Ellen Berg (@SysBiol) profile picture

Scientist, biotech entrepreneur

California
Joined June 2009
Joining Forces: The Chemical Biology–Medicinal Chemistry Continuum cell.com/cell-chemical-biolo…
RT @cioinsight Apple's Mac Versus Microsoft's PC in the Enterprise - Infrastructure http://retwt.me/1PoB6
Inflammation and IL-6 may be beneficial in Alzheimer's http://tinyurl.com/ygeafp7
Role of MAPK in muscle development - duh - MAPK is a family involved in everything http://tinyurl.com/yd9h85b
Why we can't predict biology from gene sequences :-) http://tinyurl.com/ycbrwlo
Alzheimer's disease research on amyloid beta - yet another case of mistaking correlation for causation? http://tinyurl.com/l2m4we
Immune system protein CD45 is a new target for Ebola and Anthrax virus - related to Jak kinase suppression? http://tinyurl.com/nwmw33
Journal publishers want to eliminate paper, but if you don't have a current subscription, you don't have access to the archives . . .
Lack of public access to scientific publications is also a problem http://tinyurl.com/ny87vf
Wondering what humans are doing to our ocean friends http://tinyurl.com/klz4nf http://tinyurl.com/lrtdqt
Inhibition of BLys, a B-cell stimulating cytokine, was effective in a Phase 3 trial for Lupus http://tinyurl.com/n8ukeq
Potential diagnostic test for Alzheimer's based on uptake of amyloid beta by blood monocytes http://tinyurl.com/lraglz
So we could live longer if we're willing to stay in a cage, protected from the infectious agents that surround us http://tinyurl.com/mbp67q
And now, why scientists shouldn't jump on the bandwagon just because a new area is "hot" http://tinyurl.com/l4e9yl
Reading why most published research findings are false (h/t Orac) http://tinyurl.com/c94hl6
Every cell is different and changing over time - still a black box no matter how many "omics" technologies we apply
Biologists (unlike engineers) don't work in systems with all of the components defined and quantified http://tinyurl.com/lhboar