John Sterling

Oxford Oxford Nanopore Technologies is sponsoring a Technology Networks @tech_networks webinar on Identification of Structural Variation in #Chimpanzees Using Optical Mapping and Nanopore Sequencing on July 16.@GENbio

New study in European Heart Journal #EHJ reports the #COVID-19 also can damage the #heart, adding to the lungs, brain, blood vessels. and kidneys we already know about. This is a very pernicious virus.@GENbio

#Vetter and #Rentschler agreed to collaborate to enhance their #CDMO services and offer complementary skills and experience along the biopharmaceutical value chain. Collabs and mergers in this service sector are increasing.@GENbio

August 14 marks the beginning of my 36th year as editor in chief of #GEN. Nice to be appreciated after so long. I was asked and will serve as a chairperson at #Bioprocess Summit in August in Boston and at #Genesis 2020 in December in London, most likely virtually.@GENbio

Watching images of the #NeowiseComet pass over the archeological sites of #Stonehenge and #Newgrange took my breath away as a student of #anthropology, formerly in the classroom and now an intellectual pursuit.

#DonaldTrump retweeted a tweet by Chuck Wollery, former host of Wheel of Fortune, that suggested the #CDC was lying about the #coronavirus to prevent Trump's re-election

#NewYorkCity reported no deaths from ##COVID-19 on July 12, the first time since March@GENbio

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin found evidence of inbreeding in the genome of a man buried at Newgrange passage tomb, built more than 5,000 years ago. It appears that the man belonged to a ruling elite that practiced first-degree incest.

Officials at BIA Separations say the company’s novel PrimaS™ ligand multi-use platform technology facilitates high-resolution and high-speed processing and addresses critical separation problems in the context of advanced therapy medicinal products.@GENbio

Friends of Darwin note Charles Darwin went public with his theory of evolution by means of Natural Selection on 1st July 1858. Joseph Dalton Hooker and Charles Lyell had arranged for a hastily compiled paper to be read at the Linnean Society of London@GENbio

The July issue of Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News (GEN) will feature a special section on women scientists and entrepreneurs in honor of the centenary of Rosalind Franklin.@GENbio

Gut microbiome helps people resist cholera@GENbio

At GEN, we have been doing a daily coronavirus-related news story for the past two weeks which, as of today, has led to over 94,000 page views@GENbio

Time reports that Donald Trump has tweeted out more words than in all of James Joyce's book, Ulysses.

My editorial (https://t.co/pDPSNrzsxV) in November GEN take a look at how scientists are often unprepared for Thomas Kuhn's paradigm shifts. @GENbio @LiebertPub

Genscript bioprocess tutorial (https://t.co/kVroIeuCqF) describes B. subtilis as alternative to E. coli production method in November GEN.@GENbio @GenScript

Look forward to Institute of Human Origins annual event in NYC this Friday night at Harmonie Club. Topic will be "Unearthing Our Origins." The event always draws some top researchers who work on showing how Homo sapiens evolved and migrated around the globe.@GENbio