Sunday, January 31, 2016

A little time for this


Time can be in short supply but if I add up the time spent waiting around, then it seems abundant.
However, time spent waiting can be wasted time since it's difficult to put it toward working on a project. When you're not sure how much time there is, there's little point embarking on something big.
And this is where digital sketching comes in. Have tablet, have stylus - will sketch!

Friday, January 29, 2016

daily snapshot: January 29, 2016 at 05:28PM


TGIF meet at DQ to start the weekend #artrage #digitalink #digitalart #digitalmarkers
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The Endometrial Proteome and Unexplained Infertility


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In 25 to 35% of cases of primary infertility, doctors cannot reach a diagnosis that fully explains why a patient is infertile. This means that many women never learn why they cannot conceive and, as a result, fail to receive effective treatment. Manohar et al. (2015) attempt to set fertility research on the right track Read the rest of this article

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Thursday, January 28, 2016

Promoting Access Increases Historical Biobank Value


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Giffen et al. (2015) demonstrate that promotion, enabling access to biosamples and data, and widening the audience of interest all enhance the value of a historical biobank collection.1 Describing the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) Biologic Specimen and Data Repository Information Coordinating Center (BioLINCC) initiative, the authors explain the steps taken to consolidate the Read the rest of this article

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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

The Biobanking Data Tease: Reveal Too Much or Too Little?


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The single biggest asset in biobanking is data—this is what makes a bioresource so valuable to the research world. But it is also potentially the biggest headache. In order to realize its full potential, a biobank must make data available to researchers, which then can jeopardize its biggest stakeholders: the donors. Releasing data is a Read the rest of this article

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Plant Antimicrobials and the Food Industry: Part 2 – Antimicrobial Peptides


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Plant antimicrobial peptides, or PAMPs, are protein compounds produced by plants to defend against microbial attack1. They are positively charged, amphiphilic molecules found throughout the plant, existing in leaves, stem, stalk and other tissues. Plants release PAMPs in response to microbial infection and infestation, or produce them constitutively as part of the overall pathogen defense Read the rest of this article

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Sunday, January 24, 2016

daily snapshot: January 24, 2016 at 10:33PM


Pulling faces #artrage #digitalart #digitalwatercolor #portrait
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

daily snapshot: January 23, 2016 at 09:17AM


Making faces. This happened last night during art class. Yesterday, I nominally gave myself a 'day off', meaning to go snowboarding. But the weather was initially not so great so I got down to moving some paperwork. It took longer than I thought and I didn't have time to get this face out before I had to get back into domestic duties. Thank goodness for art class all evening - an enforced time to create! #oilbar #winsorandnewton #woodpanel #portrait #wip
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Wednesday, January 20, 2016

daily snapshot: January 20, 2016 at 05:21PM


Wednesday is snowboard night
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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Bring out Your Dead: The GTEx Study and Cadaver Tissue Procurement


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With a goal of collecting multiple biosamples, researchers in the GTEx (Genotype-Tissue Expression) project faced a problem: where to get samples for a reference library cataloging non-diseased tissue gene expression. Carithers et al. (2015) provide an overview of the resourceful solution to this potentially limiting factor in study design.1 The GTEx project aims to examine the correlation Read the rest of this article

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Friday, January 15, 2016

daily snapshot: January 15, 2016 at 11:59AM


Studio companion feels entitled to poached egg lunch too #tripawd #prfu #writersofinstagram
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Head in the Thermo Fisher Cloud for Proteomics Data Analysis


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Mass spectrometry–based proteomics research generates vast amounts of digital data, from both the initial spectral outputs to the peptide and the protein identifications that emerge from them. Recent analysis apps added to the Thermo Fisher Cloud service can help researchers take the next steps in interpreting results, looking more closely to interpret the data and Read the rest of this article

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Thursday, January 14, 2016

daily snapshot: January 14, 2016 at 02:16PM


Haven't been along this path for a while; good to see the arthritis meds kick in so well #tripawd #rescuedog
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Plant Antimicrobials and the Food Industry: Part 1


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In order to maintain product quality and protect consumers, food producers must control microbial contamination that could cause spoilage or foodborne illness. However, current expectations from consumers mean that natural is better for acceptance in the marketplace. For this reason, food industry researchers are looking at plant antimicrobials as ‘natural’ tools to control bacteria, viruses, Read the rest of this article

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Wednesday, January 13, 2016

daily snapshot: January 13, 2016 at 04:18PM


... currently ... #inkredible
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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

daily snapshot: January 12, 2016 at 08:02AM


Really hoping this gets finished today
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Monday, January 11, 2016

daily snapshot: January 11, 2016 at 10:06AM


Another branch succumbs to this amazing ice formation. Apparently, it's all to do with a certain fungus. #portmoody
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C-Terminomics: What’s Happening at the End of the Rainbow


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Structurally speaking, all proteins have a beginning and an end, and proteomically speaking, the study of each end has its own –omic. Tanco et al. (2015) provide a handy review of C-terminomics, the study of modifications that impact the protein’s C-terminus.1 The C-terminal tail of a protein plays an important role in regulating activity and Read the rest of this article

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Sunday, January 10, 2016

daily snapshot: January 10, 2016 at 10:11AM


From the past: Tobydog and me on holiday in Devon 98/99
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Saturday, January 09, 2016

daily snapshot: January 09, 2016 at 12:19PM


This morning #portmoody
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Thursday, January 07, 2016

Green Dye in Food Oil – No Thanks!


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To consumers of fresh produce and allied foodstuffs, green spells fresh and premium. This is why unscrupulous food producers are occasionally tempted to boost their products with banned additives. Fang et al. (2015) show how regulatory officials can monitor suspiciously green food oils using ultra-high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC) coupled with either high resolution mass Read the rest of this article

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Wednesday, January 06, 2016

Proteomics Data Visualization and Comparison with MS-Viewer


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Mass spectrometric–based proteomics analysis generates large amounts of digital data from spectral displays. Researchers are increasingly making these data available to other scientists by uploading the files to public repositories using tools such as ProteomeXChange. For optimal utilization that maximizes the value of these resources, researchers must be able to easily interrogate and visualize the Read the rest of this article

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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Harvesting Ileum Mucosa Tissue: Effect of Ischemia on RNA Stability


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Biobanking has an important role to play in discovering the molecular basis of disease. Researchers need access to representative libraries of biospecimens, and these samples need to be preserved in excellent quality for valid genomic investigation. Lee et al. (2015) took a closer look at biobanking ileum mucosa samples for genomic studies, paying close attention Read the rest of this article

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Monday, January 04, 2016

daily snapshot: January 04, 2016 at 08:11PM


A winter wonderland: home in the snow
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Saturday, January 02, 2016

daily snapshot: January 02, 2016 at 11:26AM


New Year's day at Burnaby Village Museum, riding the carousel. Yes, we did have fun despite the Face!
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Friday, January 01, 2016

daily snapshot: January 01, 2016 at 05:56PM


Looking forward to the spring cleaning @burnabyvillage
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