Where there is a will, there is a way. We have all faced situations that seem hopeless yet, given time and determination, we end up finding a solution. Nature tackles apparent dead ends by using the forces that drive evolution... More.
New resource in evolutionary biology
2017-05-22
A new resource (Phylo.io) to visualise and compare phylogenetic trees has been added
OrthoDB SPARQL endpoint
2017-05-12
OrthoDB is now available in RDF format via a SPARQL endpoint to make federated queries across OrthoDB, UniProt and Ensembl.
Communication has a purpose and is usually selfish. Humans have raised it to the level of entertainment in the form of books, exhibitions, politics and plays, and to while away time over smoked salmon and a glass of wine... More.
Knives were crafted to cut. Yet how many of us use them to slit an envelope. Or prise open a lid. Nature too has its ways of perverting a design so that its initial role is altered to become another. This is exactly what happened.. More.
Life can be hard. There are times when you find yourself in the most unfriendly circumstances and, more often than not, the best way to deal with the situation is to find your own solution and wriggle your own way out... More.
Life depends on chemical signals. Without them our heart wouldn't know how to beat or our thoughts how to form, our eyes would be unable to see, our legs unable to walk and our mouths would be incapable of speech... More.
Life has its shapes, and depends on all kinds of architecture. It needs a skeleton on which to hang. Blood vessels in which to flow. A brain to house its thoughts. A heart to give it a beat. On a far smaller scale, it needs cells.. More.
Cellosaurus release 20 - 2016-12-01
2016-12-04
80,666 cell lines. Introducing information on population doubling time and microsatellite instability (MSI). Is now available for download on Cellosaurus in XML (in addition to structured flat file and OBO formats).
We need to remember. Yet there are things we would like to forget. They just hang on in there regardless of feeling and time. What is it that keeps a memory alive inside us? More.
The smallest of things can cause devastation. A word can hurt deeply. Distraction can create an accident. A spark can set off a fire. In the world of molecular biology, "small" rules. Life itself thrives on a very fragile harmony.. More.
We are highly adaptable. We have been for the past few million years, and continue to be so on a daily basis. Whichever way you look at it, the art of adaptation really is just a way of preserving your integrity ... More.