Sex sells – even in biology
Here at FEBS, I am for the first time doing the reflection that sex obviously can sell anything – even biology. With a mixture of disgust and interest of how much more attention it actually brings, I have been watching the two “antibody princess” girls that’s been running around at the conference, trying to sell antibodies. Unfortunately, I have not brought my camera, so all I have is these pretty bad pictures taken with my phone. I will not name the company behind this, as I do not want to function as an inappropriate extra advertising space for them, but it’s interesting to note that the “sex sells” thing has reached into molecular biology. And it makes me wonder what’s next…
FEBS Workshop: Last Chance
The time is running out if you want to attend to the workshop session on mapping signal transduction, hosted by Stefan Hohmann and Marcus Krantz, which I will take part in. Deadline is on the 15 of May, so register soon if you have not already done. You can find all important info here.
The workshop will take place on June 29:th, between 13.00 and 15.30. The goal is to show some visualisation strategies for signal transduction pathways, and how to use pathway maps as a base to create mathematical models. There will be a brief introduction to mapping and modelling and to the software used (Cytoscape, CellDesigner). This will be followed by independent work with a set of small case studies that demonstrates the basic methodology. I will take part in answering questions and assisting during the case study part.