Methylation refers to a chemical modification of DNA and this modification can occur in millions of positions in the DNA sequence. Until now, scientists believed that this epigenetic phenomenon actively reduced the expression of certain genes. Today, a team of researchers from the University of Geneva (UNIGE), Switzerland, led by Emmanouil Dermitzakis, Louis-Jeantet Professor at [...]

Juri  just sent me the following: Dear Igor, I follow your blog since I was working on my MSc thesis in 2009 and I always appreciated your efforts to spread news and interesting works related to CS and sparse signal processing. .... I would like to point out a couple of recent results obtained in my lab that are of possible interest for the readers of your blog: 1) The first one, talks about an algorithm for near-optimal sensor placement to solve a linear inverse […]

The number of cases reported in an E. coli outbreak has increased to 9 confirmed cases and 8 probable, DuPage County health officials said Tuesday. Six of the nine confirmed cases left people hospitalized, but all have been released, said … Continue reading →

Ann:  May I introduce my friend and colleague, Sharon Weinberger. She once wrote a book about her trips to the world’s various nuclear test sites and it sold reasonably well, probably to boys.  But recently somebody else’s book, The Girls of Atomic City: The Untold History of the Women Who Helped Win World War II, [...]

In the last few years, an increasing number of adverts have appeared promoting the inclusion of probiotic food and drink in our diets. Such products contain “friendly” bacteria— most commonly Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium—which can benefit our health in a number of ways, including stimulating the immune system, treating Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and preventing diarrhoea. [...]The post Fruit, Veg and “Friendly” Bacteria: The Next Step in Probiotics? appeared first on […]