Is the microarray replacing DNA as the icon for biomedicine and the life sciences?

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3D-visualization in the life sciences — useful ideas for medical museum curators

conferences, art and biomed 3D-visualization in the life sciences — useful ideas for medical museum curators In May last year a workshop on visualizations in the life sciences (”Graphing Genes, Cells and Embryos”) was held in Naples. The papers included a number of historical studies of interest for displaying biomedicine in a museum context, including studies of the history of: · the visualization of chromosomes · 3D-models of the Golgi apparatus · representations of RNA · the use of physical models to explore protein structure · virtual 3D-embryos · representations of gene regulation and cell signalling pathways and networks and so forth (the abstracts from the 2007 meeting have been put together on this website). The 2007 workshop will be followed up by a meeting at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Berlin. [lien] [EN]

Craig Venter’s A Life Decoded – a captivating read for adult boys (and for historians of the contemporary life sciences)

recent biomed, new books etc, history of medicine, book review Craig Venter's A Life Decoded – a captivating read for adult boys (and for historians of the contemporary life sciences) Most autobiographies of scientists are terribly boring—soulless accumulations of facts of hardly any interest for others than the near family combined with humourless vindications of the author's inflated ego—best used as temporary cures against insomnia. When I bought Craig Venter's A Life Decoded (Viking 2007) more than half a year ago I didn’t have high expectations. A rapid look at the plates—with the usual mix of photos of the subject as a young man hiking with friends and as a mature man meeting other famous men—confirmed my prejudice about the genre and I left the book in the perhaps. [lien] [EN]

Conference on the politics of the life sciences (biopolitics, biocitizenship, etc.)

recent biomed, conferences Conference on the politics of the life sciences (biopolitics, biocitizenship, etc.) The BIOS Centre at the LSE is organizing a conference about the politics of the life sciences in an ‘age of biological control’, 16-18 September next year (i.e., 2009). The organisers are particularly interested in papers that develop the following three themes: 1) Biological citizenship in a global political economy: · biosocial identities and solidarities · global health inequalities or orphan diseases · the sustainable and democratic governance of the life sciences, and the challenges of public policy making in conditions of uncertainty · the impact of these policies on the formation (and transformation) of biological citizenships. [lien] [EN]

Rethinking representational practices in contemporary art and modern life sciences

recent biomed, conferences, art and biomed Rethinking representational practices in contemporary art and modern life sciences If you happen to be in Berlin next week, you are welcome to take part in the session ‘Rethinking Representational Practices in Contemporary Art and Modern Life Sciences’ at the 5th Biannual European Conference of the Society for Literature, Science, and the Arts (SLSA). The session takes place in the Kaiserin-Friederich-Haus (Robert-Koch-Platz 7) on Friday 6 June, 11-13 and has papers by Suzanne Anker, Rob Zwijnenberg, Thomas Soderqvist and Ingeborg Reichle. First Suzanne Anker (New York), will present a paper about “Semaphores and Surrogates: Stand-ins and Body Doubles”. In 2004 she published (with Dorothy Nelkin) The Molecular Gaze. [lien] [EN]

Has the emergence of the life sciences reconfigured C. P. Snow’s two-cultures thesis?

conferences, history of science, history of technology, history of medicine Has the emergence of the life sciences reconfigured C. P. Snow’s two-cultures thesis? Next year is 50 years since C. P. Snow delivered his famous lecture ‘The Two Cultures and the Scientific Revolution', suggesting that as cultured citizens we need to know as much about the second law of thermodynamics as the plays of Shakespeare. To celebrate this event, and to raise the question whether Snow’s notion has any relevance today, Science Museum and Tate Modern are organizing a two-day event on the theme ‘Art and Science Now: The Two Cultures in Question’: In a world of increasing disciplinary specialisation in which there has been exponential growth of sub-disciplines in both science and the humanities. [lien] [EN]

DNA Direct Replies to Science: A Case Study of Personalized Medicine

Yet again, I’m frustrated by people confusing web access to genetic services with “direct-to-consumer” testing. Today in Science, Katsanis et al. lump DNA Direct’s gold standard services with what journalists at Newsweek are calling “snake oil.” Contrary to the article published in Science that is being quoted in other news sources, DNA Direct is a healthcare provider just like any bricks-and-mortar genetics center. We provide medical genetic services according to evidence-based guidelines, under the oversight of a Medical Director who is an M.D. geneticist, and with a focus on proper interpretation of test results. As a clinical provider committed to helping consumers understand genetic test results in context, it is inaccurate to describe our company as “bypassing doctors. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer & Solutions Conference, April 22-24, Atlantic City, NJ

What Happened Last Year · Over 375 registrants! · 31 HLS technical and solutions sessions · 17 partners participated Overview This event will offer developers, architects, technical and business decision makers in the healthcare industry a chance to learn how Microsoft is making a big bet in the enablement and delivery of Software + Services in Health & Life Sciences. The Health & Life Sciences Developer & Solution Conference will include a mix of keynotes, panel discussions, industry theme/technology discussions, and interactive breakouts sessions. Our overall objective is to offer a forum that will serve as a culminating exposure to Microsoft platform and technology innovations from a Health & Life Sciences Industry Solutions perspective. [lien] [EN]

Navigating the MSDN Industry Center: Life Sciences

Who is this smiley guy? We'll tell you at our next Industry Council: The Scientist Workbench - will you be there? Our Life Sciences team continues to improve its Industry Center: you can find architecture guidance and technical material for CIOs, CTOs, Developers and Systems Architects in the life sciences industry. This industry center covers information relevant to pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies along with universities and other organizations in the life sciences industry. Things we like? Just cool stuff; see the first link in the feed about High Performance Computing and fighting HIV. Visit the site, add the feed and tell the smiley guy to keep the Industry Center up to date! Got something for the industry center? Talk back! Psst. [lien] [EN]

Navigating the MSDN Industry Center: Life Sciences

Who is this smiley guy? We'll tell you at our next Industry Council: The Scientist Workbench - will you be there? Our Life Sciences team continues to improve its Industry Center: you can find architecture guidance and technical material for CIOs, CTOs, Developers and Systems Architects in the life sciences industry. This industry center covers information relevant to pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies along with universities and other organizations in the life sciences industry. Things we like? Just cool stuff; see the first link in the feed about High Performance Computing and fighting HIV. Visit the site, add the feed and tell the smiley guy to keep the Industry Center up to date! Got something for the industry center? Talk back! Psst. [lien] [EN]

Road to Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer & Solutions Conference, April 22-24 Atlantic City, NJ

Excitement is building up for the annual Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference.  Check this teaser for what's in store at the conference.  This is a unique conference sponsored by Microsoft (my team, US HLS Industry Group, Worldwide Pharma Industry Group, HSG, and Microsoft partners and customers)   YouTube - Road to the HLS DevCon- Scientist Workbench with Hong Choing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxngmX94mHw [lien] [EN]

Join Us For the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference , April 22-24, 2008, Sheraton Atlantic City

Register today as space is limited!   The conference is FREE. Some meals are provided. Kosher for Passover meals are available upon request. You are responsible for all other travel and hotel expenses.   Accommodations For your convenience, a block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Hotel at a rate of $129.00 through March 31, 2008. You are responsible for your own reservations which can be made by calling 1-888-627-7212 (ask for the Sheraton AC Hotel) or visiting http://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/microsoft08 by the above date to receive the discounted rate.  Be sure to reference the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer and Solutions Conference. After March 31, rooms will be available at the going rate.   Sessions and Speakers are subject to change. [lien] [EN]

Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Event Presentations

Thanks to everyone who attended my AJAX Sessions at the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer's Conference in Atlantic City last week. Here are links to the PowerPoints and Demos ASP.NET AJAX Security [Demo Code] [PowerPoint Deck] ASP.NET AJAX Patterns [Demo Code] [PowerPoint Deck] .... and here are links to the free ASP.NET Security Books from Microsoft Patterns and Practices. Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures Happy Reading. [lien] [EN]

ASP.NET MVC Talk at Health & Life Science Developer Conference

Thanks to everyone who attended my talk about the new ASP.NET MVC framework at the Health & Life Sciences Developer Conference in Atlantic City last week!  I've posted my slides for viewing up on SkyDrive: Credit goes to Scott Hanselman as I borrowed heavily from his MVC presentation at Mix 08 earlier this year.  I showed code from two projects during my talk.  The first was the default project that the MVC template creates for you in Visual Studio.  The second project was a complete application that demonstrated CRUD access to a table in the Northwind Database.  That sample was put together by Scott, and can be viewed here: ASP.NET MVC Cheesy Northwind Sample Code The MVC framework is barely 6 months old, yet there is already a LOT of information about it out there.  Unfortunately. [lien] [EN]

NextBio: Life Sciences Data Search Engine

Almost a year ago, I wrote NextBio was just like using Pubmed but in a more dynamic way. Now the public version was launched so it’s free for everyone. With NextBio, in just one click users can search through thousands of studies with billions of data points spanning across different experimental platforms, organisms and data types. It also searches across millions of publications to help find new articles pertaining to your search query. NextBio’s data and literature search engine makes massive amounts of disparate biological, clinical and chemical data from public and proprietary sources searchable, regardless of data type and origin, empowering researchers to quickly understand their own experimental results within the context of other research. I gave it a try by searching for psoriasis and it looked impressive as it offered me the subtypes of psoriasis to search for (auto. [lien] [EN]