone could buy a kit and sequence. It was long...
Author: charlie
Random walks through synthetic biology
Synthetic biology is the design and building of novel organisms or biological systems. Sounds amazing, but we have been doing it to some degree for millenia, th...
Three trends for the future of biology
A chance encounter, about a year ago, with some interesting minds in the field of biomedical publishing had me going back to my roots: biology. I’ve been ...
All set for Le Web 08
Le Web ’08 All booked to be there and have fun.
Cool animation by 23andMe on Human Prehistory
For various reason I’ve been lurking around 23andMe, a personal genetics social service thingy out of SFO (I follow them on Twitter, of course). One big p...
Eye opening: Opera’s latest State of the Mobile Web report
When I see stuff like this I feel ashamed for ever thinking Africa’s use of mobile was any ‘less’ sophisticated than Europe or Asia. I keep re...
Where I’ve spoken, where I will speak
Here’s a list of some public talks I’ve given or panels I’ve been on over the past few years. 2011Healthcare New Media Marketing conference (C...
Does paying off the creditors undermine social trust?
Via a few people I went and read Margaret Atwood’s Op-Ed in the NYT (link below) about debt and its role in society. Nice read. For me the most interestin...
Gah. Why are folks trying to be digital in an analog world?
Call me old-fashioned, but I want some analog-computing being done with biological systems. I’m never comfortable with digital thinking with biological ma...