Ignorance towards the global warming, population explosion, sadness, terrorism, ozone layer thinning, poverty....
Ignorance towards the fact that our lifespans are insignificant in front of the grander design...
Ignorance towards the purpos...
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Jeev – October, 2006 issue released
We are happy to release yet another issue of Jeev. [URL=http://www.dce.edu/jeev/issues/oct06/index.php]The October issue of Jeev[/URL] has an eclectic array of articles. The table of contents for the latest issue is... Dear All,
We are happy to r...
Budding (Bio)Entrepreneur
You might be thinking what kind of a post on Entrepreneurship is doing on the blog Biohacking. Well, the fact is that for the last 2-3 weeks I am in pretty charged-up mood. The other week, I read [URL=http://www.businessworld.in/SEP0406/index.asp]Busines...
I am an ENTP
What's that? Well, ENTP means Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Perceiving. I took this online personality test recommed by Jonathan Dugan. I am highlighting some of the basic features of an ENTP.
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Perl V/S Python
There is much hype (or truth? ) around the net that [URL=http://www.perl.com/]Perl[/URL] is THE language for bioinformatics. Having already learnt and programmed in [URL=http://www.python.org/]Python[/URL], I somehow feel that the claims made by any prog...
Engineering life through Synthetic Biology
Dear All,
This is to inform that our review paper titled: "Engineering life through Synthetic Biology" has been published in the journal In Silico Biology. The paper can be read at: [URL=http://www.bioinfo.de/isb/2006/06/0038/]http://www.bioinfo...
The March of the Penguins
I saw this absolutely stunning documentary movie called [I]'March of the Penguins'[/I]. It shows the complete lifespan of the Emperor Penguin in the Antartica. The mother and father fight death and cold so that the baby may surive. Everything they do m...
Things I have learnt at IISc
Here, I will be listing the techniques I am learning at IISc, Bangalore
Wet Techniques ------------------ 1. Lysate Preparation 2. Transduction 3. Plating and Streaking 4. PCR 5. Inoculation 6. DNA Gel Electrophoresis 7. Be...
Reached IISc
I have reached IISc. I will be working in Prof. Mahadevan's lab in Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics. The lab is nice with many equipment. I will probably be working on bgl operon in bacteria (cryptic genes).
The work seems to be i...
Going to IISc, Bangalore tommorrow
I will be going to Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore tommorrow for two months of summer research. This will be my first full-blown research experience. I am too excited about this. I guess this will decide my long-term future. ...