terdon

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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.

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11h	revised	TCGA data, and bioinformatics design questions for SNP/ mirna analysis misused words. Abhorrent= hateful, horrible, disgusting. Tackle=to deal with, confront something.
2d	revised	Writing a paper edited body
2d	comment	Writing a paper @kmm indeed it was not.
2d	comment	Writing a paper @AlanBoyd thanks! It's 22:00 here and I'm still in my lab writing a report for a grant I received, so my mind is not at its best. I knew that sec bothered me but I couldn't put my finger on it. WHile absolutely correct, your comment about min is nicely ironic given that what I read is: "@terdon or even better, use the correct abbreviation for seconds which is s, not sec(s). And use min for minutes (not mins) – Alan Boyd 4 mins ago". :)
2d	revised	Writing a paper deleted 103 characters in body
2d	revised	Writing a paper writing journals is all about "Dear diary, today tommy smiled at me"
2d	answered	Writing a paper
May 16	comment	Are humans more aggressive during a full moon? Umm, what gives you that idea? Could you provide a reference?
May 16	revised	Why does it hurt more when you touch a nerve directly? typo
May 16	reviewed	Reject suggested edit on Why is the blood pressure in the superior vena cava during inhalation less than during the exhalation?
May 16	comment	Why 20 amino acids instead of 64? There is no evidence of selenocysteine being "grafted" in. Much the opposite actually, it has even been suggested that "UGA was originally a codon for Sec in the anaerobic world, perhaps two to three billion years ago, and after introduction of oxygen into biosphere this highly oxidizable amino acid could be maintained only in anaerobic organisms or in aerobic systems which evolved special protective mechanisms". If anything it is cysteine that has been taking over.
May 14	comment	Why do ants dig surface paths? Well, that's the thing, It can't be flat, if it were there would be no wall or the wall would be higher than the surrounding area which is not the case. The overhang would be created naturally by the ants' walking down the path and does not imply that it was done on purpose.
May 14	comment	Why do ants dig surface paths? I mean I do not see any protection. Since there is no wall on the "southern" side, there must be a difference in altitude between the "north" and "south" areas pictured. If the ants were creating this path by walking down it, there would be walls on both sides. At best, perhaps the ants created the path just by walking down it, if there is a difference in altitude that is exactly what would result with no active effort from the part of the ants other than the act of walking. That is how paths are formed after all.
May 14	comment	Why do ants dig surface paths? How is that "protected"? It looks to me like there is a natural "cliff" which the ants are simply walking along.
May 14	comment	SNPs mapping into protein @MattDMo you've got a dirty mind... :)
May 13	answered	SNPs mapping into protein
May 13	comment	Does anyone know what marsupial this is? Why was this closed? Species identification questions seem to be on topic and this is no more localized than any other such question. @mad-scientist?
May 13	comment	What's the difference between shotgun sequencing and clone based sequencing? Umm, you realize that an answer to this will be quite a few pages long right? Why don't you look up some of the common sequencing technologies on wikipedia and post a more specific question?
May 8	comment	Why does blood come from mouth when people are shot in the chest area? Nice answer, +1. Could you include a link to where you got the image from please?
May 7	comment	Are there more descriptive ways of naming genes and gene interactions? You are absolutely right and gene names are often horrid. Just wanted to point out that one of the genes on your list is actually quite descriptive: FGF8 is fibroblast growth factor 8, doesn't get any better than that.