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Madeleine Price Ball

Personal web page: http://mad.printf.net

Blog: http://www.madprime.org

My background: I'm a graduate student in George Church's lab, which specializes in genomics and biotechnology.

Work area: /Draft

Opinions

Things I want

This is sort of a to-do list for myself, but others are welcome to do it for me!

needed pages / pages that need improvement

  • History of genetics -- timelines need to be expanded into prose
  • Human genetics -- this page is awful, it sorely needs someone to contribute information and put confusing pieces of information into context.

images I want

None for now.

Articles I've worked on

Some articles I've done major rewriting on:

  • Genetics - (5/27/07) at the moment the page is almost entirely content I added
(before - what the page was like before I started)

Articles I made:

  • PCR optimization - I made this because I wanted to move optimization trivia away from the main PCR article
  • Stop codon - Made this page to cover material about amber & ochre mutations and suppressors

Images I've made

Some photos and SVG images I made with Inkscape... feel free to suggest other SVG images I could make!

  • The chemical structure of DNA
    The chemical structure of DNA
  • Griffith's experiment illustration
    Griffith's experiment illustration
  • illustration of four PCR cycles
    illustration of four PCR cycles
  • A Punnett square, cross between pea plants heterozygous for purple (B) and white (b) blossoms.
    A Punnett square, cross between pea plants heterozygous for purple (B) and white (b) blossoms.
  • An image of the genetic code, DNA->RNA->protein
    An image of the genetic code, DNA->RNA->protein
  • K12 E coli colonies on a plate of agar.
    K12 E coli colonies on a plate of agar.
  • Diagram illustrating the Luria-Delbrück experiment, suggested by ragesoss.
    Diagram illustrating the Luria-Delbrück experiment, suggested by ragesoss.
  • Strip of eight PCR tubes with 100μl reactions.
    Strip of eight PCR tubes with 100μl reactions.
  • Eukaryotic phylogenetic tree.
    Eukaryotic phylogenetic tree.
  • Another tree I tried making, currently used in Genetics article
    Another tree I tried making, currently used in Genetics article
  • Sticky-ended DNA ligation
    Sticky-ended DNA ligation
  • Blunt-ended DNA ligation
    Blunt-ended DNA ligation
  • Vegan food pyramid, based on ADA recommendations
    Vegan food pyramid, based on ADA recommendations
  • DNA replication fork with 5'->3' synthesis shown
    DNA replication fork with 5'->3' synthesis shown
  • DNA polymerase extending & proofreading diagram
    DNA polymerase extending & proofreading diagram

Response to ZS Gemetics

On my personal talk page you requested journal citations. I'm not sure that I have adequately responded to your request. The short answer is: "Not Yet."

Citations in the literature are likely to appear in late 2008 or 2009 once independent researchers have used ZSG's technology for single cell, single molecule gene expression and/or DNA sequencing. The ZSG Lab is in active discussion with several competent individuals interested in exploring the possibilities of ZSG's technologies, esp. for cancer research where rapid, inexpensive, single-cell, single-molecule analysis without amplification is of interest. The requisite lab facilities are expected to be in place (in Danvers, MA) by late spring 2008. If you know of projects where this technology could be of interest, I'd be pleased to hear of them. Thank you. frankatca (Frank Ferguson, f2@cainc.com)

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