The OpenHelix Blog

Welcome to our Friday feature link collection: SNPpets. During the week we come across a lot of links and reads that we think are interesting, but don’t make it to a blog post. Here they are for your enjoyment…

• RT @fjossinet: Words a bioinformatician never wants to hear http://t.co/YvTlOkqC
• But the response–ha! RT @counternotions: @fjossinet @nparmalee Of course, for the rest of us plebeians, “bioinformatician” is a “word” nobody ever wants to hear, but I digress. [Mary]
• OK, somebody has a sense of humor: “Links to DRYGIN added to SGD Locus Summary and Interactions pages” BTW, “DRYGIN” stands for “Data Resource of Yeast Genetic Interactions“, not the alcoholic martini ingredient as I first assumed & as indicated by their logo… :) [Jennifer]
• RT @NCBI: New paper published about Primer-BLAST - Read it (http://t.co/ojp9uMGm) & Try it (http://t.co/pjRyUZIS) !  #bioinformatics [Mary]
• The complexity, drama, and contrasts of this story boggles my mind. RT @EricTopol: Using genomics to guide marriage, avoid serious recessive traits–but not giving out the genomic info! http://t.co/TuzlRLJg by @AmyDMarcus || Also interesting–a commenter on my G+ post discussing this says it’s been done in Cyprus with the blessing of the Orthodox Church since the 70s for a condition as well: http://www.geneletter.com/cyprus-how-one-nations-culture-influences-its-genes-16/ [Mary]
• Paper is here: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v30/n7/full/nbt.2241.html RT @RandDMagazine: Searching genomic data faster http://t.co/M0Sir5Me #lifescience [Mary]
• RT @johnrplatt Do you have a wedding disaster plan? CDC offers tips for surviving the season of love  http://www.mnn.com/family/protection-safety/stories/do-you-have-a-wedding-disaster-plan-cdc-offers-tips-for-surviving-t [Jennifer]
• And here’s the actual CDC Wedding preparedness guide, a follow up to the CDC’s Zombie Apocalypse Preparedness post [Jennifer]
• RT @leonidkruglyak: Esp. “crock pot” RT @dgmacarthur: This interview of @decodegenetics CEO Kari Stefansson by @KevinADavies is pure gold http://t.co/CAjXNuXP [Mary]
• Thanks! RT @BoraZ RT @CristyGelling If you blog about science you should add yr blog to @SciSeeker @OpenHelix has a great guide: http://bit.ly/LPONtA #scio13 [Jennifer]
• Wait, what? If users like and understand interfaces they might make discoveries? You don’t say… RT @PhilippBayer: “Bioinformatics Meets User-Centred Design: A Perspective” – much needed! Enough cmd-line tools only for non-biologists http://t.co/I3a9MxUR [Mary]