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  DNA 11 Introduces GenePak Genome Analysis One of the coolest ways to have fun with your DNA is via DNA art and the leader in the marketplace is undeniably DNA 11, creators of DNA portraits. Today, DNA 11 launches the GenePak upgrade which will identify four genes during DNA processing. With the... Posted Jun 03 2008, 02:22 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, dna art, dna fragments, marketplace, creators, portraits

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  Seed's Daily Zeitgeist: 6/2/2008 The ScienceBlogs Book Club: The Microbe That Took Over My Life Carl Zimmer kicks off a discussion of Microcosm , his biography of E. coli . Put a Little Science in Your Life Keep kids interested in the big questions as they grow up. Why we should love... Posted Jun 01 2008, 08:10 PM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: microbe, microcosm, job, plumbing, genes, plants, carl zimmer, bacteria, e coli, zeitgeist, little science, fungi, logarithms

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  Clarke's Magic Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Click here to read about Clarke's idea of machines as our surrogates on other worlds. I was just a small girl interested in science and animals and writing when I first read Arthur... Posted Mar 20 2008, 08:16 AM by Seed Magazine Feeds Filed under: advanced technology, mysterious depths, pride, surrogates, pursuing science, genes, apprentice, observation, magician, animals, aphorism, birds, heart, molecular mechanisms, historical context, destiny, small girl, good education, arthur c clarke

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  Geeky DNA T-Shirt: MIT Biological Engineering Transgenic animals can be fantastical things. MIT Biological Engineering undergrads designed t-shirts featuring animals verbalizing in unexpected voices, including this turtle mooing. Who knew MIT students had such a charming sense of humor! via Free... Posted Mar 18 2008, 10:44 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, biological engineering, sense of humor, voices, transgenic animals, turtle

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  DNA Quote: Steven Pinker “With constitutional factors (genes and chance) being important but invisible, people tend to blur cause and effect in thinking back on supposedly formative childhood vignettes. …Rather than childhood experiences causing us to be who we are... Posted Mar 14 2008, 03:27 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: childhood experiences, cause and effect, curious minds, genes, vignettes, steven pinker, experimental psychologist, amp, formative childhood, harvard university, constitutional factors

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  DNA Video: Peek Inside deCODEme deCODEme Product Tour by Jeffrey Gulcher, M.D., Ph.D., CSO of deCODE genetics. For more, see Megan Smolenyak’s screencast. Tags: genetics, genes, dna, diseases, illness, health, decodeme Posted Mar 01 2008, 01:55 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, decode genetics, health, dna, diseases, cso

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  DNA Quote: Kevin Kelly From Kevin Kelly’s essay, Better Than Free: Right now getting your copy of your DNA is very expensive, but soon it won’t be. In fact, soon pharmaceutical companies will PAY you to get your genes sequence. So the copy of your sequence will... Posted Feb 08 2008, 01:52 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, pharmaceutical companies, dna

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  GM bananas in field trials Source: ABC Rural Date: February 7, 2008 Australia’s first genetically modified bananas could be growing in North Queensland by mid-year. Scientists from the Queensland University of Technology will trial Cavendish bananas with extra genes that... Posted Feb 07 2008, 08:57 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: bananas, genes, queensland university of technology, abc, north queensland, scientists, university of technology, pro vitamin

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  DNA Video: 23andMe Genetics 101 Part 2 New personal genomics company, 23andMe, created a series of videos introducing basic genetics concepts. Have a look at part 2 - What are SNPs? (Watch part 1.) Tags: genetics, genes, dna, 23andme, personal genomics, genomics, science, video Posted Jan 26 2008, 01:51 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, 23andme, basic genetics, dna, science, genomics company

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  DNA Video: 23andMe Genetics 101 Part 1 New personal genomics company, 23andMe, created a series of videos introducing basic genetics concepts. Have a look at part 1 - What are genes? via ScienceRoll Tags: genetics, genes, dna, personal genomics, genomics, 23andMe, science, video Posted Jan 19 2008, 01:49 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, basic genetics, dna, science, genomics company

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  Frankenstein foods are not monsters Source: TimesOnline Date: January 9, 2007 All hail Doctor Frankenstein, maker of monsters. God is in retreat, skulking outside the laboratory while modern imitators of Mary Shelley’s mad boffin brew potions, splice genes and bring more new life forms... Posted Jan 10 2008, 09:27 AM by GMO Africa Feeds Filed under: mary shelley, prince of wales, imitators, genes, genetic engineers, god, monsters, doctor frankenstein, potions, hail, skulking

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  Gene Joke Have a laugh before 2007 comes to an end! Man goes to the doctor Can you help me, I have a hereditary disease? What disease is that? Diarrhea. That’s not a hereditary disease! It is when it’s in your genes. This joke courtesy of reader Snowy... Posted Dec 31 2007, 01:08 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: end man, laugh, diarrhea, genes, hereditary disease, joke

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  DNA Video: Jon Entine of Abraham’s Children One of the most popular posts here at Eye on DNA has been the one written by Jon Entine, author of Abraham’s Children. Here he is in part 1 (out of 7) of his talk at the 2007 International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies (IAJGS) Conference... Posted Dec 08 2007, 07:52 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: genes, salt lake city, dna, genetics, tribe, jewish genealogical societies, jon entine

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  Eye on DNA Headlines for 3 December 2007 Writer Ian Brown has begun a three part series in The Globe and Mail–The Boy in the Moon–about his son, Walker, who was born with cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome (CFC). Now 11 years old, Walker is one of only 300 people worldwide with CFC... Posted Dec 03 2007, 12:31 PM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: 11 years, braf, genes, facio, cfc, gene disorder, globe, old walker

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  DNA Video: Putting the Genes in Genealogy with *** Eastman *** Eastman of Eastman’s Online Genealogy Newsletter gives the keynote address at the 2007 BYU Computerized Family History and Genealogy Conference. Tags: genetics, genes, dna, genealogy, *** eastman Posted Dec 01 2007, 12:22 AM by Eye on DNA Feeds Filed under: family history, dick eastman, genes, keynote address, dna genealogy, genetics, genealogy conference, genealogy newsletter