Pharyngula (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008
Larry has briefly floated the idea of organizing a trip to London , visiting Down House, the Natural History Museum, etc. There isn't much of a response — if you're interested, let him know . Read the comments on this post...
ScienceRoll (Free subscription) | yesterday
... to Wired Science , Gene Therapy Restores Sight as two people who once were blind now can see. Larry Moran at Sandwalk focused again on junk DNA and discussed the issue with an Adaptationist. Walter Jessen at Highlight Health had a detailed and well-referenced article about the Cancer Genome Atlas and the molecular characterization of brain tumors. History of genetics video : If you...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... to the south, in Canada we not only have a Liberal Party but people actually vote for it!Posted by Larry Moran at Labels: 0 comments: Subscribe to: Sandwalk The Sandwalk is the path behind the home of Charles Darwin. Laurence A. Moran Random QuotationRecent CommentsThemes Rationalism Superstition SlideshowLoading... Recent PostsQuotationsThe old argument of design in nature,...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997. "for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection" Stanley B. Prusiner (1942 - ) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating that the prion protein was responsible for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) in humans and for scrapie in sheep. The significance of this work was that Prusiner rigorously
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008 Hands up all of you who think that these armor pajamas are going to make the kids feel safe and secure at night'I didn't think so.The pajamas alone simply won't do. They'll also need semi-automatic handguns.[Hat Tip: ]Posted by Larry Moran at Labels: 0 comments: Subscribe to: Sandwalk The Sandwalk is the path behind the home of Charles Darwin. Laurence A. Moran...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 01/10/2008
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1959. "for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" Severo Ochoa (1905 -1993 ) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of an enzyme that synthesizes RNA from ribonucleotide triphosphates. The enzyme, polynucleotide phosphorylase [Monday's Molecule #90], was
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
Larry Moran is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. You can contact him by email at "sandwalk (at) bioinfo.med.utoronto.ca".
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 27/09/2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008 Check out Biocurious where PhilipJ has posted on . I've suggested a few changes. Look over the list and see whether you agree.Posted by Larry Moran at Labels: 0 comments: Subscribe to: Sandwalk The Sandwalk is the path behind the home of Charles Darwin. Laurence A. Moran Larry Moran is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the...
Liverpool Daily Post.co.uk (Free subscription) | 29/09/2008
LFC FAN: No change just three pointsSep 29 2008 by Larry Moran, Liverpool Daily Post Everton and Liverpool fans 200ANOTHER derby victory for Liverpool and as things stand at the moment it’s difficult to see that pattern changing.Again, the scoreline did not reflect Liverpool’s domination of the game. Had the two disallowed goals stood – one correctly ruled out, the other not, then a 4-0...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008
... supposedly fortified word the person reaches for is "penultimate," the result sounds ignorant, too.Larry Moran of Auburn Hills writes: "The use of the word 'podium' confuses me. Airline personnel invite me to come to the 'podium' to verify my seat. It looks like a counter to me. In other contexts, 'podium' is used instead of 'lectern.' Am I the only one annoyed by this, or have these...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 26/09/2008
... between "evolution" and "natural selection." At least I think it's impossible ...Posted by Larry Moran at Labels: , 0 comments: Subscribe to: Sandwalk The Sandwalk is the path behind the home of Charles Darwin. Laurence A. Moran Larry Moran is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Toronto. You can contact him by email at "sandwalk...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002. "for their discoveries concerning 'genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'" Sydney Brenner (1927 - ), H. Robert Horvitz (1947 - ), and John E. Sulston (1942 - ) received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for making the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans into a model system that is now studied in hundreds of labs
The Daily Transcript (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
My posting frequency may go down as I will be off to Toronto for a little while. There I'll be meeting up with Larry Moran and checking out what it means to be a Torontonian. (Larry, it looks like I'll win the bet, but we won't know for sure untill after Nov. 2nd.) Read the comments on this post...
Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 18/09/2008
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Sandwalk (Free subscription) | 15/09/2008
Monday, September 15, 2008 Here's a nice Java applet from Kent Holsinger at the University of Connecticut []. Thanks to Pascal for the link.Posted by Larry Moran at Labels: 0 comments: Subscribe to: Sandwalk The Sandwalk is the path behind the home of Charles Darwin. Laurence A. Moran Larry Moran is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the University of...
