Thursday, June 18, 2009

Friday, June 12, 2009

Tu Genoma por U$ 48,000 (y los podes mirar en tu celular)

Fue hace poco que nos maravillábamos con la primera secuencia del genoma humano. Ahora, Illumina va a ofrecer la secuenciacion de tu genoma por U$ 48,000 !!

"The offering includes sequencing of an individual’s DNA to 30 times depth, providing information on SNP variation and other structural characteristics of the genome such as insertions, deletions and rearrangements."

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Illumina will also launch an iPhone application that will allow consumers to check their personal genome for genetic markers related to ancestry, traits, and health on their phones."

http://www.everygenome.com/index.ilmn?source=

http://www.genomeweb.com/sequencing/illumina-partners-dtc-genomics-firms-offer-whole-genome-sequencing-48k


Se podria decir que, para un empresa o proyecto biotecnologico, la secuenciacion del genoma del organismo con el que se esta trabajando se ha convertido en una herramienta disponible. Un microorganismo se podria secuenciar por U$20,000, o menos, seguramente.

Friday, June 5, 2009

Reporte Gratis - BioWorld - El futuro de la biotecnologia

Este post va en anticipo al próximo blog en unos dias sobre fuentes de información sobre biotecnologia y nuevos emprendimientos

BioWorld Today una de las mas famosas newsletters de biotecnologia esta ofreciendo un reporte gratis sobre el futuro de la biotecnologia y un mes gratis de subscripción a su reporte.

La subscripción al reporte es carisima (creo que sale mas de U$1000 por anio) asi que aprovechen esta oportunidad.

http://www.bioworld.com/servlet/com.accumedia.web.Dispatcher?next=BWTOB_7770


Webcast neurobiologia e Inteligencia artificial el Sabado 6 de Junio

MIT Tech Day Webcast

los horarios son del este de USA, 1 hora detras de Argentina.


The MIT Alumni Association is pleased to announce live web streaming of the annual MIT Technology Day program from Kresge Auditorium on Saturday, 6 June 2009, from 9:00 am to 12:45 pm EDT. Please note that there will be one 30 minute break from 10:35 to 11:05 am.

http://amps-web.mit.edu/public/techday/2009/

This year’s program, The Mind’s Eye, will include introductory remarks by President Susan Hockfield, and presentations by MIT Professors Rebecca Saxe PhD ’03 on how the brain invents the mind, Pawan Sinha ’92, PhD ’95 on learning to see, and Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70 on computers with commonsense (see below for complete titles and abstracts).

This promises to be a very exciting program. If you cannot join us for the live web stream, it will be available at the link above beginning on Monday, 8 June 2009 at 3:00 pm (15:00) EDT.

Titles and Abstracts of the three faculty presentations:

How the Brain Invents the Mind

Rebecca Saxe PhD ’03
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience Fred and Carole Middleton Career Development Professorship

Learning to See

Pawan Sinha ’92, PhD ’95
Associate Professor, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences MIT

Computers with Commonsense

Patrick Henry Winston ’65, SM ’67, PhD ’70
Ford Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science, MIT