Comments for What You're Doing Is Rather Desperate http://nsaunders.wordpress.com Notes from the life of a bioinformatics researcher Wed, 14 May 2008 01:16:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU Comment on Rewards, output and academia by Michael Nielsen » Open science http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/03/10/rewards-output-and-academia/#comment-21985 Michael Nielsen » Open science Tue, 13 May 2008 14:50:40 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=797#comment-21985 [...] else could be working on a paper on the same subject? This isn’t speculation, it’s already happening, and sometimes the blog posts are better - but try telling that to a tenure review [...] [...] else could be working on a paper on the same subject? This isn’t speculation, it’s already happening, and sometimes the blog posts are better - but try telling that to a tenure review [...]

]]> Comment on A brief history of the platypus, in 5 parts by nsaunders http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/a-brief-history-of-the-platypus-in-5-parts/#comment-21977 nsaunders Tue, 13 May 2008 03:14:20 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=821#comment-21977 Is there an echo in here ;) Is there an echo in here ;)

]]> Comment on A brief history of the platypus, in 5 parts by Tudza http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/a-brief-history-of-the-platypus-in-5-parts/#comment-21976 Tudza Tue, 13 May 2008 02:44:01 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=821#comment-21976 Sorry, just remembered the answer for myself because I came across it in earlier readings. Apparently platypus was already taken as a name for a group of beetles. Sorry, just remembered the answer for myself because I came across it in earlier readings.

Apparently platypus was already taken as a name for a group of beetles.

]]> Comment on A brief history of the platypus, in 5 parts by nsaunders http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/a-brief-history-of-the-platypus-in-5-parts/#comment-21975 nsaunders Tue, 13 May 2008 02:43:28 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=821#comment-21975 According to the <i>Bioscience</i> article, there was already a genus of beetles named <i>Platypus</i>, so Shaw had to change the genus name. According to the Bioscience article, there was already a genus of beetles named Platypus, so Shaw had to change the genus name.

]]> Comment on A brief history of the platypus, in 5 parts by Tudza http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/a-brief-history-of-the-platypus-in-5-parts/#comment-21974 Tudza Tue, 13 May 2008 02:39:49 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=821#comment-21974 Wonder why they changed the name from Platypus anatinus, "flat feet; resembles a duck" to Ornithorhynchus anatinus, "bird snout; resembles a duck"? The first name describes two features and the second one seems to describe only one. Wonder why they changed the name from Platypus anatinus, “flat feet; resembles a duck” to Ornithorhynchus anatinus, “bird snout; resembles a duck”? The first name describes two features and the second one seems to describe only one.

]]> Comment on Proteomics discussion from the science streamosphere by peanutbutter http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/12/proteomics-discussion-from-the-science-streamosphere/#comment-21973 peanutbutter Mon, 12 May 2008 22:02:40 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=825#comment-21973 @reference for self: www.psidev.info Enjoy :) @reference for self: http://www.psidev.info
Enjoy :)

]]> Comment on Published #2 (2008) by nsaunders http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/published-2-2008/#comment-21957 nsaunders Sat, 10 May 2008 05:40:56 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=822#comment-21957 @Andrew - that's great, let me know how it goes. GLAM2 runs can take a while; it's quite CPU-intensive. There are some notes in the documentation about how to interpret the scores with some statistical tests, the EMBOSS shuffleseq method works well for me. @Andrew - that’s great, let me know how it goes. GLAM2 runs can take a while; it’s quite CPU-intensive. There are some notes in the documentation about how to interpret the scores with some statistical tests, the EMBOSS shuffleseq method works well for me.

]]> Comment on Published #2 (2008) by Andrew Perry http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/published-2-2008/#comment-21956 Andrew Perry Sat, 10 May 2008 01:00:22 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=822#comment-21956 Cool ... I was getting excited reading this abstract, even before I noticed you were an author. We've used (and published) motifs discovered with MEME in the past - the lack of gaps in MEME motifs meant even a single residue indel in a few members in the family of sequence would result in otherwise continuous motifs being split into two motifs. Looks like GLAM2 handles this nicely, among other things. In fact I might use it for some stuff I was planning on trying this weekend rather than MEME, since I will be looking for short motifs which GLAM2 also seems best at :) Cool … I was getting excited reading this abstract, even before I noticed you were an author. We’ve used (and published) motifs discovered with MEME in the past - the lack of gaps in MEME motifs meant even a single residue indel in a few members in the family of sequence would result in otherwise continuous motifs being split into two motifs. Looks like GLAM2 handles this nicely, among other things. In fact I might use it for some stuff I was planning on trying this weekend rather than MEME, since I will be looking for short motifs which GLAM2 also seems best at :)

]]> Comment on Published #2 (2008) by Keith http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/published-2-2008/#comment-21950 Keith Fri, 09 May 2008 13:06:16 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=822#comment-21950 Congrats Neil! Congrats Neil!

]]> Comment on A brief history of the platypus, in 5 parts by nsaunders http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/2008/05/08/a-brief-history-of-the-platypus-in-5-parts/#comment-21946 nsaunders Thu, 08 May 2008 22:48:41 +0000 http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/?p=821#comment-21946 @Paulo quite right, not to forget the S. American marsupials. I altered the wording slightly to "most other parts of the world". @Jonathan :) Also, wouldn't it be great today if we just telegrammed our results in a few words and our word was accepted? @Paulo quite right, not to forget the S. American marsupials. I altered the wording slightly to “most other parts of the world”.

@Jonathan :) Also, wouldn’t it be great today if we just telegrammed our results in a few words and our word was accepted?

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