Blog Comments

Kinetica Online is pleased to provide direct links to commentaries from our senior editor Dr. Steven Pelech has posted on other blogs sites. Most of these comments appear on the GenomeWeb Daily Scan website, which in turn highlight interesting blogs that have been posted at numerous sites in the blogosphere since the beginning of 2010. A wide variety of topical subjects are covered ranging from the latest scientific breakthroughs, research trends, politics and career advice. The original blogs and Dr. Pelech’s comments are summarized here under the title of the original blog. Should viewers wish to add to these discussions, they should add their comments at the original blog sites.

The views expressed by Dr. Pelech do not necessarily reflect those of the other management and staff at Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation. However, we wish to encourage healthy debate that might spur improvements in how biomedical research is supported and conducted.

International Human Epigenome Consortium

Arguing Over the Epigenome

The notion published in Nature editorial that epigenetics could explain much about how similar genetic codes are expressed uniquely in different cells, in different environmental conditions and at different times was challenged by Mark Ptashne, Oliver Hobert, and Eric Davidson who advocated that the diversity arises primarily from difference in primary gene sequence. S.Pelech agrees and laments that there is no equivalent of the International Human Epigenome Consortium to promote advancement in the study of protein phosphorylation and other types of covalent modification of proteins. Read More...