Many medicines are currently prescribed as though they work equally well in all people, or the dose is adjusted depending […]
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Taking Genomics Personal
Genomics is transforming the way we do health and even the way we will live our life. It is thus […]
Stop Calling Genes ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’!
I find it worrying that in The Economist article “A Parthian shot” (February 13th) some genes inherited from Neanderthals are […]
Lessons Learnt from Digital Comms Workshop
As researchers, it is becoming ever more important to make sure that the work that we do achieves impact. This […]
The Privacy Challenges We All Face With Our Personal Genomes | Front Line Genomics
What does medicine look like in the era of personal genomics? Dr Manuel Corpas of The Genome Analysis Centre, UK, explores […]
Reasons to Convince Funders and Business Skeptics About Open Source Exploitation
I repeatedly come across the same misinterpretation from funders again and again: how can you make money out of open […]
23andMe Opens Up Health Shop in the UK
Followers of the personal genomics fields will have known that not long ago the FDA decided to shut down the […]
Developing the Next Generation of Computational Biologists
It is the role of professional societies like the International Society for Computational Biology (ISCB) to allow the next generation […]
A Master Lesson in Speech Delivery
I had today the opportunity to be part of EBI‘s 20th anniversary celebration. As an outsider, I was very intrigued […]
The Secret of Building a Scientific Community
Scientific communities are the base on which most scientific projects are built, particularly in the life sciences. Scientific networks (Fig. […]