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I am a computational biologist with a background in biology, not computers. My PhD work was on gene prediction and comparative genomics but my current research is in systems biology, specifically protein-protein interaction networks.


Jun
13
comment What flying insect is this?
I have ~10 in my kitchen every night this past month. Weird, someone in the duplicate thread suggested it might be because of the particularly long winter this year.
Jun
13
revised What flying insect is this?
added 2 characters in body; deleted 2 characters in body
Jun
12
comment What flying insect is this?
Out of curiosity, have you observed many more of them this year than normal? I live in the south of France and this year we have had a huge invasion of these things.
Jun
12
comment What flying insect is this?
possible duplicate of What is this insect?
Jun
9
revised Are there any bacteria, in our environment, able to break down nitrate under aerobic conditions?
dissimulate means something completely differemt
Jun
9
comment What are the allowed evolution operators (on protein encoding sequences)?
@MadScientist yes, I mean that evolution acts at the nucleotide rather than the amino acid level but felt it would be better understood by the OP if I said "genes".
Jun
9
comment What are the allowed evolution operators (on protein encoding sequences)?
Also, evolution does not really act on proteins but on genes.
Jun
9
revised Change in conditions of an ecosystem lead to change in organisms
paragraphs are your friends!
Jun
7
comment Why do humans bury their dead?
Guys, dead bodies stink. Quite apart from our innate disgust and questions of hygiene, having dead bodies lying around is extremely unpleasant because they smell bad.
Jun
6
reviewed Approve suggested edit on Movement of stem cells from mother to fetus
Jun
5
revised Just how light-sensitive is ethidium bromide?
fixed typo
Jun
5
comment Measuring sugar content of a tree
Seems reasonable enough, thanks.
Jun
5
comment Measuring sugar content of a tree
Is sucrose the most common disaccharide in sap?
Jun
5
comment Measuring sugar content of a tree
Interesting, +1. If you don't get any answers here after a few days, try Chemistry.SE.
Jun
3
accepted What is this insect?
Jun
3
comment can you extract blood/DNA from a monitor lizard and create a dinosaur?
@sockfriend, umm you can't.
Jun
2
revised Food Intake versus ability to flee among birds, particularly the hummingbird?
edited title
Jun
2
revised What is this insect?
added 5 characters in body
Jun
2
revised If Evolution Is In Progress, Why Fight Extinction?
Please don't mention the central dogma!
Jun
2
asked What is this insect?