Take a look at this article published by Nature news last week that discusses the work of researchers in Colorado who believe that
People who customize their cars with stickers and other adornments are more prone to road rage than other people…
Interesting! The original research can be found here:
Szlemko W., et al. J. Appl. Soc. [...]

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As many of you know, NIH is trying to improve the way grant applications are reviewed. Last Friday the NIH released its game plan on planned enhancements to the process and plans for accomplishing this major task. The project has been divided into three phases: the diagnostic phase, the design of the implementation [...]

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Take a look at this article from Science when you have a few minutes…

2009 Dance Your PhD contest: Want to dance your own thesis? Stay tuned to www.johnbohannon.org/dance.html where a CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS will be announced soon. Rather than a localized contest, the next round will be global. Scientists will video their own dances [...]

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I can’t believe I missed this one. Science released a special issue on gene regulation about a week and a half ago. I guess it has been a crazy week - the only reason I noticed it is that someone left it out on a table in the library and my eye was [...]

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A couple of weeks ago, the annual Nucleic Acids Research Molecular Biology Database Collection was released. From Michael Y. Galperin’s abstract:
The Nucleic Acids Research online Molecular Biology Database Collection is a public repository that lists more than 1000 databases described in this and previous Nucleic Acids Research annual database issues, as well as a [...]

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Here’s something interesting…there appear to be changes in store for the Tree of Life. Check out the write up from sciencedaily.com:
The discovery by Norwegian and Swiss researchers has gained attention from biologists worldwide. The findings come from the largest ever genetic comparison of higher life forms on the planet. Of 5000 genes examined, researchers identified [...]

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