shigeta

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PhD structural biology. I do bioinformatics for Affymetrix in the SF bay area. Interested in systems / synthetic biology, expression analysis and machine learning.

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May 10	comment	How long human can survive with just drinking water everyday nice find... I imagine the average is a bit lower than this, but the record kind of tells you how long we can endure without food if we're well hydrated and not otherwise stressed.
May 10	comment	Exercise causes number of cell divisions to approach Hayflick limit faster? And hence shorten life expectancy? Athletes who work too hard can actually shorten their lives, but for the most part exercise does prolong one's life. Neither of these effects probably have to do with the Hayflick limit tho.
May 10	comment	Exercise causes number of cell divisions to approach Hayflick limit faster? And hence shorten life expectancy? I think there's another point here that the cells repaired do not divide and so the tissue in general does not have cell division as a result of exercise. Even healing from injury probably has a minimal impact in this regard as well.
May 9	comment	Does biofuel production by microalgae need an extra source of CO2? Thanks, both! I think we'd still need power plants to convert the biofuel to energy (unless its bioelectricity or biohydrogen). With a projected population of 12 billion, demand for fuel is just going to go up. I think they were saying that from the plants/factories you can pump the CO2 directly into the pools of algae. I'd like to see numbers on how this might prevent the CO2 from getting into the atmosphere. Could help... we used to bubble CO2 into the algae in the lab to help it grow. I would be surprised if it changed the efficiency of an effort this size by more than a few %..?
May 9	revised	Does biofuel production by microalgae need an extra source of CO2? equation was badly typeset
May 9	answered	Does biofuel production by microalgae need an extra source of CO2?
May 9	comment	How long can a naked human survive on Mars? good point - big difference between sunlight and day/night conditions, but there is a limit to how quickly the body can lose heat....
May 9	comment	How long can a naked human survive on Mars? the time to death after being submerged in ice water is not that short. I'd say asphyxiation (< 5 minutes) would do it first. This is kinda a bar-bet conversation... but still interesting.
May 9	answered	How long human can survive with just drinking water everyday
May 8	comment	Why are certain aneuploidies more common? this is still quite a likely explanation - there is very little or no data for pregnancies that terminate before the foetus is smaller than a pea. Almost all extra chromosomes for instance come from sperms and ova formation and they may simply not compete for fertilization.
May 8	comment	Is there any recent evidence for the aquatic ape theory of human evolution? Article in the Guardian by an Editor of Nature on this: guardian.co.uk/science/occams-corner/2013/may/07/… I wouldn't say this theory is creationism, but it does not have the weight of any evidence behind it, which is necessary for evolutionary theories.
May 8	comment	Recent and good quality articles on systems biology Maybe we could start with asking for a list of the most interesting problems currently being worked on in systems biology... what do you think Mattia?
May 7	comment	How are zooids identified? yes - its a bit of a fantastic a way of describing it, but does distinguish them from animals with a specific digestive and circulatory system.
May 5	comment	Looking for detailed nutrient/energy flow at the bottom of the freshwater food chain Ecological modeling literature is where I'd look - who has done this before ... or going into a well-funded graduate program might be a good way to go. ;)
May 4	comment	What is the oldest example of DNA identified? I rather think that if the proper chemical conditions can preserve the molecules within tissue, you can find very old DNA. In this case the bacteria were preserved in crystalized salt and this seems to have kept the DNA intact. Other examples are from insects preserved in amber and tissues from animals who were buried in permafrost.
May 4	revised	How many species did Carl Linnaeus classify? reference added
May 4	comment	How many species did Carl Linnaeus classify? @MatthewFlaschen whoops I guess I could use a different reference - it was unintentional. I added the wikipedia reference. I decided to keep the amazing discoveries link because in fairness, the page is pretty fair and credit is due for their good homework.
May 3	answered	Low complexity region and relaxed selection
May 3	answered	How many species did Carl Linnaeus classify?
May 2	comment	Do forever-living organisms exist? the biggest issues for immortality are internal factors - senescence (aging) is a planned death on a cellular and organismal level. the above referenced question is a pretty good review of answers. Aubrey de Grey is another good google term to understand proposals which may reverse aging.