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  • Extensible Open source -omics software

    Understanding complex data takes effort. This graphic shows co-morbidites in COVID-19 that was accomplished by a piece of software called Cytoscape The number of open source software that is available is a big list. One of them is Cytoscape. It has ability for wonderful integration of network data from various sources that can be analyzed…

  • Provivi

    Now that is an interesting company. An ability to control pests without killing them. https://provivi.com/en/the-science The company generates a pheromone that confuses the pests so that it cannot find its mate and that way is not able to reproduce. So it eventually dies and does not multiply. The unique thing about the company is the…

  • Product

    What is a product by a company. The simplest example is a car that is made by the car company. The product is the car. But as the sales guys teach: their product is transportation. They offer the ability to travel from one place to another and the freedom that comes with it. So that…

  • L-theanine

    It is surprising how much chemistry goes into understanding basic biology. Considering a simple cup of tea. There have been many studies showing the important bioactive compounds in tea. Catechins are polyphenols that got significant attention for their anti-oxidant activities. Then there is caffeine. But another component L-theanine has not been discussed much. L-theanine is…

  • Analyze biological data Mix-omics

    One of the oldest entrants in the integration, visualization and analysis of data from various sources (genotype, phenotype etc.,) is Mix-omics. http://mixomics.org/ The project started in 2009 and has been a continuously developed framework for multiple data sources. The graphic shows the multivariate methods available today for users. There is also sample data sets available…

  • Discoveries and Publicity

    A university in Netherlands, Eindhoven institute of technology discovered a protein that is a variety of luciferase that generates light based on the concentration of the analyte. They also modified it so that another protein that is integrated to the same protein converts the light that is emitted to another color based on the binding…