NMPDR

7 entries

• The NMPDR Grant Renewal
  It is a very difficult thing for a conservative extremist like myself to have a pet whose livelihood is based on government funding. Part of the problem is that the government is such a big player that private foundations like...
  
  # At October 19, 2008 4:00 PM | Tags: bioinformatics biology DNA annotation listeria metagenomes NMPDR philosophy science staphylococcus aureus
• The Really Bad Strain of Staphylococcus Aureus
  I'm going to get into political philosophy before this article is over, but I have to lay some groundwork first. The groundwork relates to the problem of antibiotic resistance in disease and how we're fighting it. You might also want...
  
  # At December 21, 2007 5:53 PM | Tags: antibiotics bacteria bioinformatics biology conservative DNA medicine methicillin NMPDR penicillin philosophy staphylococcus aureus
• Fighting Back at Drug-Resistant Diseases
  Bacterial drug resistance is in the news today, thanks to a man infected with a drug-resistant form of tuberculosis who chose to expose hundreds of people to his condition. The problem of drug resistance is due to a characteristic of...
  
  # At May 30, 2007 11:57 PM | Tags: antibiotics bacteria bioinformatics biology drug resistance drugs in silico screening medicine stress response tuberculosis
• The 48-Hour Key to Understanding DNA
  Bruce's day job, as regular readers know, is maintaining a database of genetic information. The goal of any genetics project is to find out which parts of the DNA do what. Insiders call this genetic annotation, and this article is...
  
  # At February 23, 2007 6:12 PM | Tags: automated bioinformatics DNA DNA annotation microbiology subsystems
• Sometimes a Pet's Problem is Also Your Problem
  Today we replaced Peg-Eye Nate's headshot with a much more recent one taken by a professional photographer. While Bruce and I were admiring the results, I noticed that there are not nearly enough pictures of me on the front page....
  
  # At December 6, 2006 7:54 PM | Tags: bioinformatics cats humor NMPDR Peg-Eye Nate protease
• When Science Fiction Becomes Something Completely Different From Science
  Having a molecular biologist as a pet is not without its problems. Those who know Bruce consider him the very model of the sort of foggy-brained individual who will design some new biological weapon without understanding that it might be...
  
  # At October 23, 2006 8:53 PM | Tags: cloning DNA annotation genetic engineering NMPDR science science fiction subsystems
• The National Microbial Pathogen Data Resource
  I've decided I should write about the web site Bruce is working on for the government. When I say "government", I mean either the Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, or the Department of Homeland Security. Bruce doesn't understand...
  
  # At August 30, 2006 12:43 PM | Tags: antibiotics bioinformatics DNA evolution medicine NMPDR pathogens proteins RNA