#badomics word for the week: nascentome

Here is a #badomics word to ponder - the nascentome

From this paper PLoS ONE: Nascentome Analysis Uncovers Futile Protein Synthesis in Escherichia coli

It was called to my attention via twitter:

ayrrisbio ayrrisBIO - Appistry 

Awe MT @aaron_best But it's so new. Give nascentome a chance. RT @WvSchaik: #badomics word: The 'nascentome':goo.gl/o3E8t

8 hours ago 

aaron_best Aaron Best 

But it's so fresh and new. Give nascentome a chance. RT@WvSchaik: #badomics word: The 'nascentome': goo.gl/o3E8t@phylogenomics

14 hours ago 

m_m_campbell Malcolm M. Campbell 

Worthy candidate for #badomics word of the year: 'nascentome'. Blech. goo.gl/o3E8t via @phylogenomics

16 hours ago 

WvSchaik WvSchaik 

#badomics word: The 'nascentome': goo.gl/o3E8t @phylogenomics

18 hours ago 

It is a really bad omits word.  So we are giving it an award.  Not sure which one yet.  But one of these:

• bad omics word of the day
• Worst New Omics Word Award

More fun with stitching panoramas: Glacier 2004

Submit Ideas and Vote on Ideas for Presentation Topic Ideas for Special Session at the ASM General Meeting in SF 2012

Calling all microbiology fans - The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) is doing something very different for the 2012 General Meeting in San Francisco that might be of interest.  There will be a special session, organized by the Communications Committee (of which I am a member) where everyone/anyone can propose topics and then these get voted on to determine the winners (see Your Topics, Your Votes, Your Choice).

From the web site

Submit your scientific presentation topic for ASM2012 and then vote and comment on your colleagues’ ideas. The people who submit the top 5 entries will receive a travel subsidy of $800 (or $1200 for international submitters) and will present their topics at the General Meeting in San Francisco, on Tuesday, June 19 at 2:30 p.m., PT.

The submission deadline closes Feb. 1, 2012 at noon, GMT. The top 5 voted topics will then be approved by March 1, 2012.

Letter from Chair of #UCDavis Academic Senate re: Friday assembly #occupyucdavis

Posting this email I just received

Forwarded on behalf of Chair Linda F. Bisson


Dear Colleagues,


I wish to thank you those of you available to attend the Special Meeting of the Representative Assembly on Friday, December 2, 2011. We estimate the audience at approximately 300 and including 69 voting members of the Representative Assembly. The discussion of the action on November 18, 2011, was frank, constructive and important.

Earth Microbiome Project session at AAAS in Vancouver 2/18

This should be fun - session at AAAS meeting in Vancouver.

The Earth Microbiome Project: Modeling the Microbial Planet

Saturday, 18 February 8:30AM-11:30AM

Organized by: Jack A. Gilbert, Argonne National Laboratory, IL

Speakers:

• Folker Meyer, Argonne National Laboratory, IL 
• Developing the Metagenome Data Exchange Format
• Jonathan Eisen, University of California, Davis
• Toward a Field Guide to the Microbes
• Rob Knight, University of Colorado, Boulder
• Uncovering Novel Bioiformatic Techniques for Exploring Microbial Life
• Rick Stevens, Argonne National Laboratory, IL
• High-Performance Computing and Modeling the Microbial World

After dinner stories of mountains

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After dinner I read from John Krakauer's Eiger Dreams to my 4 and 6 year old (including a bit about Roman Dial with whom I went to grad school). Now they are reading "Moutaineering - Freedom o the Hills" ... Life is good

Letter from Chancellor Katehi to #UCDavis Community #OccupyUCDavis

I received this by email last night:

Dear UC Davis Community,

I want to thank everyone for attending the recent student and then faculty and staff town hall meetings.   I sincerely appreciated the opportunity to not only share my thoughts, but also hear from you.

Top 10 reasons to still consider attending #UCDavis #OccupyUCDavis

I am sure I will get in trouble for this but here goes ...

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Top 10 reasons to still consider attending UC Davis

1. Performance art spreading throughout campus

2. Chancellor will be doing student laundry for next five years

3. Buy a van with a satellite dish, get free parking anywhere on campus

4. Work study program has many alternative career paths including sign makers, tent cleaning, socialism club treasurer, etc. 

5. Our logo found on more artwork than any school in country

6. Free housing in the quad

7. Students determine which professors get tenure

8. Police nowhere to be found, even for huge parties

9. New majors in "Crisis Mismanagement" and "Silent Movie Making"

10.  Like a building - it is yours.

The evil Pecoses

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Friends who went to Pyle Junior High may appreciate this story more than other people. A few years ago I told my kids a story about throwing up on the Vice Principal of Pyle - Mr Pecos. They got me to tell this story over and over and then one day a new kind creature appeared in their play stories - the evil "Pecoses". And now Pecoses are everywhere. Here are some pics and a video of some Pecoses

Well #occupyevolution Eisen lab meeting in UCDavis quad has begun #occupyucdavis

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Well #occupyevolution Eisen lab meeting in UCDavis quad has begun #occupyucdavis

Charles Vest Seminar "The 21st century university: Purpose, problems & promise" wrap up

Here is a wrap up, via my twitter posts and responses to them, of the seminar yesterday by Charles M. Vest, ex head of MIT and current head of the National Academy of Engineering. I know it is a bit lazy not to rewrite a summary but I think the tweets do an OK job ...

UPDATE - some new links regarding the talk

• Flash Video: The 21st century university: Purpose, problems and promise
• Interview: Read more of the Q&A with Vest

Here are my tweets:

phylogenomics Awaiting seminar by CHarles Vest, Pres. of US Natl. Acad. Engineering, past pres. of MIT #UCDavis 11/30/11 4:07 PM

phylogenomics Vest seminar "The 21st Century Research University Purpose, Problems and Promise" #UCDavis 11/30/11 4:08 PM

California Aggie (#UCDavis student newspaper) also doing great job w/ #OccupyUCDavis Coverage

The California Aggie, the UC Davis student newspaper is also doing a great job with covering the Occupy UC Davis saga.  Here are some links of interest:

• Students continue occupy Dutton Hall, business disrupted
• News in Brief: UC Regents raise administrative salaries
• What happened during 17 November?
• Katehi holds town hall meeting for faculty and staff
• Students speak with UC Regents at meeting
• Campuswide strike declared by protesters

Davis Enterprise really doing a rocking job covering #OccupyuUCDavis Story

The Davis Enterprise has really come through in the clutch with diverse coverage of the pepper spraying incident as well as diverse, interesting and sometimes unusual letters and comments.  Here are some links from them of interest:

News Stories

• UCD faculty come not to bury Katehi, but to praise her Posted on: November 30, 2011
• Reisig, Prieto seek AG's help in pepper-spraying probe Posted on: November 29, 2011
• Cool the rhetoric and follow UCD's cultural norms Posted on: November 29, 2011
• UCD protesters occupy Dutton Hall Posted on: November 28, 2011
• Students want action from regents on tuition, use of force Posted on: November 28, 2011
• Teach-ins replace classrooms for some on Monday Posted on: November 28, 2011
• Reynoso to lead task force looking into UCD pepper-spraying Posted on: November 28, 2011
• An appeal to alums: Don't cut off donations Posted on: November 28, 2011
• Video shows Pike warned protesters Posted on: November 26, 2011