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• One year of ENCODE data

  
  The OpenHelix Blog — Authority: 126
  We’ve talked about the ENCODE data before, and you can see a number of entries about the project with the ENCODE tag.  But last week I came across the ENCODE paper in the Nucleic Acids Research Advanced Access collection, so it seemed like a good time to review some of the information about this project. ENCODE ...
  23 hours ago

• Brain cells rewire to memorise new tasks

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Nov 30 (IANS) Brain cells memorise a new task by rewiring themselves as soon as it is performed, says a new study.University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) researchers made detailed observations of the rewiring processes that take place in the brain following an activity.They studied mice trained to ...
  2 days ago

• Join the Grade Strike to Drop the Charges

  
  transreal.org — Authority: 117
  http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/ucgradestrike/ Please sign the petition if you are willing to participate in a grade strike and pass the word on! In the comment section where it says “I support this petition.” please add your school and title (lecturer, professor, TA, etc) ///// We are furious and so, so ...
  2 days ago

• A resolution to the Kerr Hall occupation at UCSC

  
  Xatal — Authority: 117
  In light of the protests in California over the increases in higher costs, I’ve been following Occupy CA , a blog that’s had pretty accurate information from the student’s side of things over these protests. Anywho, Saturday night Occupy CA posted that the Kerr Hall occupation at UCSC would probably end that ...
  1 week ago

• My Opinion on UC Fee Hike and Protest

  
  CNN.com - Most Popular — Authority: 828
  Being a former student at the University of California Santa Cruz, I can completley understand the frustration that many students feel with the 32% fee hike. But at the same time, the occupation of the administration building by students, and the call for boycott of school/class by students and teachers is ...
  1 week ago

• Protests continue at UC campuses against higher costs

  
  Xatal — Authority: 117
  In light of the 32% increase in UC student fees , protests have erupted on at least four of the UC campuses. While these protests have been peaceful, they haven’t been without incident, and many students have been arrested for occupying buildings. Personally, I stand for those who protest, and I really hope all of ...
  1 week ago

• UC Regents vote to raise UC costs by 32%

  
  Xatal — Authority: 117
  Hoh boy. I knew this was a likely possibility , but it still hits pretty hard. Today, Mark Yudof and the UC regents have decided to raise student fees by 32% for UC students. California has been in a pretty big financial crisis due to the recession and other reasons, and the effects have been pretty rough on higher ...
  1 week ago

• Broke-Ass Band Interview: Judgement Day

  
  Broke-Ass Stuart's Goddamn Website — Authority: 529
  They couldnt afford the plane ticket, so they just shipped themselves overseas for their European Tour. You’ve probably never seen anything like  Judgement Day before, they’re on some other shit.  They play “String Metal” a term they made up but which fits their sound perfectly.  They’re basically an ...
  1 week ago

• (re)Funding Databases II

  
  The OpenHelix Blog — Authority: 126
  So, I wrote about defunding resources and briefly mentioned a paper in Database about funding (or ‘re’funding) databases and resources . I’d like to discuss this a bit further. The paper, by Chandras et. al , discusses how databases and, to use their term, Biological Resource Centers (BRCs) are to maintain ...
  2 weeks ago

• Huge NASA Academic Development Deal Goes To TMG and Related

  
  Square Feet — Authority: 568
  The billion dollar, 75-acre academic super campus envisioned for Moffett Field has moved one step closer to becoming reality as developers TMG Partners and Related have been named as the master developers.Originally construction was anticipated to begin in 2012, with initial occupancy to take place in 2014. The ...
  2 weeks ago

• UCSC, Galaxy, and R Genetics at ASHG

  
  The OpenHelix Blog — Authority: 126
  Folks from UCSC Genome Browser , Galaxy , and the R Genetics project * gave workshops at the recent ASHG meeting.  They were very well attended–in fact, I heard they were the first things to sell out after the luau!  And the attendees I spoke with told me they were pleased with the opportunity to hear from ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tip of the Week: CHOP CNV database

  
  The OpenHelix Blog — Authority: 126
  One of the hottest searches we see all the time is for more information on CNVs , or copy number variations.  These intriguing structural variants in our genomes explain a lot of the reason that SNP hunting for complex diseases like schizophrenia and autism weren’t able to elucidate the problems as most people ...
  4 weeks ago

• Our Current Protocols paper on the UCSC Genome Browser is out!

  
  The OpenHelix Blog — Authority: 126
  We teamed with Bob Kuhn of the UCSC Genome Browser group to create a series of pragmatic, useful, and (we hope) effective examples of how molecular biologists can use the UCSC Genome Browser to make their benchwork time more efficient, and to represent their discoveries as custom tracks in the browser as well. And ...
  5 weeks ago

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