I have just enrolled in the following two papers for next semester:
BMSC 241 – Heredity and Gene Expression
An introduction to the structure and behaviour of chromosomes, genes, DNA; and to the processes of heredity and the mechanisms by which genetic information is transmitted and expressed in humans and other animals. Some discussion of the genetics [...]

Takes me back to those good old days of table-top Pacman… Looks like great fun though!

This is the sort of video us biomedical nerds get off on.

So cool…. (shuts mouth)

By giving ordinary adult mice a drug - a synthetic designed to mimic fat - Salk Institute scientist Dr. Ronald M. Evans is now able to chemically switch on PPAR-d, the master regulator that controls the ability of cells to burn fat. Even when the mice are not active, turning on the chemical switch activates [...]

Exciting medical news today that researchers have found a possible drug to counteract the cognitive difficulties caused by Down Syndrome.
Researchers gave low doses of a human drug to mice bred to mimic the learning and memory problems in people with Down syndrome. After as little as two weeks, the impaired mice performed as well as [...]

I was excited to read today that Stephen Hawking thinks we should colonize other planets. I am behind this 100%!! I’ve always thought that should be the prime goal of our society, because up until that goal is reached, we have all our eggs in one BASKET and that is never clever. Once we have [...]

I’ve upgraded the blog to WordPress 2.0; and it seems to have stuffed up the layout a bit. Sorry about that! No time to fix today but I will address it soon - in the meantime if you notice any other weirdnesses, let me know. Hopefully the site will load a bit quicker now as [...]

Three years ago I spent $3500 on a Dell Inspiron 9100 laptop. It’s a great machine, very powerful and has served me well. However in quick succession I have lost the sound out jack (emits very fuzzy crackly sound); the cd/dvd drive (only reads every tenth disc or so) and then over the weekend, the [...]

Received in the post from Amazon today, two books for work and two books for nerdy obsessiveness:
Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity By: David Allen

The Now Habit: A Strategic Program for Overcoming Procrastination and Enjoying Guilt-Free Play By: Neil Fiore
The Singularity Is Near: When Humans Transcend Biology By: Ray Kurzweil
Fantastic Voyage: Live [...]

A lovely simulation of the Earth getting destroyed by a meteorite.