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More huge news in the sequencing industry, following on from the public share offer from Pacific Biosciences - relative newcomer to the field, Ion Torrent, has just been bought by Life Technologies for an impressive US$375 million in cash and stock, with an option to increase by a further US$350…
Dan Koboldt has a very nice recap of the various sequencing technologies presented at last week's Advances in Genome Biology and Technology meeting. I totally agree with his central point: Something had been bothering me about the sequencing-company presentations this year, and I finally realized…
Stephen Turner from Pacific Biosciences gave a dramatic presentation this afternoon launching PacBio's new third-generation sequencing instrument. The room was packed for the seminar, with a palpable buzz, and Turner's presentation was preceded by a theatrical introduction from PacBio CEO Hugh…
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Re Chris Mooney

A number of bloggers are having a fine old time making fun of Mr. Mooney, which I am sure will cause him to cry all the way to the bank. His post on the subject on his blog has also drawn some heavy snark.

Re: "Don't Become a Scientist"

Its a nice rant, and I totally agree.... But. As a grad student at WUSTL (where Johnathan Katz remains employed), I feel like its my duty to point out that the man is certifiably insane.

You can see his other writing here: http://wuphys.wustl.edu/~katz/

Among his other beliefs?

a) global warming is real, but good for us
b) girls are bad at da scientizms because they have small lady-brains
c) homophobia is cool, because da geighs spread the AIDses.
d) bomb, bomb, bomb away

etc.. so... just FYI. dude is a rabble rouser with dubious political and social beliefs.