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  1. <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604</id><updated>2024-05-07T12:45:47.137-05:00</updated><category term="evolution"/><category term="blogs"/><category term="life"/><category term="sex"/><category term="science"/><category term="iowa"/><category term="books"/><category term="Darwin"/><category term="religion"/><category term="meetings"/><category term="politics"/><category term="eukaryotes"/><category term="genes"/><category term="conference"/><category term="meiosis"/><category term="penis"/><category term="fun"/><category term="talks"/><category term="films"/><category term="genitalia"/><category term="publishing"/><category term="webpages"/><category term="TV"/><category term="creationism"/><category term="lab"/><category term="parenting"/><category term="protists"/><category term="ID"/><category term="flooding"/><category term="journals"/><category term="mentoring"/><category term="movie"/><category term="music"/><category term="prokaryotes"/><category term="tree of life"/><category term="genomes"/><category term="introns"/><category term="science-fiction"/><category term="atheisem"/><category term="canada"/><category term="diversity"/><category term="fungi"/><category term="iphone"/><category term="memes"/><category term="nescent"/><category term="sabbatical"/><category term="service"/><category term="tags"/><category term="Dawkins"/><category term="apple"/><category term="conflict"/><category term="elvis"/><category term="hair"/><category term="humanitarians"/><category term="orgasm"/><category term="postdoc"/><category term="radio"/><category term="rotifers"/><category term="vacation"/><title type='text'>Sex, Genes &amp;amp; Evolution</title><subtitle type='html'>I&#39;m a molecular evolutionary biologist and a Biology Professor at The University of Iowa. My research is on the evolution of genes, particularly those involved in the most important process in all life: SEX!</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>85</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-8352225347260740492</id><published>2012-06-05T14:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-06-05T14:18:29.161-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meiosis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>The Lure of the Obscure?  Guest Post by Frank Stahl</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;
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  6. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;http://www.nyu.edu/projects/hochwagen/Images/Figures/home1.gif&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
  7. &lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Image from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nyu.edu/projects/hochwagen/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Hochwagen Lab&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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  9. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;clear: left; float: left; font-family: inherit; font-size: large; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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  11. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This proposal was shouted
  12. out as “…one of the most important papers on the control of meiotic
  13. crossing over…” (Hawley 2006). Since then, “homeostasis” has been offered
  14. as the explanation for a variety of observations that demonstrate a degree of
  15. independence of crossover frequency (and sometimes crossover interference) from
  16. the frequency of double-strand breaks. As in the original yeast work, none of
  17. these papers questions whether “homeostasis” has anything to recommend it as an
  18. explanation because none has addressed the mundane possibility that crossover
  19. constancy reflects merely the normal operation of the system, rather than a
  20. reaction to a perceived aberration.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  21. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  22. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  23. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  24. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Without trying to explore the universe of
  25. alternate explanations for “homeostasis” in this Blog, we offer just one simple
  26. one, based on the view that the crossover/noncrossover “decision” is made
  27. “early”, either before or at the onset of the period of double-strand-breaks
  28. (Storlazzi&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;. 1996): In this none-too-original model, the first double-strand
  29. break to occur on a chromosome is immediately assigned to the pathway that
  30. leads to crossing over, accounting for both the “obligate crossover” (Jones and
  31. Franklin 2006) and the preservation of crossing over. Additional
  32. double-strand-breaks are directed to become crossovers when they meet the
  33. conditions imposed by crossover interference. [It appears notable that
  34. &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt;, which clearly lacks an “obligate crossover”, has also shown no
  35. evidence of “homeostasis” (Stahl 2008).]&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  36. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  37. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  38. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  39. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;This blogger would
  40. like to be informed of any “homeostasis” data for which such a nonhomeostatic
  41. explanation fails.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  42. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  43. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
  44. &lt;div align=&quot;center&quot; class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
  45. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;LITERATURE&amp;nbsp; CITED&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  46. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  47. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Chen&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;, S. Y., T. &lt;/span&gt;Tsubouchi&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;, B. &lt;/span&gt;Rockmill&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;, J. S. &lt;/span&gt;Sandler&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;, D. R.
  48. &lt;/span&gt;Richards&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;et al.&lt;/i&gt;, 2008&amp;nbsp; Global analysis of the meiotic crossover
  49. landscape. &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;Dev. Cell&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;15:&lt;/b&gt; 401–415.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  50. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  51. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Hawley&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt; R. S.,
  52. 2006&amp;nbsp; &quot;This is one of the most
  53. important papers on the control of meiotic crossing over...&quot; Evaluation
  54. of: [&lt;span style=&quot;font-variant: small-caps;&quot;&gt;Martini&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;.,
  55. 2006&amp;nbsp; Crossover homeostasis in yeast
  56. meiosis. Cell &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;126&lt;/b&gt;: 285-295; doi:
  57. 10.1016/j.cell.2006.05.044]. Faculty of 1000, 14 Aug 2006.
  58. F1000.com/1033723#eval387934&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  59. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  60. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Henderson, K. A., and S. Keeney,
  61. 2004&amp;nbsp; Tying synaptonemal complex
  62. initiation to the formation and programmed repair of DNA double-strand breaks&lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/i&gt;Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;101: &lt;/b&gt;4519–4524.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  63. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  64. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Jones, G. H., and F. C.
  65. Franklin, 2006 Meiotic crossing-over: obligation and interference. Cell &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;126&lt;/b&gt;: 246–248.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  66. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  67. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Martini, E., R. L. Diaz, N.
  68. Hunter and S. Keeney, 2006&amp;nbsp; Crossover
  69. homeostasis in yeast meiosis. Cell &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;126&lt;/b&gt;:
  70. 285-295.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  71. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  72. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Martini, E., V. Borde, M.
  73. Legendre, S. Audic, B. Regnault &lt;i style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;et al&lt;/i&gt;.,
  74. 2011&amp;nbsp; Genome-wide analysis of
  75. heteroduplex DNA in mismatch repair-deficient yeast cells reveals novel
  76. properties of meiotic recombination pathways. PLoS Genet. &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;7&lt;/b&gt;: e1002305.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  77. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  78. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Mehrotra, S. and K. S. McKim,
  79. 2006&amp;nbsp; Temporal analysis of meiotic DNA
  80. double-strand break formation and repair in &lt;i&gt;Drosophila&lt;/i&gt; females. PLoS Genetics &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/b&gt;: 1883-1897.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  81. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 200%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  82. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Stahl,
  83. F. W., 2008&amp;nbsp; Countdown with Mehrotra and
  84. McKim. Online comment on Mehrotra and McKim (2006) &lt;b style=&quot;mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;2&lt;/b&gt;(11): e200
  85. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0020200.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  86. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%; margin-left: 0.3in; text-indent: -0.3in;&quot;&gt;
  87. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Storlazzi, A., L. Xu, A.
  88. Schwacha and N. Kleckner, 1996 Synaptonemal complex (SC) component Zip1 plays a
  89. role in meiotic recombination independent of SC polymerization along the
  90. chromosomes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 93: 9043–9048.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  91. &lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;line-height: 150%;&quot;&gt;
  92. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
  93. &lt;/div&gt;
  94. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;mailto:fstahl@uoregon.edu&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Franklin W. Stahl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Molecular Biology&lt;br /&gt;1229 Univ. of Oregon&lt;br /&gt;Eugene, OR&amp;nbsp; 97403-1229&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/8352225347260740492/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2012/06/lure-of-obscure-guest-post-by-frank.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/8352225347260740492'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/8352225347260740492'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2012/06/lure-of-obscure-guest-post-by-frank.html' title='The Lure of the Obscure?  Guest Post by Frank Stahl'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-3419313452646185255</id><published>2012-06-05T13:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2012-06-05T13:42:50.366-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meiosis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>My blog is back from the dead (sort of)</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;
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  97. &lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Greetings from New London, New Hampshire, where I am attending the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.grc.org/programs.aspx?year=2012&amp;amp;program=meiosis&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Meiosis Gordon Research Conference&lt;/a&gt; this week. As such, it seems timely and appropriate to host a guest post on my (very dusty!) blog from &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Stahl&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Frank Stahl&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;(pictured left). Frank contacted me recently to guest-post a short piece he wrote on crossover homeostasis. Enjoy!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/3419313452646185255/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2012/06/my-blog-is-back-from-dead-sort-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3419313452646185255'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3419313452646185255'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2012/06/my-blog-is-back-from-dead-sort-of.html' title='My blog is back from the dead (sort of)'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNDee6HQ15Xl2rT1um0L3HCHsTT5gnTIjXzNQFhW4w22LwsHbh7yYkhyJO71V6ckDOxXAYj3lbHQiN-K_swwwiPnqZOLmDbV5Aa73bom9t9ZmY9R8LXcSqV3lVR96m5sKopveEkyq2tQQ/s72-c/16448_stahloffice.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-5236740611671764664</id><published>2010-01-26T14:56:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T17:46:52.658-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fun"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genitalia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genomes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="journals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="penis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="webpages"/><title type='text'>Funny advert placement</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GxhIVWzkjxbBbRCp8nrXdja3YhYdWmAOVmPV_dI6AfTfPWsTkwtK9phruj6Jc4E_F-epoFqJSk_j3KoiIKlIhudwHmthUGqWZb2kKlYQTCWPZoek_rnoznJE7H7aanSI8NN5-RK3uaM/s1600-h/Picture+1.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 367px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GxhIVWzkjxbBbRCp8nrXdja3YhYdWmAOVmPV_dI6AfTfPWsTkwtK9phruj6Jc4E_F-epoFqJSk_j3KoiIKlIhudwHmthUGqWZb2kKlYQTCWPZoek_rnoznJE7H7aanSI8NN5-RK3uaM/s400/Picture+1.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431199127632338754&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I&#39;m sorry to my more serious readers, but I just could not resist when I saw this. The ad placement next to a story about our work on sexual &lt;i&gt;versus&lt;/i&gt; asexual reproduction is priceless. The full story appears &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2010/01/25/Sexual-vs-asexual-reproduction-studied/UPI-90171264442082/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on the UPI site. The paper is &lt;a href=&quot;http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/msp300&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; on the&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/&quot;&gt; Molecular Biology and Evolution&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; site.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/5236740611671764664/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/funny-advert-placement.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5236740611671764664'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5236740611671764664'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/funny-advert-placement.html' title='Funny advert placement'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9GxhIVWzkjxbBbRCp8nrXdja3YhYdWmAOVmPV_dI6AfTfPWsTkwtK9phruj6Jc4E_F-epoFqJSk_j3KoiIKlIhudwHmthUGqWZb2kKlYQTCWPZoek_rnoznJE7H7aanSI8NN5-RK3uaM/s72-c/Picture+1.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-7028109003241309058</id><published>2010-01-18T17:28:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T09:40:42.873-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genitalia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iphone"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="journals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="memes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nescent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="penis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sabbatical"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="talks"/><title type='text'>People, Content &amp; Technology @ ScienceOnline2010</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvevYE3NtKE8IkAep2uXAcy7zJeQHa5p4K2i0pOH0kdZZfSTMT8RPcnMUhcveb_2aPlY0GUCfk_xwzpw0x3_1pJFT-vDdHI1ZCbBpf95EHuiDzxoon4uaswVsVUYh1GA7O63LjqBU1mw8/s1600-h/scienceonline2010logoMedium.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 123px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvevYE3NtKE8IkAep2uXAcy7zJeQHa5p4K2i0pOH0kdZZfSTMT8RPcnMUhcveb_2aPlY0GUCfk_xwzpw0x3_1pJFT-vDdHI1ZCbBpf95EHuiDzxoon4uaswVsVUYh1GA7O63LjqBU1mw8/s320/scienceonline2010logoMedium.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428232118170980130&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I am a very frequent attendee and eager participant at scientific conferences: I have logged  ~100 in my ~20 years in science. To me, meetings are easily one of the top five things that make being a scientist so much fun. Exchanging ideas (new &amp;amp; old), meeting people (new &amp;amp; old friends), showing off your work (usually new, but sometimes, old), having a good time (which never gets old!)....these reasons are all part of the experience. But sometimes meetings just get you fired up about something(s) and you leave with a fire lit under you. This was one of those for me. And although I knew that I would enjoy myself at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/&quot;&gt;Science Online 2010&lt;/a&gt; (aka #scio10) and meet at least some of the criteria above, I was not prepared to leave with my rear side roasting with so many ideas and so much inspiration.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The jazz I got from #scio10 comes from three intertwined categories:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoIWZ6Dpu61b6olUnuwuK9Pim8atT1kAS-FK_JAF5EAXAMZLJ0mxC1REX4kfSgfSWkLqFB8YxxrawDnEJJY_q7FTKJWH9jUeLt7dxlDt8PERSkC4sb8lWrKY3lqhR_lkpO7shd5_-CRo0/s320/58006062.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428229107897781826&quot; /&gt;People. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/big&gt;Meeting and interacting with people is my favorite conference activity. It&#39;s especially great when I first meet someone in person whose work I have followed. This is true for science meetings, but it worked on a wholly different scale for me at #scio10: of the 200+ attendees, I had previously met no more than 10 in person. However, I knew at least 50 more from their online work—mostly science bloggers. Come to think of it, that&#39;s probably alot like what happens at a graduate student&#39;s first scientific meeting, and I am reveling in that re-found sense of discovering a community that fits. And then there are the people that I met for the first time who I knew nothing about in advance. There are always new people to meet, especially when attending conferences for the first time. But I was stunned by the fraction of people I met who fell in the category of &quot;why did I not know you before?&quot;. I can just hope that some of those folks had the same reaction to meeting me!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The intersection of people and content was probably the most amazing thing about this meeting. I have never seen such a meritocracy. Sure, science is based on merit, but there is a real ladder to climb and sometimes a glass ceiling to break. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/BoraZ/scienceonline2010&quot;&gt;participants&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/BoraZ/scienceonline2010&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;at this meeting ranged from a&lt;a href=&quot;http://missbakersbiologyclasswiki.wikispaces.com/Jack&quot;&gt; 9th-grader &lt;/a&gt;who writes science computer games to internationally known science journalists (and a HUGE range in between). Many (probably most) of the presenters were self-made experts in newly emerging areas, some in the process of earning PhDs &lt;i&gt;etc&lt;/i&gt;., and some that don&#39;t need to play in the academic world. Even in the currently-difficult times for both science and journalism (and many other things), there was a clear sense of &quot;Yes we can!&quot; that permeated #scio10 .&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8HNWflSb7MKd5aH1YDl4TP0ia5wyn8aeAVAN1VrPA3ld0JKRv5SopKeCd355GqjhZb-NcJP7Y-lTpdXd9tTaQGEQMupUmyAS2d1e5ZctkXXHBr6owBMGJvOMGTL4yVi97oNsb0OItxXM/s320/cover-at-350.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428230306069525058&quot; /&gt;Content. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/big&gt;The meeting couldn&#39;t have started out on a more content-relevant note for me: the first session I attended was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/From_Blog_to_Book/&quot;&gt;From Blog to Book: Using Blogs and Social Networks to Develop Your Professional Writing&lt;/a&gt;&quot;As I am now digging into my &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nescent.org/science/awards_summary.php?id=200&quot;&gt;sabbatical book project&lt;/a&gt;, this session jolted me to attention. The advice of &lt;a href=&quot;http://inversesquare.wordpress.com/&quot;&gt;Tom Levenson&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/laelaps/&quot;&gt;Brian Switek&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/culturedish/&quot;&gt;Rebecca Skloot&lt;/a&gt; was just what I needed. I must decide very soon whether to pursue the academic publisher route or to try the trade route taken by authors of most successful popular science books. Next on my schedule was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Rebooting_Science_Journalism/&quot;&gt;Rebooting Science Journalism in the Age of the Web&lt;/a&gt;&quot; in which a panel discussed the sometimes uneasy ecosystem of blogs and more traditional media outlets. The somewhat controversial press-release site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://futurity.org/&quot;&gt;Futurity&lt;/a&gt;, created some heat (and maybe some light), but the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/user/iescience#p/a/u/1/XamF1lzjlNI&quot;&gt;memorable lesson&lt;/a&gt; by &lt;a href=&quot;http://carlzimmer.com/&quot;&gt;Carl Zimmer &lt;/a&gt;about his reporting on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2007/05/genital-co-evolution-in-ducks.html&quot;&gt;twisted biology of duck penises&lt;/a&gt; generated the most virulent meme of the whole meeting. In the third morning slot I joined the &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Scientific_visualization/&quot;&gt;Scientific Visualization&lt;/a&gt;&quot; session in which Tara Richardson (&lt;a href=&quot;http://whatitslikeontheinside.com/&quot;&gt;@science_goddess&lt;/a&gt;) regaled us with the latest &lt;a href=&quot;http://infovisualization.pbworks.com/&quot;&gt;cool tools&lt;/a&gt; and facilitated some interesting discussion on this under-appreciated (and thus, under-developed) aspect of science communication.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;On Saturday afternoon, I attended the helpful session &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Scientists_What_can_your_librarian_do_for_you/&quot;&gt;Scientists! What can your librarian do for you&lt;/a&gt;?&quot;which reminded me that I can almost certainly make use of those smart people whose mission is to help me do my science (and writing) better. Next was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Open_Access_Publishing_and_Freeing_the_Scientific_Literature/&quot;&gt;Open Access Publishing and Freeing the Scientific Literature (or Why Freedom is about more than just not paying for things)&lt;/a&gt;&quot; moderated by friend and colleague &lt;a href=&quot;http://phylogenomics.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Jonathan Eisen&lt;/a&gt; (aka @phylogenomics; pictured above). It&#39;s going to be a tough road to OA publishing, but I am starting to see that it is a fight worth waging. For the final session of the day, I joined the packed-to-the-gills session &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Proposals_and_Pitches_that_Pay/&quot;&gt;Writing for more than glory: Proposals and Pitches that Pay&lt;/a&gt;&quot; moderated by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rebeccaskloot.com/&quot;&gt;Rebecca Skloot&lt;/a&gt; with key insight from &lt;a href=&quot;http://journalism.nyu.edu/faculty/oransky.html&quot;&gt;Ivan Oransky&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/CliftonWiens&quot;&gt;Clifton Wiens&lt;/a&gt;.  Although much of the session was aimed at pitching stories to magazines, there was a fair bit of discussion of book proposals and how to craft a project that publishers will buy—literally. Much to my chagrin, the first lesson was that the pitch &quot;My book is on X&quot; doesn&#39;t fly. Stories sell books and topics don&#39;t. OK, more homework for me...it might be a good thing that my book is &quot;on Sex&quot;, but that isn&#39;t enough. So when the participants were invited to give their pitch to the experts, I knew that I wasn&#39;t up to snuff. However, shark researcher (and future author) &lt;a href=&quot;http://southernfriedscience.com/&quot;&gt;David Shiffman&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/WhySharksMatter&quot;&gt;@whysharksmatter&lt;/a&gt;) bravely jumped right in—to our benefit. The most memorable line from the pitch-dissection was &#39;NPR is more important than PhD&#39;; since David had been &lt;a href=&quot;http://scpr.org/programs/patt-morrison/2009/07/29/do-we-care-too-much-about-flipper/&quot;&gt;interviewed on NPR&lt;/a&gt;. Indeed, as I later found out to my surprise, David doesn&#39;t have his PhD (yet).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After a great banquet and party on Saturday night, I was ready to go again on Sunday morning, starting with &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Broader_Impact_Done_Right/&quot;&gt;Broader Impact Done Right&lt;/a&gt;&quot; hosted by a panel of postdocs, grad students and science communicators. The opening film, in which various portrayals of scientists in movies and television made us both laugh and cringe, presaged some great discussion about how we can appeal to various constituencies that we really need to reach. Since I wanted to hear more about science journalism, I next attended &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Getting_the_Science_Right/&quot;&gt;Getting the Science Right: The importance of fact checking mainstream science publications — an under appreciated and essential art — and the role scientists can and should (but often don’t) play in it&lt;/a&gt;&quot; I was surprised to learn about how unevenly the fact-checking is done, and when it is done, how arduous and expensive it can be! In the category of saving-the-best-for-last, the final session that I attended was &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.scienceonline2010.com/index.php/wiki/Blogging_the_Future/&quot;&gt;Blogging the Future – The Use of Online Media in the Next Generation of Scientists&lt;/a&gt;&quot; in which a group of high school students from &lt;a href=&quot;http://missbakersbiologyclass.com/blog/&quot;&gt;Stacy Baker&#39;s Biology Class &lt;/a&gt;individually presented&lt;a href=&quot;http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhsk62ns_369gxd82xdb&quot;&gt; their projects&lt;/a&gt;, ranging from an analysis of student use of blogging and the social web for education and fun to iPhone application development for science learning. These kids absolutely stole the show with their poise and content, giving many of us renewed confidence for science and its communication in the future.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;big&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 125px; height: 149px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkCOYeWcsMp3Dr8kG_1Q3mq20Om7swWyyrGgHo_44_vNZVzruuIBzyq4urFqIIAxXtDaBAHPrt25WrvBjkum4Hx_eHN329GSw-k7JF6YvwSInwSKjs-WAo3QijSYBde0Tcg6ar2Rf41PE/s320/twitter-on-iphone.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428231673317233650&quot; /&gt;Technology.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/big&gt;  As if the people and content weren&#39;t enough, in these three short days I also experienced some serious surges in my use of and appreciation for technology. For the first time ever, I didn&#39;t bring a pen or pad of paper to the meeting. I took all of my notes on my iPhone, which was the only device I used while onsite. In my office is a two-foot pile of legal pads and notebooks containing mostly illegible notes from 20 years of previous meetings. But in my difficult transition from paper to electrons (I am a very slow keyboard typist), I have gotten lazy about note-taking over the past years. So I was glad to find out for myself that I am a reasonably adept two-thumb note taker! And I can email myself my notes with one click! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I also jumped in with both feet to &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/johnlogsdon&quot;&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;. As an occasional tweeter (&lt;a href=&quot;http://twitter.com/johnlogsdon&quot;&gt;@johnlogsdon&lt;/a&gt;), I use the medium for some things, but I had not yet figured out the ratio of function:fun. By using the hashtag &lt;a href=&quot;http://twapperkeeper.com/scio10/&quot;&gt;#scio&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://twapperkeeper.com/scio10/&quot;&gt;10&lt;/a&gt; all of the meeting tweets were instantly readable by all of the twitter-ers (onsite &amp;amp; off) in REAL TIME. By the end of Day 1, I was hooked. As of writing, my total (13-month) tweet count is 235—of which ~70 were sent during the three days #scio10 (which currently total &gt;6300)! Granted, some of those tweets were part of the fun game played at Saturday&#39;s banquet, in which the fastest tweet with the right answer won a prize. I apparently have mastered speed-tweeting, since I won one of the prizes: a signed copy of Rebecca Skloot&#39;s forthcoming book &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rebeccaskloot.com/?page_id=8&quot;&gt;The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks&lt;/a&gt;&quot; (see image above).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There&#39;s so much more that I didn&#39;t say here, but I hope that my account will give you a sense of how pleased I am to have participated in #sci010. Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://coturnix.org/&quot;&gt;Bora Zivkovic&lt;/a&gt; (pictured above), &lt;a href=&quot;http://mistersugar.com/&quot;&gt;Anton Zuiker &lt;/a&gt;and everyone else (including the generous sponsors) who contributed to ScienceOnline 2010!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/7028109003241309058/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/people-content-technology.html#comment-form' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7028109003241309058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7028109003241309058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/people-content-technology.html' title='People, Content &amp; Technology @ ScienceOnline2010'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvevYE3NtKE8IkAep2uXAcy7zJeQHa5p4K2i0pOH0kdZZfSTMT8RPcnMUhcveb_2aPlY0GUCfk_xwzpw0x3_1pJFT-vDdHI1ZCbBpf95EHuiDzxoon4uaswVsVUYh1GA7O63LjqBU1mw8/s72-c/scienceonline2010logoMedium.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-2208749895061141413</id><published>2010-01-14T15:42:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-15T14:45:47.084-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genomes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="journals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meiosis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>Nasonia genomes published</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ljNFXJbAm5Q8I253bmKOq_hKMY-gbTouX9slpUMVugz4LTnSQv8F4FkIMeBNfmi53faBYNjdZcszt6iaqE24usMni7XfU9BwNqM82bV9sj9hm9Z9tae33iIOZIRR9Zf2XincIToqM_U/s1600-h/Wasp.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 274px; height: 320px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ljNFXJbAm5Q8I253bmKOq_hKMY-gbTouX9slpUMVugz4LTnSQv8F4FkIMeBNfmi53faBYNjdZcszt6iaqE24usMni7XfU9BwNqM82bV9sj9hm9Z9tae33iIOZIRR9Zf2XincIToqM_U/s320/Wasp.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426716401173705986&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I thought that I would devote my 2010 inaugural post to a report of three &lt;i&gt;Nasonia&lt;/i&gt; genomes that appears in todays&#39; &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencemag.org/&quot;&gt;Science&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5963/343&quot;&gt;genome paper&lt;/a&gt; is accompanied by a really interesting &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5963/260&quot;&gt;News Focus&lt;/a&gt; that appears in the same issue of &lt;i&gt;Science&lt;/i&gt;. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A small group in my lab (Andrew Schurko, Danielle Mazur and me) contributed some analyses of the meiotic genes in the &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasonia&quot;&gt;Nasonia&lt;/a&gt; vitripennis&lt;/i&gt; genome. Unfortunately, due to space considerations, our work fell on the cutting room floor for the &lt;i&gt;Science&lt;/i&gt; paper. However, we do have a complete report of our findings that is in press at &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118497253/home&quot;&gt;Insect Molecular Biology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;UPDATE: The &lt;a href=&quot;http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/118497253/home&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nasonia&lt;/i&gt; genome special issue&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span&gt;&lt;span&gt;of  &lt;i&gt;Insect Molecular Biology&lt;/i&gt; is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt; now available online. Our paper, &quot;Inventory and phylogenomic distribution of meiotic genes in &lt;i&gt;Nasonia vitripennis&lt;/i&gt; and among diverse arthropods&quot; is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123242518/abstract&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;(photo is copyright &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.rochester.edu/college/bio/labs/WerrenLab/Species_Genet.html&quot;&gt;John H. Werren&lt;/a&gt;, 1980)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/2208749895061141413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/nasonia-genomes-published.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2208749895061141413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2208749895061141413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2010/01/nasonia-genomes-published.html' title='Nasonia genomes published'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_ljNFXJbAm5Q8I253bmKOq_hKMY-gbTouX9slpUMVugz4LTnSQv8F4FkIMeBNfmi53faBYNjdZcszt6iaqE24usMni7XfU9BwNqM82bV9sj9hm9Z9tae33iIOZIRR9Zf2XincIToqM_U/s72-c/Wasp.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-3571531424731061342</id><published>2009-11-15T19:05:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T13:03:01.901-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New and tasty header</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZLWaI32oX8fLqGXnUoWRb3LOOz9k-Cv5kFC_MB-Ei1iVBL4DSzMM44e1YC23H-c2hpn4WYy-d-e9H_8x96su0wMsoqXOXoA1C-ydtpF5vPkAkCvQQ2GaxfL-t1qtU9NsT3DISOoJHA4/s1600-h/chromosomesweb.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 280px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZLWaI32oX8fLqGXnUoWRb3LOOz9k-Cv5kFC_MB-Ei1iVBL4DSzMM44e1YC23H-c2hpn4WYy-d-e9H_8x96su0wMsoqXOXoA1C-ydtpF5vPkAkCvQQ2GaxfL-t1qtU9NsT3DISOoJHA4/s320/chromosomesweb.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404506736438053122&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Ever since moving to my new blog home, here at &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fieldofscience.com/&quot;&gt;Field of Science&lt;/a&gt;, I have been looking for some appropriate and interesting image(s) for my header. Not being much a visual artist myself, I spent some time last week perusing various open source image galleries for inspiration and free graphics. Given the various keywords that you might imagine, I quickly gave up on that strategy hoping that the internet big brothers weren&#39;t watching too closely...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But as luck would have it, my colleague &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/neiman/&quot;&gt;Maurine Neiman&lt;/a&gt; (who also works on the evolution of sex) suggested the image that now graces my header. Thanks, Maurine!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/photo10.html&quot;&gt;Cellular Mitosis (krispy kreme)&lt;/a&gt;, (2005) is the work of the artist and photographer, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/&quot;&gt;Kevin Van Aelst&lt;/a&gt;. Kevin describes his work:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;My color photographs consist of common artifacts and scenes from everyday life, which have been rearranged, assembled, and constructed into various forms, patterns, and illustrations. The images aim to examine the distance between the ‘big picture’ and the ‘little things’ in life—the banalities of our daily lives, and the sublime notions of identity and existence. While the depictions of information--such as an EKG, fingerprint, map or anatomical model--are unconventional, the truth and accuracy to the illustrations are just as valid as more traditional depictions. This work is about creating order where we expect to find randomness, and also hints that the minutiae all around us is capable of communicating much larger ideas.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Some of you might recall Kevin&#39;s work above called &lt;strong style=&quot;font-weight: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;style6&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kevinvanaelst.com/photo9.html&quot;&gt;Chromosomes&lt;/a&gt; (2005&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;). I remembered seeing this clever piece which recently made its way around the scientific blogs. So after visiting Kevin&#39;s website and enjoying all of the interesting work, I decided to write him to seek permission for using the mitosis image for my header—which he granted right away (thanks, Kevin!). Although I suggested that he do a similar series for &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meiosis&quot;&gt;meiosis&lt;/a&gt; (which is much more interesting than &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitosis&quot;&gt;mitosis&lt;/a&gt;!), he told me that he is currently not able to work on such a project. I assume that means that he is doing very well with many other projects; the evidence from his website is consistent with that interpretation.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/3571531424731061342/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/new-and-tasty-header.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3571531424731061342'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3571531424731061342'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/new-and-tasty-header.html' title='New and tasty header'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9ZLWaI32oX8fLqGXnUoWRb3LOOz9k-Cv5kFC_MB-Ei1iVBL4DSzMM44e1YC23H-c2hpn4WYy-d-e9H_8x96su0wMsoqXOXoA1C-ydtpF5vPkAkCvQQ2GaxfL-t1qtU9NsT3DISOoJHA4/s72-c/chromosomesweb.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-9086526685169968137</id><published>2009-11-10T16:34:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T18:13:18.930-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="books"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fun"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genitalia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="orgasm"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="penis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="talks"/><title type='text'>Mary Roach orates on orgasms</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwacIby2hsLxDzUpOrBu4jcRn3dEcR4bTriCcrvKb2ahCfWZLUYczCIBWJL4Q5eFBhiwaPFzomL1SFPmVjOOoJVZ12vKCyd5fPs-DBI8rS3Ba4CrvQr8IJLx0mH6l9Yi0Vshe3MYMh0pQ/s1600-h/bonk-cover-flash.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 136px; height: 200px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwacIby2hsLxDzUpOrBu4jcRn3dEcR4bTriCcrvKb2ahCfWZLUYczCIBWJL4Q5eFBhiwaPFzomL1SFPmVjOOoJVZ12vKCyd5fPs-DBI8rS3Ba4CrvQr8IJLx0mH6l9Yi0Vshe3MYMh0pQ/s200/bonk-cover-flash.png&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402611226634968706&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Roach&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Mary Roach&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; is &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;the author of &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maryroach.net/stiff.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Stiff&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maryroach.net/spook.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Spook&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; and most recently—and very relevant to me—&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maryroach.net/bonk.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Bonk &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-style: normal;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;She &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;gave a very entertaining &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.ted.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;TED&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; talk on &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:large;&quot;&gt;Ten things you didn&#39;t know about orgasm&lt;/span&gt;&quot;. It&#39;s both funny and informative. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;I read &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Bonk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; last summer (?) and while I enjoyed much of it, I also had some mixed feelings. Perhaps I&#39;ll put together a review sometime. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-family:georgia;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;In the meantime, enjoy...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;object width=&quot;446&quot; height=&quot;326&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;wmode&quot; value=&quot;transparent&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;bgColor&quot; value=&quot;#ffffff&quot;&gt; &lt;param name=&quot;flashvars&quot; value=&quot;vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/MaryRoach_2009-medium.flv&amp;amp;su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/MaryRoach-2009.embed_thumbnail.jpg&amp;amp;vw=432&amp;amp;vh=240&amp;amp;ap=0&amp;amp;ti=549&amp;amp;introDuration=16500&amp;amp;adDuration=4000&amp;amp;postAdDuration=2000&amp;amp;adKeys=talk=mary_roach_10_things_you_didn_t_know_about_orgasm;year=2009;theme=whipsmart_comedy;theme=the_creative_spark;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=speaking_at_ted2009;event=TED2009;&amp;amp;preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf&quot; 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 style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Thanks to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://pleion.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt;Pleiotropy&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot;  style=&quot;font-size:medium;&quot;&gt; for the lead.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/9086526685169968137/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/mary-roach-orates-on-orgasms.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/9086526685169968137'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/9086526685169968137'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/mary-roach-orates-on-orgasms.html' title='Mary Roach orates on orgasms'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwacIby2hsLxDzUpOrBu4jcRn3dEcR4bTriCcrvKb2ahCfWZLUYczCIBWJL4Q5eFBhiwaPFzomL1SFPmVjOOoJVZ12vKCyd5fPs-DBI8rS3Ba4CrvQr8IJLx0mH6l9Yi0Vshe3MYMh0pQ/s72-c/bonk-cover-flash.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-7165868604485331330</id><published>2009-11-09T21:07:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T21:43:26.068-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>SG&amp;E has joined Field of Science (FoS)</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGDzWATxA8IajwAv378-1mTEGLlO9TRL_ZCaDmMzZLES5ZiREGaoCbLPSTYW8a3xfiziRDYObMUASFtC3ghoQLSJJfo6b663hWC8TW6dJSEgvAJmtBcA9inyQXuB3FuRSNP18IZC4jhM/s1600-h/buffalo-field.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGDzWATxA8IajwAv378-1mTEGLlO9TRL_ZCaDmMzZLES5ZiREGaoCbLPSTYW8a3xfiziRDYObMUASFtC3ghoQLSJJfo6b663hWC8TW6dJSEgvAJmtBcA9inyQXuB3FuRSNP18IZC4jhM/s200/buffalo-field.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402314222369021106&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just when I thought that I would leisurely make my way back into blogging... &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Over the weekend I got an invitation from Edward, the editor and proprietor of &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fieldofscience.com/&quot;&gt;Field of Science&lt;/a&gt;, to join his stable of blogs. I was already a follower of Steven Salzberg&#39;s blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://genome.fieldofscience.com/&quot;&gt;Genomics, Evolution and Pseudoscience&lt;/a&gt; which had recently moved to FoS. So I shot Steven an email to seek his advice, and on his hearty recommendation, I joined with little hesitation. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now after little more than a day, I&#39;m here with a brand spankin&#39; new look and feel to my blog. I hope that you will enjoy it. Thanks, Edward! &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Image from &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.public-domain-image.com/&quot;&gt;Public domain image&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/7165868604485331330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/sg-has-joined-field-of-science-fos.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7165868604485331330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7165868604485331330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/sg-has-joined-field-of-science-fos.html' title='SG&amp;E has joined Field of Science (FoS)'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGDzWATxA8IajwAv378-1mTEGLlO9TRL_ZCaDmMzZLES5ZiREGaoCbLPSTYW8a3xfiziRDYObMUASFtC3ghoQLSJJfo6b663hWC8TW6dJSEgvAJmtBcA9inyQXuB3FuRSNP18IZC4jhM/s72-c/buffalo-field.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-3461952956947829469</id><published>2009-11-07T13:30:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-07T13:54:09.581-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="nescent"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sabbatical"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>On sabbatical at NESCent!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvoKeCHi-raeAsFwc7A9udC00_YyXV57CZmXx-3eEXeSFQnndmB4TgXS6zD0Qo_aHvZADz36QvqEz4qCOEgmIblqR_t8bHns_0J7JjeM2uTIoAjZPTBdpm21ZPsl3Oi1mWESzIE_10Nw/s1600-h/logo.gif&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 101px; height: 83px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvoKeCHi-raeAsFwc7A9udC00_YyXV57CZmXx-3eEXeSFQnndmB4TgXS6zD0Qo_aHvZADz36QvqEz4qCOEgmIblqR_t8bHns_0J7JjeM2uTIoAjZPTBdpm21ZPsl3Oi1mWESzIE_10Nw/s320/logo.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5401450153275777474&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;After many months of blogging hiatus, I am planning to get back in the groove over the next few months. Starting this week, I am a sabbatical scholar at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nescent.org/&quot;&gt;National Evolutionary Synthesis Center&lt;/a&gt; (NESCent) in &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.durham-nc.com/&quot;&gt;Durham&lt;/a&gt;, North Carolina. I&#39;ll be here through July, 2010. My &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nescent.org/science/awards_summary.php?id=200&quot;&gt;major project&lt;/a&gt; will be to write a semi-popular book on the origin and evolution of sex. This will also be a great opportunity for me to recharge my batteries and to tie up some loose ends that have been accumulating.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I plan to use this blog venue to sketch some ideas that might end up in my book, so I hope that I&#39;ll be able to re-gain (or perhaps newly gain) your attention and comments! Stay tuned...&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;P.S. I&#39;m twittering @johnlogsdon&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/3461952956947829469/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/on-sabbatical-at-nescent.html#comment-form' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3461952956947829469'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3461952956947829469'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/11/on-sabbatical-at-nescent.html' title='On sabbatical at NESCent!'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEvoKeCHi-raeAsFwc7A9udC00_YyXV57CZmXx-3eEXeSFQnndmB4TgXS6zD0Qo_aHvZADz36QvqEz4qCOEgmIblqR_t8bHns_0J7JjeM2uTIoAjZPTBdpm21ZPsl3Oi1mWESzIE_10Nw/s72-c/logo.gif" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-4226385650833504455</id><published>2009-01-27T13:46:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-05T18:38:00.908-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genomes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="journals"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lab"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>GBE: Genome Biology and Evolution</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_Lvh9SD4bpBTgdInHdfnF8I-t8FwDQYtfnphF6UyHN1ieuQDX1yGEG-Jc-aNfNy0XgA7rPO5TreWHgo8CmzdTz388W334pnu-rMbngOp1-VjePNf8JeiVN2vecR2xEyyTaMsfWnShFg/s1600-h/gbe_cover.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 134px; height: 175px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_Lvh9SD4bpBTgdInHdfnF8I-t8FwDQYtfnphF6UyHN1ieuQDX1yGEG-Jc-aNfNy0XgA7rPO5TreWHgo8CmzdTz388W334pnu-rMbngOp1-VjePNf8JeiVN2vecR2xEyyTaMsfWnShFg/s320/gbe_cover.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296066601835237826&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Just a short note to promote the fact that the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smbe.org/&quot;&gt;Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution&lt;/a&gt; (SMBE) has launched a new journal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Genome Biology and Evolution&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; (GBE). The founding Editor is &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi_Gojobori&quot;&gt;Takashi Gojobori&lt;/a&gt; and the Editor-in-chief is &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.molevol.de/lab/martin.html&quot;&gt;William (Bill) Martin&lt;/a&gt;, who was the previous Editor of the main SMBE journal, &lt;a href=&quot;http://mbe.oxfordjournals.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Molecular Biology and Evolution &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(MBE).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the GBE website:&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;em&gt;&quot;Genome Biology and Evolution&lt;/em&gt; publishes evolutionary advances at the forefront of genomics.  Papers considered for publication report novel findings in the field of evolutionary biology that concern natural genome diversity, population genomics, the structure, function, organisation and expression of genomes, comparative genomics, proteomics, and environmental genomic interactions.  Major evolutionary insights from the fields of computational biology, structural biology, developmental biology, and cell biology are also considered, as are theoretical advances in the field of genome evolution.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;It is an on-line only, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfordjournals.org/oxfordopen/&quot;&gt;Open Access&lt;/a&gt; journal published for SMBE by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfordjournals.org/&quot;&gt;Oxford Journals &lt;/a&gt;(who also publish MBE). See &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/gbe/about.html&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; for more information. Congratulations and good luck to Bill, Takashi and  the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/gbe/editorial_board.html&quot;&gt;Editorial Board&lt;/a&gt;! I had better read the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.oxfordjournals.org/our_journals/gbe/for_authors/&quot;&gt;instructions to authors&lt;/a&gt; and then get busy preparing my first  submission (of what will likely be many).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/4226385650833504455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/01/gbe-genome-biology-and-evolution.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/4226385650833504455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/4226385650833504455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/01/gbe-genome-biology-and-evolution.html' title='GBE: Genome Biology and Evolution'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr_Lvh9SD4bpBTgdInHdfnF8I-t8FwDQYtfnphF6UyHN1ieuQDX1yGEG-Jc-aNfNy0XgA7rPO5TreWHgo8CmzdTz388W334pnu-rMbngOp1-VjePNf8JeiVN2vecR2xEyyTaMsfWnShFg/s72-c/gbe_cover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-3892637013596560934</id><published>2009-01-04T15:04:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-04T15:37:46.006-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Darwin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ID"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="webpages"/><title type='text'>Nature&#39;s 15 Evolutionary Gems</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcosykE9dwo-kr6B9OChaCJNa4YnuNAaU93uwW8GEd9MnVL8z7RBTJFZUw-8Dv-txiwh1xyMkzNnxgUDebM9Z47wOwBZpsm4MvV1w1vTRwu8B9V3o6iY0TVA6xUVColWSO7l_TQKuiS7A/s1600-h/evolutiongems.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 259px; height: 280px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcosykE9dwo-kr6B9OChaCJNa4YnuNAaU93uwW8GEd9MnVL8z7RBTJFZUw-8Dv-txiwh1xyMkzNnxgUDebM9Z47wOwBZpsm4MvV1w1vTRwu8B9V3o6iY0TVA6xUVColWSO7l_TQKuiS7A/s320/evolutiongems.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287555204977208050&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This week&#39;s issue of &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/&quot;&gt;Nature&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v457/n7225/&quot;&gt;1 Jan 2009&lt;/a&gt;) includes a 17-page article by &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Nature&lt;/span&gt; editors Gee, Howlett &amp;amp; Campbell entitled &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/evolutiongems&quot;&gt;15 Evolutionary Gems&lt;/a&gt;&quot;. It&#39;s a tidy summary of key articles published in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Nature&lt;/span&gt; in the past decade that each provide clear evidence for evolution. The summary article (and apparently all of the primary articles) are &quot;free to download and disseminate, and each is accompanied by a brief editorial introduction to its context and significance&quot;. The article is featured in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Nature&lt;/span&gt;&#39;s special website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nature.com/news/specials/darwin/index.html&quot;&gt;Darwin 200&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The summary article starts...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Most biologists take for granted the idea that all life evolved by natural selection over billions of years. They get on with researching and teaching in disciplines that rest squarely on that foundation, secure in the knowledge that natural selection is a fact, in the same way that the Earth orbits the Sun is a fact.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given that the concepts and realities of Darwinian evolution are still challenged, albeit rarely by biologists, a succinct briefing on why evolution by natural selection is an empirically validated principle is useful for people to have to hand. We offer here 15 examples published by &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Nature&lt;/span&gt; over the past decade or so to illustrate the breadth, depth and power of evolutionary thinking. We are happy to offer this resource freely and encourage its free dissemination.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/3892637013596560934/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/01/natures-15-evolutionary-gems.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3892637013596560934'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3892637013596560934'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2009/01/natures-15-evolutionary-gems.html' title='Nature&#39;s 15 Evolutionary Gems'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcosykE9dwo-kr6B9OChaCJNa4YnuNAaU93uwW8GEd9MnVL8z7RBTJFZUw-8Dv-txiwh1xyMkzNnxgUDebM9Z47wOwBZpsm4MvV1w1vTRwu8B9V3o6iY0TVA6xUVColWSO7l_TQKuiS7A/s72-c/evolutiongems.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-235882671731459729</id><published>2008-12-16T09:03:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-16T09:43:08.338-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="politics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>Obama: Science and Facts are Valued</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBmixGg1gj2v5_E26iRMAzMNOLGtPJ_G3BUZ-0sEgK-whyphenhyphendCiKLlb6VxHXcxji99Mt9T89tUqIFG99Faq1-ejHwptybs7qCkMrC1g-IYd-QK9NZe224qERgaOghugfM8hh4aVuTDO7ms/s1600-h/3112176728_2c1926cc60.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 184px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBmixGg1gj2v5_E26iRMAzMNOLGtPJ_G3BUZ-0sEgK-whyphenhyphendCiKLlb6VxHXcxji99Mt9T89tUqIFG99Faq1-ejHwptybs7qCkMrC1g-IYd-QK9NZe224qERgaOghugfM8hh4aVuTDO7ms/s320/3112176728_2c1926cc60.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5280409073299726082&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I don&#39;t know much about &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Chu&quot;&gt;Steven Chu&lt;/a&gt; yet, but I am pleased that &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama&quot;&gt;Barack Obama &lt;/a&gt;has selected a real scientist for his cabinet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I heard the following quote from Obama twice on my home from work yesterday and again this morning: &lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;His appointment should send a signal to all that my administration will value science, we will make decisions based on the facts...&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; I cheered out loud! The full text of Obama&#39;s announcement can be found &lt;a href=&quot;http://change.gov/newsroom/entry/the_energy_and_environment_team/&quot;&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. (Photo from &lt;a href=&quot;http://change.gov/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-decoration: underline;&quot;&gt;Change.gov&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/235882671731459729/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/12/obama-science-and-facts-are-valued.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/235882671731459729'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/235882671731459729'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/12/obama-science-and-facts-are-valued.html' title='Obama: Science and Facts are Valued'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFBmixGg1gj2v5_E26iRMAzMNOLGtPJ_G3BUZ-0sEgK-whyphenhyphendCiKLlb6VxHXcxji99Mt9T89tUqIFG99Faq1-ejHwptybs7qCkMrC1g-IYd-QK9NZe224qERgaOghugfM8hh4aVuTDO7ms/s72-c/3112176728_2c1926cc60.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-753638594579520798</id><published>2008-12-14T20:11:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-14T20:20:29.051-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="talks"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="webpages"/><title type='text'>SMBE 2009 - Call for Symposia</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO-n_tCG5Y_i2aoKh_qSF6_3FPYtwVvFB03SEDe2PdpHoFUn-2e9adxFUZ5BAfqn0yL4fynZTOo2hyYwUI2VaMWrRtSChpmVrrt7bfnVZ4JipIv9AFM1oPJKVRSj-WYlWGe3D9FUShaI/s1600-h/SMBE2009.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 206px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO-n_tCG5Y_i2aoKh_qSF6_3FPYtwVvFB03SEDe2PdpHoFUn-2e9adxFUZ5BAfqn0yL4fynZTOo2hyYwUI2VaMWrRtSChpmVrrt7bfnVZ4JipIv9AFM1oPJKVRSj-WYlWGe3D9FUShaI/s320/SMBE2009.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279834095389189282&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Earlier this week, I posted a formal &lt;a href=&quot;http://evol.mcmaster.ca/%7Ebrian/evoldir/Conferences/UIowa.SMBE.Jun3-7.CallForSymposia&quot;&gt;announcement&lt;/a&gt; on &lt;a href=&quot;http://evol.mcmaster.ca/evoldir.html&quot;&gt;EvolDir&lt;/a&gt; that the organizers of &lt;a href=&quot;http://smbe2009.org&quot;&gt;SMBE 2009&lt;/a&gt; are now accepting proposals for contributed scientific symposia. The proposals are due on January 12, 2009. See the meeting webpage (http://smbe2009.org) for more details.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hope to get back to blogging soon!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/753638594579520798/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/12/smbe-2009-call-for-symposia.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/753638594579520798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/753638594579520798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/12/smbe-2009-call-for-symposia.html' title='SMBE 2009 - Call for Symposia'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxO-n_tCG5Y_i2aoKh_qSF6_3FPYtwVvFB03SEDe2PdpHoFUn-2e9adxFUZ5BAfqn0yL4fynZTOo2hyYwUI2VaMWrRtSChpmVrrt7bfnVZ4JipIv9AFM1oPJKVRSj-WYlWGe3D9FUShaI/s72-c/SMBE2009.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-5383267073379812304</id><published>2008-11-04T09:02:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-11-04T09:42:38.204-06:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parenting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="politics"/><title type='text'>I voted for Obama this morning</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihJAlZKCLGsy1b_fPonk38KgvPpMqO5SYdeEsshYdtaL9dRBo7QKa-pXy14U_lZWjZaLMyRA2e2Cs-5J-cauHXL-NRLg-EIu5e_6O5FSLu7iubCJa-yFITjD-98DFIcSTcHnAw05Uj0A/s1600-h/01fd704853772227bb_szm6bxwpz.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 219px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihJAlZKCLGsy1b_fPonk38KgvPpMqO5SYdeEsshYdtaL9dRBo7QKa-pXy14U_lZWjZaLMyRA2e2Cs-5J-cauHXL-NRLg-EIu5e_6O5FSLu7iubCJa-yFITjD-98DFIcSTcHnAw05Uj0A/s320/01fd704853772227bb_szm6bxwpz.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264826393917835602&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I like to vote on Election Day, and I sucessfully resisted the considerable urge for Early Voting this year. Since I was anticipating a wait at the polls, I got up a bit early this morning. I arrived with my 11-year old son, Evan, at the polling place for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.johnson-county.com/auditor/voter/cvpc.htm&quot;&gt;Coralville 6&lt;/a&gt; (Wickham Elementary, his school) at ~7:40am. Evan went over to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.kidsvotingusa.org/&quot;&gt;Kid&#39;s Voting&lt;/a&gt; booth and voted while I initially got in the wrong line (no coffee yet)... After waiting in line for a few minutes, I realized that I needed to sign-in. So I did that and returned to the line to pick up my ballot. The line was ~20 people long and was moving briskly. There were ~15 voting carrels on one side of the gymnasium (the same gym that was &lt;a href=&quot;http://johnlogsdon.blogspot.com/2008/01/iowa-boy-goes-to-caucus.html&quot;&gt;jam-packed with Democrats on Caucus night&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The ballot was a two-sided legal-sized document with bubbles to fill in. As it turns out, I &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;could&lt;/span&gt; have just bubbled-in the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.iowademocrats.org/&quot;&gt;Democratic&lt;/a&gt; strait ticket. But it was a lot more fun to fill in the bubbles separately for &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.barackobama.com/&quot;&gt;Obama/Biden&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.tomharkin.com/&quot;&gt;Harkin&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.loebsackforcongress.org/&quot;&gt;Loebsack&lt;/a&gt; and few others. I showed Evan my vote for Obama and he approved. We then together fed the ballot into the reader and each picked up &quot;I VOTED&quot; pins. All together it took about 15 minutes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am looking forward to a new start for this country!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/5383267073379812304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/11/i-voted-for-obama-this-morning.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5383267073379812304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5383267073379812304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/11/i-voted-for-obama-this-morning.html' title='I voted for Obama this morning'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihJAlZKCLGsy1b_fPonk38KgvPpMqO5SYdeEsshYdtaL9dRBo7QKa-pXy14U_lZWjZaLMyRA2e2Cs-5J-cauHXL-NRLg-EIu5e_6O5FSLu7iubCJa-yFITjD-98DFIcSTcHnAw05Uj0A/s72-c/01fd704853772227bb_szm6bxwpz.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-8152588621768418956</id><published>2008-09-21T20:18:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-21T20:55:23.476-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creationism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Darwin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="films"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fun"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ID"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="politics"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="religion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>Dodos: Free in Iowa City!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0LiCmZHGa87DKDMaMFGoIrTufpR-HNyyXpC_9Eb63eb33XDynkKripts2ZcCkFRRjuTEWOdafzpSMnA-ynMe-GJs0swVrtCbI4mIysIqEN8JFBVT9ldrAmqDaeK6sLH_cGYWYOzB0nw/s1600-h/u45202dlxm1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0LiCmZHGa87DKDMaMFGoIrTufpR-HNyyXpC_9Eb63eb33XDynkKripts2ZcCkFRRjuTEWOdafzpSMnA-ynMe-GJs0swVrtCbI4mIysIqEN8JFBVT9ldrAmqDaeK6sLH_cGYWYOzB0nw/s320/u45202dlxm1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248650413186661746&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Tomorrow (Monday, Sept. 22) in Iowa City I will be co-hosting a free public screening of &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.flockofdodos.com/&quot;&gt;&quot;A Flock of Dodos&quot;&lt;/a&gt; in Biology Building East (BBE) 101 at 7:00pm. This event is part of &lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/&quot;&gt;Scienceblogs&lt;/a&gt; 10^6 comment festival, &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;via&lt;/span&gt; our two Iowa City-based ScienceBlog-ers, Tara Smith (&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/2008/09/scienceblogs_millionth_comment.php&quot;&gt;Aetiology&lt;/a&gt;) and Evil Monkey (&lt;a href=&quot;http://scienceblogs.com/neurotopia/&quot;&gt;Neurotopia&lt;/a&gt;).  It is also associated with the Evolution undergraduate course (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/&quot;&gt;Biology&lt;/a&gt;, 002:131) that I teach with &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/mcallister/bfm_cv.html&quot;&gt;Bryant McAllister&lt;/a&gt; (can you say &quot;extra credit&quot;?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flock_of_Dodos&quot;&gt;Wikipedia&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The film attempts to determine who the real &quot;dodos&quot; are in a constantly evolving world: the scientists who are failing to promote evolution as a scientifically accepted fact, the intelligent design advocates, or the American public who get fooled by the &quot;salesmanship&quot; of evolution critics. While Randy Olson ultimately sides with the scientists who accept evolution, he gives equal air time to both sides of the argument...&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Thanks to the filmaker &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy_Olson&quot;&gt;Randy Olson&lt;/a&gt; for allowing us to screen this film for the public! I&#39;m looking forward to it, since I have not seen it yet.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/8152588621768418956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/09/dodos-free-in-iowa-city.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/8152588621768418956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/8152588621768418956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/09/dodos-free-in-iowa-city.html' title='Dodos: Free in Iowa City!'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw0LiCmZHGa87DKDMaMFGoIrTufpR-HNyyXpC_9Eb63eb33XDynkKripts2ZcCkFRRjuTEWOdafzpSMnA-ynMe-GJs0swVrtCbI4mIysIqEN8JFBVT9ldrAmqDaeK6sLH_cGYWYOzB0nw/s72-c/u45202dlxm1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-1127840389267316043</id><published>2008-09-01T16:14:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2008-09-01T17:29:03.067-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="publishing"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>Publishing by Press Release: PNAS Lags Again</title><content type='html'>&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxjX4YjtwuFtO0Zj2OotFujr7m-CXRlCPXpriQccLlFXva3L2f7WdHlYa8EXxJH23JJ0rBes01GyR9UPXc2B2tZAUuGoo5_Qocfv-clKYxf4i6o5rlLQnmas3_tM9z0Vm5Un9zMFtuzY/s1600-h/dna_barcode1_h.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxjX4YjtwuFtO0Zj2OotFujr7m-CXRlCPXpriQccLlFXva3L2f7WdHlYa8EXxJH23JJ0rBes01GyR9UPXc2B2tZAUuGoo5_Qocfv-clKYxf4i6o5rlLQnmas3_tM9z0Vm5Un9zMFtuzY/s320/dna_barcode1_h.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241169020993717042&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;Here we go again... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;I got an email message on Tuesday (August 26th) from the NSF announcing the publication of an apparently interesting and provocative new paper by Song &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;et al.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; The message linked to a press-release from NSF (dated August 25th) entitled &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112113&amp;amp;org=NSF&quot;&gt;DNA Barcodes: Are They Always Accurate?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://nsf.gov/news/news_summ.jsp?cntn_id=112113&amp;amp;org=NSF&quot;&gt;NSF Press Release&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;blockquote style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;&quot;DNA barcoding is a movement to catalog all life on earth by a simple standardized genetic tag, similar to stores labeling products with unique barcodes. The effort promises foolproof food inspection, improved border security and better defenses against disease-causing insects, among many other applications.&lt;p&gt;But the approach as currently practiced churns out some results as inaccurately as a supermarket checker scanning an apple and ringing it up as an orange, according to a new Brigham Young University (BYU) study.&lt;/p&gt;The results are published online this week in the journal &lt;em&gt;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)&lt;/em&gt;.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;After repeatedly checking the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; href=&quot;http://www.pnas.org/content/early/recent&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;PNAS&lt;/span&gt; Early Edition&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; website all last week, I see that paper in question was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt;finally&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot;&gt; released on Friday (August 29). It&#39;s even fully Open Access! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cit-auth&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hojun  Song&lt;/span&gt;,  &lt;span class=&quot;cit-auth&quot;&gt;Jennifer E.  Buhay&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span class=&quot;cit-auth&quot;&gt;Michael F.  Whiting&lt;/span&gt; and &lt;span class=&quot;cit-auth&quot;&gt;Keith A.  Crandall&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/08/28/0803076105.abstract&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Many species in one: DNA barcoding overestimates the number of species when nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes are coamplified&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;cite style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;abbr class=&quot;cit-jnl-abbrev&quot; title=&quot;Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences&quot;&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;PNAS published August 29, 2008, doi:10.1073/pnas.0803076105&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;color: rgb(0, 0, 0);&quot; class=&quot;cit-metadata&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is really frustrating. All of that effort spent to publicize the paper and people can&#39;t even get their hands on it. If you are a journalist, do you wait until the paper appears before writing your story? Probably not, in many (most?) cases. That means writing your story without the paper at hand. By the time the paper comes out (in this case, four days later), it&#39;s probably no longer &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;news&lt;/span&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Last fall, Larry Moran wrote a post on &lt;a href=&quot;http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/&quot;&gt;Sandwalk&lt;/a&gt; entitled &quot;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2007/10/mythical-pnas-papers.html&quot;&gt;Mythical PNAS Papers&lt;/a&gt;&quot; about this problem. I really wish that &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.pnas.org/&quot;&gt;PNAS&lt;/a&gt; would listen to him...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;By the way, I think that the paper deserves the PR!&lt;cite&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;cit-doi&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/cite&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;caption&quot; id=&quot;photocaption&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://nsf.gov/news/news_images.jsp?cntn_id=112113&amp;amp;org=NSF&quot;&gt;Photo Credit: &lt;/a&gt;&lt;i&gt;Biodiversity Institute of Ontario&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/1127840389267316043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/09/publishing-by-press-release-pnas-lags.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/1127840389267316043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/1127840389267316043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/09/publishing-by-press-release-pnas-lags.html' title='Publishing by Press Release: PNAS Lags Again'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYxjX4YjtwuFtO0Zj2OotFujr7m-CXRlCPXpriQccLlFXva3L2f7WdHlYa8EXxJH23JJ0rBes01GyR9UPXc2B2tZAUuGoo5_Qocfv-clKYxf4i6o5rlLQnmas3_tM9z0Vm5Un9zMFtuzY/s72-c/dna_barcode1_h.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-6609694818770680690</id><published>2008-08-24T19:35:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-24T19:56:04.896-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creationism"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Darwin"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Dawkins"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="films"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="ID"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="movie"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="religion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="TV"/><title type='text'>Dawkins&#39; Genius of Darwin</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK4_vP4ZMs7QGA0uE2kWClv4NbMh9YWbI6bKQ_uuUKj_rswJ3nEkT2UCov6LJW82eim2zY6cRrATpxd34lJ4P1HdEesX6zHFkcxKhVxG0Xf5AnPVEixKMmBfY1vxKfJbAZcV9gC0OGzQ/s1600-h/Genius-of-Darwin-Jacket-web.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 240px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK4_vP4ZMs7QGA0uE2kWClv4NbMh9YWbI6bKQ_uuUKj_rswJ3nEkT2UCov6LJW82eim2zY6cRrATpxd34lJ4P1HdEesX6zHFkcxKhVxG0Xf5AnPVEixKMmBfY1vxKfJbAZcV9gC0OGzQ/s320/Genius-of-Darwin-Jacket-web.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238249679836548866&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I just discovered that there is a new three-part series, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.channel4.com/video/the-genius-of-charles-darwin/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;The Genius of Charles Darwin, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;that was broadcast on UK &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Channel_4&quot;&gt;Channel 4&lt;/a&gt;. I tried to buy the episodes on iTunes, but they are only available in the UK. Luckily they are all posted on YouTube.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Below is the first part (of five) of the first episode, available on YouTube.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can read more about the episodes and find more links at &lt;a href=&quot;http://richarddawkins.net/article,2925,On-TV-The-Genius-of-Charles-Darwin-Presented-by-Richard-Dawkins,Richard-Dawkins-Channel-4&quot;&gt;RichardDawkins.net.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Tqm285F8Fks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;allowFullScreen&quot; value=&quot;true&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/Tqm285F8Fks&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;fs=1&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; allowfullscreen=&quot;true&quot; height=&quot;344&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/6609694818770680690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/08/dawkins-genius-of-darwin.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/6609694818770680690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/6609694818770680690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/08/dawkins-genius-of-darwin.html' title='Dawkins&#39; Genius of Darwin'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK4_vP4ZMs7QGA0uE2kWClv4NbMh9YWbI6bKQ_uuUKj_rswJ3nEkT2UCov6LJW82eim2zY6cRrATpxd34lJ4P1HdEesX6zHFkcxKhVxG0Xf5AnPVEixKMmBfY1vxKfJbAZcV9gC0OGzQ/s72-c/Genius-of-Darwin-Jacket-web.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-5184577147968161480</id><published>2008-08-07T15:57:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2008-08-07T17:28:59.682-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="eukaryotes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genes"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meiosis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="protists"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>Sexy paper just out in PLoS ONE</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQk9h66PoabuMRP0k93LFnYO8D5nzWB2X_1bTIt1T3fQKrSJJuzroVg9fAWbUiIMllvirqMYu4LyWwPYM0lg7pGH8msLpVLwvc4Ig6Zgsa4mhJ5gKXNT-YLVottN6rbjmAOwkj1CdRLU/s1600-h/journal.pone.0002879.g001.png&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQk9h66PoabuMRP0k93LFnYO8D5nzWB2X_1bTIt1T3fQKrSJJuzroVg9fAWbUiIMllvirqMYu4LyWwPYM0lg7pGH8msLpVLwvc4Ig6Zgsa4mhJ5gKXNT-YLVottN6rbjmAOwkj1CdRLU/s320/journal.pone.0002879.g001.png&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231902637058210914&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;My lab has taken its initial journey on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plosone.org/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;PLoS ONE&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Yesterday, our paper entitled &quot;&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0002879&quot;&gt;An Expanded Inventory of Conserved Meiotic Genes Provides Evidence for Sex in Trichomonas vaginalis&lt;/a&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt; was published in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;PLoS ONE.&lt;/span&gt; It&#39;s a updated and detailed report on the ongoing work in my lab to generate and curate an &quot;inventory&quot; of genes involved in meiosis that are present across major eukaryotic lineages. This paper focuses on the protist&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;, Trichomonas vaginalis,&lt;/span&gt; an organism not known to have a sexual phase in its life cycle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is the Abstract:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;Meiosis is a defining feature of eukaryotes but its phylogenetic distribution has not been broadly determined, especially among eukaryotic microorganisms (&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;i.e.&lt;/span&gt; protists)—which represent the majority of eukaryotic ‘supergroups’. We surveyed genomes of animals, fungi, plants and protists for meiotic genes, focusing on the evolutionarily divergent parasitic protist &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;Trichomonas vaginalis&lt;/span&gt;. We identified homologs of 29 components of the meiotic recombination machinery, as well as the synaptonemal and meiotic sister chromatid cohesion complexes. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;T. vaginalis&lt;/span&gt; has orthologs of 27 of 29 meiotic genes, including eight of nine genes that encode meiosis-specific proteins in model organisms. Although meiosis has not been observed in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;T. vaginalis&lt;/span&gt;, our findings suggest it is either currently sexual or a recent asexual, consistent with observed, albeit unusual, sexual cycles in their distant parabasalid relatives, the hypermastigotes. &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;T. vaginalis&lt;/span&gt; may use meiotic gene homologs to mediate homologous recombination and genetic exchange. Overall, this expanded inventory of meiotic genes forms a useful “meiosis detection toolkit”. Our analyses indicate that these meiotic genes arose, or were already present, early in eukaryotic evolution; thus, the eukaryotic cenancestor contained most or all components of this set and was likely capable of performing meiotic recombination using near-universal meiotic machinery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; Here are my impressions of publishing in PLoS ONE (so far)...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;PROS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;It was fast. Submission to acceptance was less than a month. It took us longer to revise the final copy than to gain initial acceptance.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The PLoS editorial staff were very accommodating and helpful throughout the process. In particular, they quickly transferred our manuscript between other PLoS journals (where it was initially rejected). &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The review process was great. In this case, only one reviewer was contacted. S/he liked the paper, and gave some suggestions for improvement that were left up to us to incorporate. We heeded some, but not all of the advice given.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It was (fairly) inexpensive. The &quot;page charges&quot; ($1125) were ~40% less than those levied for a similar non-OA journal that we have published in recently. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;CONS:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;There was no opportunity given for making corrections to proofs. I have already identified an issue with one of the tables that would have been corrected in proof had there been an opportunity. There are always a few things that the author can notice that the copy editors (however talented they are) might miss. Why not add the author as a final checker?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The Journal Management System (for e-submission and tracking) is a bit too complicated for my taste. It takes quite a while (1+ hour) to get all of the information pasted into the form.  I may just need to get to used to this level of front-end effort. However, as noted above, the journal staff helped me by moving all of the manuscript info from one journal to another. If not, it would have been painful to repeat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;As of this posting, our paper has not yet appeared in the listing of papers published yesterday. I assume (and hope) that this is a small and non-frequent oversight, but an annoying one when it&#39;s my paper!&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;I think that the PROS much outweigh the CONS in this case.  Direct any comments on the paper itself to the &lt;a style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot; href=&quot;http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0002879&quot;&gt;PLoS ONE&lt;/a&gt; site.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/5184577147968161480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/08/sexy-paper-just-out-in-plos-one.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5184577147968161480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5184577147968161480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/08/sexy-paper-just-out-in-plos-one.html' title='Sexy paper just out in &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;PLoS ONE&lt;/span&gt;'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIQk9h66PoabuMRP0k93LFnYO8D5nzWB2X_1bTIt1T3fQKrSJJuzroVg9fAWbUiIMllvirqMYu4LyWwPYM0lg7pGH8msLpVLwvc4Ig6Zgsa4mhJ5gKXNT-YLVottN6rbjmAOwkj1CdRLU/s72-c/journal.pone.0002879.g001.png" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-7484958437948908323</id><published>2008-07-28T13:02:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-07-28T13:52:10.958-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flooding"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>Coitus Interruptus in Iowa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmwRrjk1K9QGN8qcVDbIsHlSk0Ec6BrXVrcw1upsfaJymmCrqXWUVprwuKFtv_l55MH3pVrwxThjLFlf449o4elc_RlQ43nkT1ExI-kiIqZxT0o4XQ6fBt3HKkeb9TUMZQO21QukGcCQ/s1600-h/Flood-River+North.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmwRrjk1K9QGN8qcVDbIsHlSk0Ec6BrXVrcw1upsfaJymmCrqXWUVprwuKFtv_l55MH3pVrwxThjLFlf449o4elc_RlQ43nkT1ExI-kiIqZxT0o4XQ6fBt3HKkeb9TUMZQO21QukGcCQ/s320/Flood-River+North.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5228131130516931522&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size:180%;&quot;&gt;May 31 to June 3, 2009! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;These are the dates for &lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/&quot;&gt;Evolution of Sex &amp;amp; Recombination: In Theory &amp;amp; In Practice&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Based on overwhelmingly positive responses from the previously scheduled speakers and registrants, we have decided to reschedule the meeting for next year. We are hopeful to have significantly drier weather in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The reborn Sex &amp;amp; Recombination meeting will immediately precede &lt;a href=&quot;http://smbe2009.org&quot;&gt;SMBE 2009&lt;/a&gt;, the annual meeting of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.smbe.org/&quot;&gt;Society for Molecular Biology &amp;amp; Evolution&lt;/a&gt; that will also be held in &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa&quot;&gt;Iowa City&lt;/a&gt; June 3-7, 2009. Both events are being hosted by the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/&quot;&gt;Roy J. Carver Center for Comparative Genomics&lt;/a&gt; with financial support coming from a number of sponsors.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#39;ll be posting here and on &lt;a href=&quot;http://evol.mcmaster.ca/evoldir.html&quot;&gt;EvolDir&lt;/a&gt; as futher details become available.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Image shows the Iowa River as it runs through the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.uiowa.edu/&quot;&gt;University of Iowa&lt;/a&gt; on June 18th. Thanks to &lt;a href=&quot;http://picasaweb.google.com/mskoch123/Flood2008&quot;&gt;Monica&lt;/a&gt;.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/7484958437948908323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/07/coitus-interruptus-in-iowa.html#comment-form' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7484958437948908323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7484958437948908323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/07/coitus-interruptus-in-iowa.html' title='Coitus Interruptus in Iowa'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMmwRrjk1K9QGN8qcVDbIsHlSk0Ec6BrXVrcw1upsfaJymmCrqXWUVprwuKFtv_l55MH3pVrwxThjLFlf449o4elc_RlQ43nkT1ExI-kiIqZxT0o4XQ6fBt3HKkeb9TUMZQO21QukGcCQ/s72-c/Flood-River+North.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-2517717083443068845</id><published>2008-06-17T09:23:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-17T11:59:03.625-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flooding"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="lab"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>Future Sex in Iowa??</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4b4Lb2vYHHhOfIeqEuBfQoMEUcVJb76aImz-dTkLHyzhDN1KyXp3-SAzFskWDn4apWjkuCvufx-jOlVndLAKPlV5QnPcZJY961fdX2XiLlAaPCvDf4a2CzUVR6D4C7ezoEnPHK5TWWI/s1600-h/SxRecCover.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 187px; height: 242px;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4b4Lb2vYHHhOfIeqEuBfQoMEUcVJb76aImz-dTkLHyzhDN1KyXp3-SAzFskWDn4apWjkuCvufx-jOlVndLAKPlV5QnPcZJY961fdX2XiLlAaPCvDf4a2CzUVR6D4C7ezoEnPHK5TWWI/s200/SxRecCover.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5212859426243013586&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Things have settled down a bit here in Iowa City. Although a significant portion of the campus has been hit hard by the flooding, my Department, lab and home have all been spared. We are &quot;suspending non-essential activities&quot; on campus this week, which means that my Department and lab are shut down for the rest of the week. Thanks to everyone for their concerns and kind wishes in this difficult time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The organizing committee has not been able to meet to discuss the possibility of re-scheduling the Sex &amp;amp; Recombination meeting for a future date. I&#39;ll be querying the registrants in the coming weeks for their thoughts. I am also strongly considering attending the Evolution 2008 meeting in Minneapolis next week (as I had originally planned). If so, I&#39;ll be looking forward to hearing peoples&#39; thoughts on this matter in person.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Again, thanks to everyone for their patience in this difficult time.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/2517717083443068845/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/future-sex-in-iowa.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2517717083443068845'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2517717083443068845'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/future-sex-in-iowa.html' title='Future Sex in Iowa??'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd4b4Lb2vYHHhOfIeqEuBfQoMEUcVJb76aImz-dTkLHyzhDN1KyXp3-SAzFskWDn4apWjkuCvufx-jOlVndLAKPlV5QnPcZJY961fdX2XiLlAaPCvDf4a2CzUVR6D4C7ezoEnPHK5TWWI/s72-c/SxRecCover.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-7509353101855476594</id><published>2008-06-12T17:21:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-13T08:39:11.240-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flooding"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>No Sex in Iowa</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k9fnLvQiQBuvrU5-wgy7d1W1LMsh3xE6QkuRlLQqc2REpj5R2CV4obJR_l5Yvy1Lrz6h8Nb1MlsultM3a51hTIM8Q18MkC16MBEzmBfcBuAJCQa-4by9PGGNrVLjTuAzeZX31gUNmSY/s1600-h/Slide1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k9fnLvQiQBuvrU5-wgy7d1W1LMsh3xE6QkuRlLQqc2REpj5R2CV4obJR_l5Yvy1Lrz6h8Nb1MlsultM3a51hTIM8Q18MkC16MBEzmBfcBuAJCQa-4by9PGGNrVLjTuAzeZX31gUNmSY/s320/Slide1.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5211360168430883650&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Contrary to yesterday&#39;s post, the Sex &amp;amp; Recombination meeting has now been cancelled. The flooding is bad and is getting worse in Iowa City. This turn of events is very disappointing, but necessary. &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/7509353101855476594/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/no-sex-in-iowa.html#comment-form' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7509353101855476594'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/7509353101855476594'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/no-sex-in-iowa.html' title='No Sex in Iowa'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9k9fnLvQiQBuvrU5-wgy7d1W1LMsh3xE6QkuRlLQqc2REpj5R2CV4obJR_l5Yvy1Lrz6h8Nb1MlsultM3a51hTIM8Q18MkC16MBEzmBfcBuAJCQa-4by9PGGNrVLjTuAzeZX31gUNmSY/s72-c/Slide1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-5260022310039767187</id><published>2008-06-11T16:26:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2008-06-11T16:52:09.506-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="flooding"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>(Wet) Sex in Iowa</title><content type='html'>&lt;img style=&quot;float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPNihq1eeonlSZvlXDbL0QlmIh1KqiZyI0YiLUTGeIPM38UcwdAOgJ5epZuCJ0IwHVMTfuEsENHX55hFVB7T_8LCfmmn_Uk5WTVkVLVe5cD__mf8fS83d76Ccpt1Nfri_Z3txvh-CYBM/s320/a4197bfb-b0b8-4c5c-a061-a320cb43779f.Large.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5210744247060071858&quot; /&gt;For those of you who might be wondering, the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/&quot;&gt;Evolution of Sex &amp;amp; Recombination&lt;/a&gt; meeting is continuing as scheduled (Monday 16 June to Thursday 19 June). Although &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.press-citizen.com/&quot;&gt;parts of Iowa City are being hit rather hard with floods&lt;/a&gt;, the meeting venue and most of the accommodations are still in good shape. Updates will soon be available on the &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/&quot;&gt;meeting website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Photo by &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=PluckGalleryPhoto&amp;amp;plckPhotoID=6e5d1880-c1a1-4989-ba5c-0b10c89a4e8a&amp;amp;plckGalleryID=76eaadb6-f99c-474f-8e25-86309920e37b&quot;&gt;atoomsen&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/5260022310039767187/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/wet-sex-in-iowa.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5260022310039767187'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/5260022310039767187'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/06/wet-sex-in-iowa.html' title='(Wet) Sex in Iowa'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzPNihq1eeonlSZvlXDbL0QlmIh1KqiZyI0YiLUTGeIPM38UcwdAOgJ5epZuCJ0IwHVMTfuEsENHX55hFVB7T_8LCfmmn_Uk5WTVkVLVe5cD__mf8fS83d76Ccpt1Nfri_Z3txvh-CYBM/s72-c/a4197bfb-b0b8-4c5c-a061-a320cb43779f.Large.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-2743094178815418450</id><published>2008-05-06T20:13:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-06T21:11:32.881-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="films"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="fun"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="genitalia"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="movie"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="penis"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><title type='text'>Green Porno</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID7eUvUjwtBUpWXm1Xpb5ivCIvd3IINxv3zLNqc15khbssZxhvzw-O5Oh0Tui8fYN38FQ7VVeyualNgxtTuINgO01Z9QFJ0qgiyXWAHE1qxhDXFdVvWpkYJ3OzeWh9bFTXNgKBicY5Gc/s1600-h/GreenPorno_Snail1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID7eUvUjwtBUpWXm1Xpb5ivCIvd3IINxv3zLNqc15khbssZxhvzw-O5Oh0Tui8fYN38FQ7VVeyualNgxtTuINgO01Z9QFJ0qgiyXWAHE1qxhDXFdVvWpkYJ3OzeWh9bFTXNgKBicY5Gc/s320/GreenPorno_Snail1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5197452391550432370&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I can&#39;t believe that I missed &lt;a href=&quot;http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/isabella-rossellini-does-bug-porn/&quot;&gt;this&lt;/a&gt;, but thanks to a &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.biology.uiowa.edu/faculty_info.php?ID=1409&quot;&gt;colleague&lt;/a&gt;, I can now share....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In a series of short films that premiered at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sundance.org/festival/&quot;&gt;Sundance Film Festival&lt;/a&gt; earlier this year, &lt;a href=&quot;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Rossellini&quot;&gt;Isabella Rossellini&lt;/a&gt; plays the part of various invertebrates in various acts of sexual reproduction. You can now see them all online at the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sundancechannel.com/greenporno&quot;&gt;Sundance Channel website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;According to the &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.sundancechannel.com/minisites/greenporno/pr/Green%20Porno%20General%20Press%20kit.pdf&quot;&gt;press release&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;Green Porno is a series of very short films conceived, written, directed by and featuring Isabella Rossellini about the sex life of bugs, insects and various creatures. The films are a comical, but insightful study of the curious ways certain bugs “make love”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Each film is executed in a very simple childlike manner. They are a playful mixture of real world and cartoon. Each episode begins with Isabella speaking to the camera “If I were a…(firefly, spider, dragonfly etc.). She then transforms into the male of the species explaining in a simple yet direct dialogue the actual act of species specific fornication. The costumes, colorful sets and backdrops as well as the female insects (all simple paper cut-outs and sculptures) contribute to the playfulness of the films. The contrast of this “naïf” expression and filthy sex practices adds to the comicality of Green Porno. This child-like manner allows us to describe things that could possibly come across as offensive to some.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;My favorite is one of two non-arthropod shorts: the Snail (pictured above).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here is a short piece I found on You Tube:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;object height=&quot;355&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;movie&quot; value=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/fs6zXf7qqJY&amp;amp;hl=en&quot;&gt;&lt;param name=&quot;wmode&quot; value=&quot;transparent&quot;&gt;&lt;embed src=&quot;http://www.youtube.com/v/fs6zXf7qqJY&amp;amp;hl=en&quot; type=&quot;application/x-shockwave-flash&quot; wmode=&quot;transparent&quot; height=&quot;355&quot; width=&quot;425&quot;&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The vignettes remind me of the &lt;a href=&quot;http://drtatiana.com/&quot;&gt;Dr. Tatiana&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/K/kamasutra/index.html&quot;&gt;televison series&lt;/a&gt; that was apparently too bold for US sentiments (but that I have been lucky to see!).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It looks like it&#39;s hitting the blogs now (&lt;a href=&quot;http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/05/green-porno-sta.html&quot;&gt;Wired&lt;/a&gt;), so I had better get this posted. Enjoy!</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/2743094178815418450/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/05/green-porno.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2743094178815418450'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2743094178815418450'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/05/green-porno.html' title='Green Porno'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgID7eUvUjwtBUpWXm1Xpb5ivCIvd3IINxv3zLNqc15khbssZxhvzw-O5Oh0Tui8fYN38FQ7VVeyualNgxtTuINgO01Z9QFJ0qgiyXWAHE1qxhDXFdVvWpkYJ3OzeWh9bFTXNgKBicY5Gc/s72-c/GreenPorno_Snail1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-3639804196300251616</id><published>2008-05-04T17:24:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2008-05-04T17:43:18.250-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="conference"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="evolution"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="meetings"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="sex"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="talks"/><title type='text'>Sex in Iowa</title><content type='html'>I&#39;m sorry that I have been such an infrequent blogger for the past few months, but life has been busier than normal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of the things keeping me away is that I have been organizing a meeting, &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/&quot;&gt;&quot;Evolution of Sex &amp;amp; Recombination: In Theory &amp;amp; In Practice&quot;&lt;/a&gt; to be held in Iowa City June 16-19.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8NlNnJJvIc5hbGz2mincW0mNzyNj2a6X1jPRWOs5XhDiOhEftAHpau50k59kvwsIYGFj5vXTcd-R4RjjtbHD1ROHZIWqynNMwprQAEYNDx9OL4wiLWdGty0byVDtbA3DAcoM4jI6xtM/s1600-h/SexRec.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8NlNnJJvIc5hbGz2mincW0mNzyNj2a6X1jPRWOs5XhDiOhEftAHpau50k59kvwsIYGFj5vXTcd-R4RjjtbHD1ROHZIWqynNMwprQAEYNDx9OL4wiLWdGty0byVDtbA3DAcoM4jI6xtM/s320/SexRec.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5196655516203234338&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We now have a &lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/SexRecSchedule.pdf&quot;&gt;final speaker schedule&lt;/a&gt; together and it looks to be a very exciting meeting!&lt;a href=&quot;http://ccg.biology.uiowa.edu/sexrec/regform2.php&quot;&gt; Registration&lt;/a&gt; is still open for poster-presenters and attendees.</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/3639804196300251616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/05/sex-in-iowa.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3639804196300251616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/3639804196300251616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/05/sex-in-iowa.html' title='Sex in Iowa'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB8NlNnJJvIc5hbGz2mincW0mNzyNj2a6X1jPRWOs5XhDiOhEftAHpau50k59kvwsIYGFj5vXTcd-R4RjjtbHD1ROHZIWqynNMwprQAEYNDx9OL4wiLWdGty0byVDtbA3DAcoM4jI6xtM/s72-c/SexRec.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8488546042136769604.post-2652755804206022642</id><published>2008-02-18T14:02:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2008-07-29T16:39:44.703-05:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogs"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="films"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="iowa"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="mentoring"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="movie"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="science"/><title type='text'>Dark Matter</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur=&quot;try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}&quot; href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPSj8-5nNCz2t-Q4qMV4C9yAt7TeYNv_McZv8QXrHtrpiqdD4FPPwzOUjYa79Vr-bRFdBuP-RooErcluBt7go5sQqseG-sRIrKnFIrsADcAZ6ztX8bVw6ewvriWe_q414jwAqxEmb2jA/s1600-h/pic_ASPL_DM_Page1.jpg&quot;&gt;&lt;img style=&quot;margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPSj8-5nNCz2t-Q4qMV4C9yAt7TeYNv_McZv8QXrHtrpiqdD4FPPwzOUjYa79Vr-bRFdBuP-RooErcluBt7go5sQqseG-sRIrKnFIrsADcAZ6ztX8bVw6ewvriWe_q414jwAqxEmb2jA/s200/pic_ASPL_DM_Page1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; id=&quot;BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5168415797212500290&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;A follow-up on a  &lt;a href=&quot;http://johnlogsdon.blogspot.com/2007/03/dark-matter-between-students-and.html&quot;&gt;blog post from last year&lt;/a&gt;...&lt;p&gt;According to &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/people,688,streeps-campus-massacre-film-to-go-ahead,17835&quot;&gt;The First Post&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&quot;The release of a new &lt;strong&gt;Meryl Streep&lt;/strong&gt; movie about a campus killing spree, which was postponed last year after the shooting of 32 people at Virginia Tech, will not be delayed again – despite the recent spate of campus killings, including the gunning down of five students in a classroom at Northern Illinois University on St Valentine’s Day.&lt;em&gt; Dark Matter&lt;/em&gt; is based on the true story of &lt;strong&gt;Gang Lu&lt;/strong&gt;, a Chinese graduate student at the University of Iowa who shot and killed five people and paralysed another before killing himself in 1991. In real life, Lu&#39;s rage was fueled by his belief that he should have received honours for his doctoral dissertation that were instead awarded to a fellow student.&quot;&lt;/blockquote&gt;Here is a link to movie&#39;s &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.darkmatterthefilm.com/&quot;&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. (There is now a trailer that you can watch: Updated 7/29/08)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/feeds/2652755804206022642/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/02/dark-matter.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2652755804206022642'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8488546042136769604/posts/default/2652755804206022642'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://johnlogsdon.fieldofscience.com/2008/02/dark-matter.html' title='Dark Matter'/><author><name>John Logsdon</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17531681775278694585</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='29' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk7EhJ1dp5jBdjvtWVvp7krrVkRt6T0jBpfMk1yQce5WEaTb8vM1dOOLooyCF04-PTdY-z_RclfFYLDft8GHtZtknCKQN-BpLeqkYB14nXpjZOapE9byPwrG5USdEWcMo/s220/John-postcut.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPSj8-5nNCz2t-Q4qMV4C9yAt7TeYNv_McZv8QXrHtrpiqdD4FPPwzOUjYa79Vr-bRFdBuP-RooErcluBt7go5sQqseG-sRIrKnFIrsADcAZ6ztX8bVw6ewvriWe_q414jwAqxEmb2jA/s72-c/pic_ASPL_DM_Page1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry></feed>

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