vaughn http://micropopbio.org/vaughn Vaughn Cooper's personal blog on micropopbio and beyond Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:28:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en A surprising spectrum of mutations http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/2008/07/13/a-surprising-spectrum-of-mutations/ http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/2008/07/13/a-surprising-spectrum-of-mutations/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 00:28:25 +0000 vscooper http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/?p=4 You may be interested in Mike Lynch, Kelley Thomas, et al’s recent article on the mutational spectrum in yeast when selection is minimized.  See:

http://www.pnas.org/content/105/27/9272

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Enjoy! The mouse is a beautiful metaphor for grant competitors; what else?

]]> http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/2008/04/21/sob-mouse-solves-maze/feed/ Soulless scientism http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/2007/11/28/hello-world/ http://micropopbio.org/vaughn/2007/11/28/hello-world/#comments Wed, 28 Nov 2007 18:34:55 +0000 test Leon Kass, former chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, had a lot to say recently on the subject of human cloning and the soulless scientists exploring various therapeutic options.  I point you to a blog by John Tierney of the NY Times and the many comments written on it:

http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/26/whos-afraid-of-soulless-scientism/

Stay tuned for more newsworthy science posted here.

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