Daniel

Ville du dele dit genom med resten af verden? Inden du svarer på spørgsmålet, læs lige her. OpenSNP er et non-profit projekt som tilstræber at samle så mange genotyping-resultater som muligt og at gøre dem tilgængelige for forskere og andre som skulle have interesse i dem. Dataene oploades af interesserede sammen med en valgfri mængde fænotypiske […]

As previously announced we’ve been planning a staff event with the aim of “creating and nurturing a common culture of exploiting online social media as daily working tools”. The program draft is now ready and although this is an internal event, we’re putting it out here for everyone to see: 13:00 – 13.30 Introduction talk […]

Having spent four days in the company of researchers, bloggers, journalists, editors, etc. at the annual ScienceOnline conference (Scio12) in Raleigh, NC, I’m now back in Copenhagen and following on up some projects regarding exactly that. Online Science. I’m trying to motivate people within my own institution, my own department, and also other departments at […]

I et åbent brev til Hospira Pharmaceuticals offentliggjort i dag i The Lancet kan man læse: No responsible pharmaceutical company should have anything to do with executions. As your own code of business conduct states, Hospira has an “ethical compass” to “accept the responsibility of being an ethical global citizen”. It is time for Hospira […]

Hvordan laver man en app? Altså, sådan et af de programmer, som vi efterhånden alle bruger dagligt på vores smartphones. Vi har på museet leget med tanker om forskellige initiativer til mobile enheder, og i sidste uge var jeg til et seminar hos ODM med overskriften “Planning for Mobile” ledet af Loic Tallon. I museumverden […]

Last week the Walker Art Center launched a brand new website. It’s a pretty nice looking site and I definitely encourage you to drop by. The site reminds you of a newspaper and features stories not only from the Center, but also from other sources. Seb Chan has talked with the people behind the new site: […]

Kan man bruge virus til at bekæmpe virus? Ja, siger forskere fra California Institute of Technology i Pasadena, der i en Nature-artikel netop i dag – dagen før World AIDS Day –  har offentliggjort, hvordan de ved hjælp af en harmløs virus har gjort mus resistente over for HIV-infektion. Der er tale om en alternativ strategi […]

Morbid obesity. Sygelig fedme. Hvis du har en BMI på over 40 kg/m2, kan din tilstand betegnes således. For mit vedkommende skulle jeg op at veje over 130 kg for at komme i denne kategori. Men er fedme en sygdom? Og hvis det er tilfældet, er det så bare et spørgsmål om vægt? Hvis man […]

I går “fejrede” International Diabetes Federation den årlige “Verdens Diabetes Dag“. Det er en global kampagne som skal sætte fokus på diabetes og den trussel som sygdommen er. Kampagnen understøttedes af fem hovedbudskab: Diabetes kills: 1 person every 8 seconds, 4 million people a year Diabetes does not discriminate: all ages, rich and poor, all countries […]

If you have watched the Norwegian movie, The Troll Hunter, you know how to beat trolls. Simply point a UV lamp at the troll and its body instantly turns to stone. According to the lead troll hunter, the “trolls’ adverse reaction to sunlight is due to their inability to convert Vitamin D into calcium, which […]