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Twitter Snips for May 16th, 2012

Wed, 16 May 12 16:30:00 UT

A day on the Internet sees enough information to fill 168 millions DVDs being sent around the world. We send 294 billion e-mails and you're reading one of the 2 million blog posts written every day. @GenomeAlberta and @mikesgene are just two of the 40 million people who view Twitter every day so this collection of Twitter posts is a very, very, very small bit of theinformation available to us each and every day.
However we choose these posts to share with based on the people and organization we have come to know on Twitter and who we feel can inform you and occassionally even entertain you.
The links are safe for you to view so be sure to check out a few of them - or take your chances on randomly choosing from the 200 million tweets posted in a day.

@BloombergTV Facebook will offer 421.2 million shares, meaning the social network could raise as much as $16 billion http://bloom.bg/JG8rZB #FacebookIPO

@bmahersciwriter Jeffrey Taubenberger found a new ORF in the 1918 influenza genome!? Amazing that genes could be hiding in a genome that small for so long.

@boraz All A'Twitter: How Social Media Aids in Science Outreach http://bit.ly/M8hZPp by @CaitlynZim #SITT #scio13

@Cambridge_Uni A new era for personalised medicine. http://bit.ly/K6yp6E

@DKFZ Turning on genes by a circuitous route http://bit.ly/KEWt5s

@dgmacarthur A personal look at the past, present and future of the Personal Genome Project by @genomicslawyer: http://bit.ly/JjOndm

@Disalmanac Today is National Chocolate Chip Day, the day we remember all the chocolate chips that died in the Great Cookie Wars

@GENbio We're all mutants now: http://bit.ly/ITSjQY

@genome_gov New Genome Advance of the Month: Harnessing the full 'omics potential of personalized medicine http://qoo.ly/3tkx

@genomicslawyer Jim Watson on his fav gene: "It’s the only gene I know whose very structure is an implicit biological message": http://onforb.es/IuMJd9

@gwardis Genome of melanoma an aggressive and frequently fatal form of skin cancer, sequenced. http://yhoo.it/JQE2Z9 #scichat

@HollyDunsworth How to rid the world of genetic determinists? DTC for all, imho. http://genotopia.scienceblog.com/151/genetic-determinism-round-up/

@IAmBiotech Ten-Year Study Demonstrates Safety of Retroviral Gene Therapy Using T-Cells http://bit.ly/K6Ttd9

@jranganathan Survey in PLoS ONE: "science outreach is a bleak prospect with limited room for improvement" - #scio13 is solution! http://bit.ly/KNfGiw

@Lynwhit Countdown to #AskPeter TweetChat Join at noon for CEO @PeterASinger on his report @gchallenges progress http://bit.ly/IMCKtv

@mkonnikova Great interview by @BoraZ on promoting the work of young science writers--but equally applicable to non-science http://bit.ly/K26rcb

@sciencemagazine What's a genome worth in the clinic? #SciTM http://scim.ag/Kiqk0r

@wellcometrust Maximising health benefits of genetics & genomics. Includes @WellcomeLibrary's Simon Chaplin on digitisation project. http://wellc.me/KO5fvc

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Bacon and Eggheads with Steve Larter

Thu, 10 May 12 21:30:00 UT

On May 3^rd, Stephen Larter presented to the Bacon and Eggheads breakfast in Ottawa. The series brings together Parliamentarians with experts from across science and engineering to show off Canadian research. The prestigious forum is a unique opportunity for scientists to communicate important findings to an influential audience.
The series is organized by the Partnership Group for Science and Engineering which is an umbrella group of 25 + science and engineering organizations.
Stephen Larter is one of the Co-investigators in our Hydrocarbon Metagenomics Project.
Stephen spoke about " Alternate futures for the oil sands industry: from the age of steam to the age of biology" and here is an abstract from his presentation.

"Underground steam injection has made in situ recovery of oil sands bitumen possible, but it comes at a high cost. The boiling of water consumes energy and can create significant carbon emissions of its own. In the quest for a better extraction technology, researchers are now drawing inspiration from the abundant microorganisms that produced the bitumen in the first place. Our speaker will introduce Canada’s role in the biotechnological revolution driving this quest, and the likelihood of implications far beyond the oil sector. Stephen Larter will also discuss more generally current Canadian research in technologies to manage better the carbon footprint of the industry.

Dr. Larter is the Canada Research Chair of Petroleum Geology at the University of Calgary and the Scientific Director of Carbon Management Canada Inc.—a federal Network of Centres of Excellence. He has worked extensively on technologies for reduced emission recovery from oil and gas fields and novel schemes for capturing and sequestering carbon. Dr. Larter has co-founded several energy technology companies and has won several academic, commercial and civil awards including the Friendship Medal of the People’s Republic of China. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and a Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters (Det Norske Videnskaps-Akademi)."

Government and Social Media - Arlington

Fri, 04 May 12 03:15:00 UT

I was speaking at a Government Communications Conference in Arlington, Virginia today and as is often the case, I find the U.S. government take on communications to be more sophisticated than we generally see up here.
A bit of a surprise for Canadians who often see the elephant to the South trying for world domination at any cost. Okay, maybe that is the goal, but they sure won't achieve it with such an enlightened communications community. Whatever they may think of his policies or politics, Obama's call for a more transparent and open government seems to have been embraced at the individual, departmental and agency level. In fact at times my perception is that there was a sigh of relief from many government employees who believe strongly in what they do in their jobs and were just waiting for someone to tell them it was okay to talk about it.

Take the U.S. Department of Transportation IdeaHub for instance. Deb Green (@Deb_Green) led the development of the DOT IdeaHub program taps://www.dotideahub.gov or http://www.nextgov.com/technology-news/wired-workplace/2010/08/dot-launches-online-ideahub/53643/ The goals were to give employees a voice, engage them, acknowledge their efforts, and give them a place to collaborate. What started as a more limited FAA initiative grew into a DOT wide program.

Captain Joseph Smart (@capster9) from the U.S.Navy Medical Department pointed out that U.S. Navy Medicine is a $6 billion dollar healthcare network covering 63,000 people around the world. They use many aspects of social media for internal and external communication and re-purpose material across print, e-mail, social media and other channels to get the most bang out of every communication buck. He showed that 50 tweets via @NavyMedicine reached 63,000 people, and as many people in the room picked up on, also noted that content is king in making that happen. I've been on the speaking roster with Captain Smart before (sorry, may never be able to call someone Cappy!) and the openness that the U.S. Navy approaches their communications with never ceases to amaze me. As he also pointed out, they can't control the sea of public opinion but they can at least navigate it.

Donna Berry from the National Institutes of Health walked everyone through how the NIH is using Yammer http://yammer.com as an internal communications tool. It started as a skunkworks effort led by Donna and Sandra Scarbrough. Though Donna never came right out and said it, there seemed to be an element of do it and ask for forgiveness later if it didn't work. But it has worked and though it is still is considered a pilot project, the Facebook-like interface of Yammer has more than 700 NIH users, 4,000+ messages and 695 search queries.

The 2 day Advanced Learning Institute event also had speakers from the Centers for Disease Control, the FBI (sorry I wasn't able to catch that presentation!), the Smithsonian, the National Cancer Institute and a few more U.S. agencies and departments.
Canadian government organizations have come a long way in the last few years in their use of online tools and some of the efforts at a municipal level can hold their own on the North American stage. In general though we're still in a world where controlling the message is the primary goal. The wheels are turning over slowly but we are moving in the right direction. We'll see if we can catch up to the social media behemoth to the South.

Twitter Snips for May 2nd, 2012

Tue, 01 May 12 05:30:00 UT

Half a billion registered users who post in the range of 175 million tweets in a single day. It is now safe to say that Twitter has become more than an oddity when it comes to communicating online. It is well established and is probably here for some time to come. It is used in business, public relations, entertainment, education and just about any other sector or interest you can think of including science.
For an introduction to how you can use it in science you should check out this blog post from the ‘Happy Science’ blog. It will give you some good tips and ideas, and if you want to know what makes for a good tweet, the Harvard Business Review has some ideas for you.
Every 2 weeks we share some of the Tweets that have come to the attention of @mikesgene or @GenomeAlberta .
Check the tweetsm check the links, check the people and organizations behind the posts. Get to know Twitter and how our life science community can start to put it to use.

@agapow Comparing benchtop sequencers - Ion Torrent so-so, MiSeq best (unsurprising): http://bit.ly/IekQzI

@AudacityInc An App Store for Genomic Tools? It's Happening. http://onforb.es/JlFnSJ #genomics #genetics

@bigs I love that @geochurch talks about solving infectious diseases at a time most geneticists only look at 'genetic' disease. #GET2012

@bmahersciwriter Neat MT @Duncande: There are 120 people with complete sequenced genomes in this room at Harvard. A record? #get2012

@C_G_S @MaraHvistendahl's book "unnatural selection" is a finalist for the pulitzer! http://www.biopoliticaltimes.org/article.php?id=6184 #biopolitics

@DNA11 Catch @ChiefSciAdvisor Sir Peter Gluckman's DNA Portrait at the #NewZealand Portrait Gallery's Art of #Science exhibit ! http://ow.ly/avnAu

@DukeIGSP California Genetic Privacy Bill Moves Forward http://bit.ly/Idf1Xq

@IAmBiotech Research & study could be a bit of fun ;) Ice Cream Headaches Might Offer Clues to #Migraines http://bit.ly/I5YiXt

@idtdna Metabolomics: the final frontier? http://ow.ly/aBmEQ #omics

@iihlab How far are we before pharmacists do on site chip enabled tox testing? #get2012

@LIFECorporation Members of the public get a sequencing lesson using Ion technology on the #ionbus in #timessquare. http://ow.ly/i/AryN

@martinwaxman What makes a tweet worth reading? Study findings. http://hbr.org/2012/05/what-makes-a-great-tweet/ar/1

@medethicsandme “Are we extending life or just prolonging the dying process?” http://fb.me/1ScgzrULt

@MountSinai Lunenfeld director Dr. Jim Woodgett awarded Diamond Jubilee medal for his leadership in biomedical research. http://bit.ly/InswTH

@phylogenomics Report: "How hungry microbes could revive old oilfields" Me: A bit skeptical http://shar.es/rFEIu

@ShipLives Interesting findings for those interested in social networks and higher ed: http://bit.ly/JWh1mJ #scio13

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Twitter Snips for April 16th, 2012

Mon, 16 Apr 12 03:45:00 UT

The latest and we hope at least some of the more interesting posts we found on Twitter over the last 2 weeks. The original post got lost in the posting line-up, so here it is a week later than planned:

@clopezcorrea Genome analysis homes in on malaria-drug resistance http://bit.ly/Ilj28u

@Comprendia Science Journalism in an Evolving Media Ecosystem http://bit.ly/J6pL5P via @mcmcvey @bigthink #sicomm

@DukeIGSP Enviropig, the Genetically Engineered Eco-Friendly Pork, Is Off the Table http://bit.ly/HVWc9P

@edyong209 Inglesby from Center of Biosecurity says we need better flu surveillance. As it is, not strong enough to benefit from mutant #H5N1 studies

@genetics_blog Zip code about as informative as genetic code for childhood obesity prediction http://bit.ly/HC05k2

@KamFultz I watched NOVA|Hunting the Elements science students will love it! http://t.co/jJzNFSyg via @AddThis #midleved #scichat

@knightfdn What works & what doesn't in bridging the #digitaldivide: new report provides lessons from #Detroit http://kng.ht/HRjv6u #broadband

@laboratorynews How is a broken beaded necklace related to #DNA? We take a look at exploding #chromosomes http://ow.ly/ag5Q0 #LabNews #Science

@NIHforHealth News: NIH awards $20M over five years to train next generation of global health researchers http://1.usa.gov/HUeJW4

@phylogenomics Francis Collins has invited Sam - a kid w/ progeria on stage w/ him to discuss what it's like #tedmed http://pic.twitter.com/JXFMid9e

@Sheril_ New Poll: Religious Voters Want Candidates 2 Address Science http://bit.ly/HBiwW2 Restoring #science to its rightful place in 2012 #election

@ShipLives Religious voters DO prioritize science: http://bit.ly/HHlzLS Interesting poll, write-up. Worth reading. #scio13

@StemCellNetwork 35 reasons to like stem cells! http://bit.ly/IxNX2h

@TheOnion American Voices: Conservatives Believe In Science Less | "The saddest part is they'll never even believe this study." http://onion.com/HgPZaS

Communicating science in 140 characters bits and bytes are the following:

Twitter Snips for April 2nd

Mon, 02 Apr 12 17:45:00 UT

The Internet is a busy, busy place. How busy? Well this graphic might give you an idea of how busy it gets. Twitter is just one part of life on the Internet and our bi-weekly look at what we think you might find interesting is an even smaller slice of the 'Net. but you have to start somewhere and if you are new to Twitter you'll find these posts and the people who compose these 140 character bits of information to be a useful introduction to what's out there.
If you want to learn more please follow @GenomeAlberta or @mikesgene.

@Awesomics Genes, Genomes & the Future of Medicine - Richard Lifton, MD/PhD (NHGRI, Feb '11) http://youtu.be/Xr4sHtb8JkQ via @genome_gov

@BerkeleyLab Hip waders + DNA sequencing @doe_jgi: Mucking thru wetlands to study their role in the #carboncycle http://ow.ly/9NxzI

@BoraZ How DNA is like a Magnet http://bit.ly/H9v8ah

@CellFyre When #CheapSequencing reaches $10/genome I will: #18 Prove Santa is my Dad....... maybe

@EpiExperts Video of TED talk on #Epigenetics by Courtney Griffin, Ph.D http://ow.ly/9NOJZ -NK #fb

@GenomeBiology Snazzy tutorial from @openhelix on using the genome browser from our Cannabis genome & transcriptome article http://bit.ly/GJqUFQ #genomics

@Genomengin Faulty genes may trigger early autistic brain growth – FierceBiomarkers http://t.co/rbsXhjuo

@gwardis DNA Sequencing, Without the Fuss http://bit.ly/H3ByqE #scichat #genomics

@idtdna Top Question: What secondary structure considerations need to be included when designing primers for PCR? http://ow.ly/9Qqnb

@JJMangler Cracking Your Genetic Code: Explores Issues That Arise From Genomic Science http://t.co/2HOBIAYS (via @novapbs & @HuffingtonPost) #scichat

@MedcanClinic Want to learn what your lifestyle habits say about your life expectancy? Check out the life expectancy calculator! http://bit.ly/HCGz5k

@mza We're very pleased to welcome the 1000 Genomes Project data to Amazon S3: http://t.co/pZ9QiD3p #aws

@NCICancerCTRL Funding Opportunity: NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research (NCI Omnibus R03) http://go.usa.gov/mcF

@nserc_crsng #Beetles, #fungus endanger high #mountain pines, researchers @UAlberta looking at #epidemic: http://ow.ly/9JPMK #nserc #cdnpse #research

@philmcrae Teachers & Technology - Canadian Study: Digital Citizenship, Firewalls & the Moral Compass http://tinyurl.com/7lc3msd #abed #bced #asba #epsb

@synbioproject Looking for input on social & ethical priorities for #synbio: http://bit.ly/AaFjnb

Graphic by: MBAOnline.com

This week's snippets from Twitter are brought to you by the following:

@Awesomics Celebrates the awesome power of post-genomic science, and the fruits of the Human Genome Project. Tweets by @TeamHuman_org based in San Francisco. http://awesomics.com

@BerkeleyLab Lawrence Berkeley National Lab is an @ENERGY national lab. Tweets by Berkeley Lab's Public Affairs Department. http://www.lbl.gov/

@BoraZ Bora Zivkovic of Chapel Hill, North Caroline is involved in science communication including blogging, publishing, and teaching. He is the Blogs Editor at Scientific American, Visiting Scholar at NYU school of journalism, Organizer of the annual Science Online Conference. http://coturnix.org

@CellFyre Doesn’t share much information but says “Everybody is handed a coupon for scientific knowledge at birth. Many have forgotten to redeem theirs. To create awareness I advocate #DIYBio, #STEM, and #PLoS”

@EpiExperts New England Biolabs manages EpiExperts. Share your epigenetics research, ideas, and troubleshoot your experiments. http://epiexperts.com

@GenomeBiology Genome Biology publishes articles from the full spectrum of biology.They tweet and blog about their latest articles, conferences and more. http://genomebiology.com/

@Genomengin Genome Engineering connects people who are interested in genome engineering with news on genes and genomics. www.genome-engineering.com

@gwardis Gerry Ward is a retired teacher and Genome Alberta’s Education Consultant. He blogs for us at http://genomealberta.ca/blogs

@idtdna Integrated DNA Tech of Iowa provides custom biology for the research and diagnostic life science markets. http://www.idtdna.com

@JJMangler Jennifer Mangler is a 7th grade social studies teacher, history/civics/geography geek, tech nerd, & National Board Certified teacher in Fairfield, IA http://is.gd/RUZOVe

@MedcanClinic the Medcan Clinic of Toronto is a preventive healthcare clinic providing online health, fitness and wellness information. They encourage you to Tweet your questions. http://www.medcan.com

@mza Matt Wood of Cambridge in the UK is involved in computing and HPC for Amazon Web Services and says he is “organising the world’s data, 140 characters at a time.” http://greenisgood.co.uk

@NCICancerCtrl Cancer control info from National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland. http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/

@nserc_crsng The official Twitter account for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. http://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca

@philmcrae Phil McRae says he is a “father,scholar,reacher,explorer”. http://philmcrae.com

@synbioproject The SynBio Project is based at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, DC. http://www.synbioproject.org

Alberta Researcher Tim Caulfield on Open Science vs Commercialization

Thu, 15 Mar 12 19:45:00 UT

University of Alberta Professor and Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy Tim Caulfield, along with Shawn HE Harmon and Yann Joly have just had a paper published in Genome Medicine at http://genomemedicine.com/content/4/2/17/abstract .
The article is worth sharing with Chief Science Officers, legal counsel or Program Directors in many funding organizations, government funding bodies or universities. In particular the final section on policy conflict is worth a look.
Thanks to Karin Morin at Genome Canada for passing along the information.
The provisional .pdf is available at http://genomemedicine.com/content/pdf/gm316.pdf .

Twitter Snips for March 15, 2012

Wed, 14 Mar 12 19:45:00 UT

There are lots of ways to use Twitter. You can post information about upcoming events or conferences, share links to interesting and informative papers or articles, add a comment about the latest news in science or politics, or use it to find people or organizations that share your interests.
How scientists use Twitter vary but for some specific insights check Using Twitter in university research, teaching and impact activities. Thanks to @karidoerksen from Genome Prairie for pointing the article out to me.
Here at Genome Alberta we use it in all these ways and sometimes as a way to simply find interesting stuff to talk about.

Every 2 weeks we share some of our finds here on our blog pages and encourage you to check out the links and the people behind these posts. Of course we also encourage you to join the thousands who follow us on Twitter at either @GenomeAlberta or @mikesgene .

@BIOConvention Get ready! #bio2012 2012 BIO International Convention, Boston, MA: http://youtu.be/xRKmM9u5JrI via @youtube

@bio1x1 A great post that provides a quick snapshot into what #biotech has looked like the past few months http://ht.ly/9BJjc @InsideBioIA

@cswa_news Nature journal criticizes Canadian 'muzzling' http://soc.li/Mum3y5e

@Dr_Bik FYI I posted my unedited "Searching for zen within genomes" post at my new personal blog: http://bit.ly/zmBrvT #IamScience

@ericmjohnson The last time we redefined what it means to be human: http://on.io9.com/x8UaQK The hominin vs. hominid debate by @Annaleen at @io9

@EurekAlertAAAS Beliefs about genes, God, can change health communication strategies. http://eurekalert.org/e/4ftp

@GaryM 2 new dinosaurs named after Canadians http://t.co/9qKiJX1T #scichat #evolution #science #dinosaurs

@gwardis Gamers outdo computers at matching up disease genes http://t.co/kzcP3Iwi #genomics #scichat

@idtdna The Changing Face of the Graduate Student http://ow.ly/9EEXz

@JATetro About time! RT @LabSpaces: Genetic study shows that inflammatory protein (IL-6R) plays a role in heart disease – http://is.gd/8bMFWF

@jtotheizzoe Women scientists shafted on research prizes, awards are vastly out of whack with demographics. http://usat.ly/zO9Iwo

@MountSinai We'd love to hear about your experience as a Mount Sinai patient or a family member or friend of a patient. http://bit.ly/ij7a7M

@ResearchBlogs The genes of thrill-seeking bees http://goo.gl/fb/mBrFm

@RockTalking Curious about genetic testing? Beta version of NIH Genetic Testing Registry, providers submit test info on purpose etc http://1.usa.gov/aT0jpI

@RuthatVenture Looking forward to big news from @TWoSEdm today - crossing my fingers for expansion funding #ABleg #YEG

@23andMe Blog Post- SNPWatch: A First For Ewing Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer http://bit.ly/yG8MOc

This edition of Found on Twitter finds the following people and organizations alive and well:

Funding Opportunities from Grand Challenges Canada

Thu, 08 Mar 12 16:00:00 UT

I was in the the MaRS Centre in Toronto and it reminded me of an e-mail from Grand Challenges Canada that is still sitting in my Inbox. The e-mail has a list of funding opportunities that have deadines coming up in the next month or so that you might want to make note of. There are 3 funding opportunities that are currently open and accepting applications:

Canada’s Rising Stars in Global Health - Deadline: March 23, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. ET
This competition is looking for innovative ideas to address complex real-world challenges involving a scientific/technological solution (new or existing) alone or in combination with social and/or business innovations.

Rising Stars in Global Health - Deadline: March 23, 2012, at 11:59 p.m. ET
Similar to the Canada Rising Stars but this program is specifically seeking ideas from innovators in low- and lower-middle income countries.

Saving Lives at Birth - Deadline: April 2, 2012, at 2:00 p.m. ET
The partners in this Grand Challenge include U.S. Agency for International Development, the Government of Norway, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and the United Kingdom's Department for International Development. Together with Grand challenge Canada they are looking for applications for innovative approaches to address roadblocks to healthy pregnancies and births.

You can find more on these competitions by clicking on the links above or going to http://www.grandchallenges.ca/

The Grand Challenge is active on Twitter so you might want to follow Global Health Progress (@GlobalHealth), Dr. Abdallah S. Daar (@AbdallahDaar) and Dr. Peter A. Singer (@PeterASinger).

Twitter Snips for February 18th, 2012

Sat, 18 Feb 12 15:45:00 UT

Sorry this edition of Twitter highlights is late in getting out. The old, so much to do, so little time.
I'll keep the intro short and sweet, follow @GenomeAlberta and @mikesgene on Twitter and enjoy this sampe of some of the more interesting and informative posts to roll through our Twitter stream.

@andrewhessel #futuremed 2012 is underway! Congrats to @daniel_kraft and the entire #singularity team!

@cathennis Canada failing its oceans, biodiversity panel finds http://soc.li/CV8rUQF

@CCRM_ca The Economist: #Stemcell #research is now bearing fruit http://economist.com/node/21543471

@cswa_news Have you heard the story about Canada's muzzled scientists? You can follow it here: Muzzling of federal: http://fb.me/1fu9AWirx

@DrVes Google now wants to diagnose your disease, offers differential diagnosis based on 10 sites and Wikipedia http://goo.gl/SD1qM

@Genomengin The fly: A genomics Rosetta stone? http://nblo.gs/tWPA7

@JenEDavison Going public is the next frontier for scientists: http://bit.ly/x5sS7r #AAAS #scicomm #scio12

@nlm_newsroom History of Medicine: Online Syllabus Archive; world's largest online collection of syllabi in history of medicine http://1.usa.gov/xYszNt

@phylogenomics At DOE-JGI for the first time in a while - listening to Janet Jannson discuss prairie microbes #ILoveJGI

@PraxisMedHat Medicine Hat Research Vital in Battle Against Cancer |102.1 CJCY FM Medicine Hat http://t.co/s78ZKP3z #scichat #science #medhat #health

@23andMe @ClevelandClinic joins @23andMe, @MichaelJFoxOrg in search for genetic clues to #Parkinsons http://bit.ly/w56MP5

@ScienceInsider A flat budget for NIH in 2013: http://bit.ly/AmNAw0 #2013Budget

@scienceprogress Wow. Troubling/powerful map of scientific literacy in new report. Via @io9's harsh headline http://io9.com/5881494/

@ShipLives Gene library for mice: http://t.co/ipEWQN2z Genetics folks: this seems like a big deal. Is it? #scio12

These tweets come to you courtesy of the following: