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August 16, 2006
Staying Current: Omics Blogs & More (Omics Series, 23)
Assuming we already know that scientists prefer to get information from their peers, wouldn't it be great to be able to get it without even asking? Enter the blog.
Science blogs have become force to be reckoned with in the research information environment. Blogs may be from individuals (faculty, researchers, grad students) or from organizations (journals, corporations, newswires). The better science blogs define a topic they will focus on and rarely diverge from that. Many of the best blogs will also link to the other influential blogs on the same topic. These communities of bloggers are what has become known as the blogosphere.
In this blog entry, we highlight a few of the most influential or innovative blogs in several omics topics, following this with examples of sources and techniques for discovering additional blogs.
* GENOMICS
The BioTech Weblog: The -Omics Series, Part 1: Genomics: http://www.biotech-weblog.com/50226711/the_omics_series_part_1_genomics.php
DNA direct talk: Your DNA, Your Health, Your Choices: http://talk.dnadirect.com/
Genetics and Health (Hsien Hsien Lei, Ph.D.): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/
MedBioWorld: Post-Genomics, Forging a Connection Between Research and Clinical Applications: http://www.medbioworld.com/postgenomics_blog/
Mendel's Garden: http://mendels-garden.blogspot.com/
The Personal Genome, Genomics as a medical tool and lifestyle choice: http://www.thepersonalgenome.com/
What's Next in Health: Category: Gene Research: http://www.whatsnextnetwork.com/health/index.php?cat=61
* PROTEOMICS
Comparative Proteomics: http://www.comparativeproteomics.org/
Genomics proteomics: http://genomics-proteomics.biotechnewstoday.com/
myProteome.com, The Proteomics IT Blog: http://www.myproteome.com/
Proteome Commons: http://www.proteomecommons.org/archive.jsp
Proteome Measures: http://proteomemeasures.blogspot.com/
* BIOINFORMATICS
Biological Computations: http://bifo.livejournal.com/
Biological Informatics: http://biologicalinformatics.blogspot.com/
Bionuz: Latest Bioinformatics News: http://bionuz.blogspot.com/
Flags and Lollipops - Bioinformatics & Genomics News and Views: http://www.ghastlyfop.com/blog
HubLog: http://hublog.hubmed.org/
Inforbiomatica: http://moseshohman.com/blog/
NodalPoint (A Bioinformatics Weblog): http://www.nodalpoint.org/
Notes from the Biomass: http://nftb.net/
Propellor Twist, RNA & Bioinformatics research and other interests: http://fjossinet.u-strasbg.fr/
What You're Doing is Rather Desperate: Bioinformatics: http://nsaunders.wordpress.com/tag/bioinformatics/
* NANOTECHNOLOGY
Advanced Nanotechnology (Brian Wang): http://advancednano.blogspot.com/
Foresight: Nanodot, the original nanotechnology weblog: http://www.foresight.org/nanodot/
nano | public, a weblog of nanotechnology and its impact on the public (Dietram A. Scheufele): http://nanopublic.blogspot.com/
Responsible Nanotechnology (World Care): http://crnano.typepad.com/crnblog
* OTHER RECOMMENDED SCIENCE & OMIC BLOGS
Aetiology: http://scienceblogs.com/aetiology/
The Biotech Weblog: http://www.biotech-weblog.com/
Discovering Biology in a Digital World: http://scienceblogs.com/digitalbio/
MedGadget, Internet Journal of Emerging Medical Technologies: http://www.medgadget.com/
The Omics World: http://harijay.wordpress.com/
The Scientific Activitist, Reporting from the Crossroads of Science and Politics: http://scienceblogs.com/scientificactivist/
Science Blogs: http://scienceblogs.com/
Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies: Ethical Technology Blog: http://ieet.org/index.php/IEET/IEETblog
* SEARCHING FOR BLOGS ON A TOPIC
Technorati Blog Finder: Genomics: http://www.technorati.com/blogs/genomics
Mendel's Garden #2: The Best of Genetics Blogging (By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2006/07/01/mendels-garden-2-the-best-of-genetics-blogging/#more-919
Genetics and Health: Archive for the 'Featured Genetics and Health Blogs' Category (By Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD): http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/category/genetics-blogging/featured-blogs/
Google: Blog Search: inblogtitle:"(omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR bioinformatics OR nanotechnology)"
* SEARCHING FOR BLOG ENTRIES ON A TOPIC
Feedster: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics)
Google Blog Search: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics)
IceRocket: Blog Search Engine: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics)
Technorati: (omics OR genomics OR proteomics OR nanotechnology OR bioinformatics)
More blog search engines:
Anderson, PF. "Tasks: Blogs, Blog Search & RSS Feeds." The Eight-fold Path to Right Searching: Tips, Tasks, & Tools. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~pfa/pro/8fold/taskblogs.html
Posted by pfa at August 16, 2006 04:42 PM