April 2007
Table of Contents:
Editorial
It has been a little while since the last editorial for Jeev.
All this while we have made concerted efforts for the improvement of Jeev. With
this the fourth issue, we believe that Jeev has come of age..... [more]
Articles
Virtual (Molecular) Biology Experiments by
Paras Chopra
Everyone knows that the molecular biology experiments (with E. coli)
take a lot of time to occur. You prepare a strain, incubate it, run gels, etc.
All of these things take time, and I am talking of a lot of time. How nice would
it be to have a software package to do all this in simulations and get the results
instantaneously..... [more]
Coming Soon: ‘Designer Baby’ to beat
Alzheimer’s disease by Anshuman Mirani
This is a headline in the Times Of India of April 2, 2007. The article
goes on to tell about a couple in Britain who are having embryos screened so
as to prevent their kids having early onset of Alzheimer’s which has been
a persistent problem in their family. ..... [more]
Do you have GUTs in you? by Paras
Chopra
Is the Grand Unified Theory really elusive? No, I don't mean combining
General Relativity with Quantum Mechanics. I mean some theory which thousand
times more subtle and has equal importance as the grand unified theory of physics
which would explain everything. Here I talk about the theory of everything for
biology....... [more]
Quantum Mechanics and The Theory of Evolution
by Paras Chopra
I had a wild thought one day. The Theory of Evolution can be analogous
to the Theory of Quantum Mechanics. I know this might seem ridiculous, but I
may try to explain it a little bit....... [more]
Columns
Interview of Dr. Andreas Bender by
Paras Chopra
Brief Biography: I studied Chemistry at University of Technology, Berlin,
Trinity College Dublin and the University of Frankfurt where I graduated with
a master's degree in chemistry and bioinformatics in 2002. Afterwards I went
to the University of Cambridge for my PhD in chemical informatics (molecular
similarity) and now, since the beginning of 2006, I am a postdoctoral fellow
with Novartis in Cambridge/MA, USA.... [more]
Company Profile - Panacea Biotec by
Anshuman Mirani
Panacea or cure-all refers to an invigorating force, something that is
like the elixir of life. Anyone drinking it will be blessed with a disease free
life and immortality.
True to this meaning is Panacea Biotec, which has touched the lives of millions
and millions of Indians and its never ceasing efforts ensuring that it will
help billions more...... [more]
Extras
The Biology Quiz by Anshuman Mirani
Let us see how many questions can you answer out of seven?.... [more]
Bio::Blog's 7th Edition by Paras
Chopra
Here, I replicate the 7th edition of the Bio::Blogs
which I had written....... [more]
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