by Kerin Higa | Feb 2, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Last week, I read The Professor and the Madman, a fascinating account by Simon Winchester about Dr. William Chester Minor and the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. Dr. Minor was one of the greatest volunteer contributors to the OED, and he did it all from...
by Melissa Lau | Jan 26, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Sonic hedgehog. Tin Man. Smaug. As much as I might wish, this list is not the line-up for a “Super Smash Bros: Literary Edition.” Putting my daydreaming aside (I mean, who wouldn’t want to see Elizabeth Bennet take on Lord Voldemort?), these three names are...
by Kerin Higa | Jan 19, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
The Urban Dictionary definition of “weeone” is: Usually a nickname for a shorter, petite, awesome, hot woman with a height under 5’2″ In casual conversation, according to UD user andyisdandy, you might say, “hey look at that weeone over...
by Kerin Higa | Jan 12, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
When you hear the word “scurvy,” dirty old sailors and pirates like Jack Sparrow probably come to mind. Scurvy is a disease, formerly common among seafarers, that may result in anemia, lethargy, spotty/wounded skin, spongy gums, and jaundice....
by Kerin Higa | Jan 5, 2015 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a devastating neurodegenerative disorder that affects approximately one in every 20,000 Americans. HD’s namesake, George Huntingon, was not the first but the most acclaimed reporter of the disease. In 1872, when he was just 22 years old...
by ginger | Dec 31, 2014 | BioGPS, Featured Article Series, GeneOfTheWeek, plugin, sulab
This year, BioGPS has received 40K more queries than last year, and that’s not even counting this month’s queries!* According to google scholar, the BioGPS paper has been cited 586 of which 143 were publications in 2014. Publications about the default data...
