Land of Odysseus
This clip discusses the land of Odyesseus. For centuries scientists have wondered what island Odysesseus, the hero of Homer’s epic poem The Odyssey, calls home. Homer, in his epic poem, describes four islands while scientists have discovered only three. They question themselves on where the fourth one might have come from. (2:40)
Odysseus' Ship
In 1988, scientists discovered an ancient ship deep in the Mediterranean Sea. Scientists believe that this ship, which dates back to 500 B.C., may have been sailed by Odysseus, Homer's legendary Greek King. (2:34)
Coroner's Report: King Tut
In this video, Shiya Ribowsky discusses a possible theory in the death of teenage pharaoh King Tut. According to theory, an accident that broke his leg caused the untimely death of teenage pharaoh King Tut. The most famous Egyptian pharaoh contracted gangrene as a result of his wounds which led to his death. (2:18)
GSC 12 Session III: Standards Organisations
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Barry Smith (University of Buffalo): The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Daniele Gerundino (ISO Strategic Adviser to the Secretary-General): ISO Standards
Martin Klopfer (OGC): The Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)
Susanna Sansone (University of Oxford): BioSharing
GSC 12 Session IV: MIxS
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Lynn Schriml (University of Maryland) and Andreas Wilke (Argonne) - Extending MIxS for the Indoor Environment
Anjanette Johnston (NCBI GenBank) - Metadata and GenBank: Submission Challenges and New Features
Chris Hunter (ENA) - EBI, ENA, SRA, GSC, MIxS and EMG
Boyke Bunk (DSMZ) - MIxS-i
GSC 12 Session V: Developers Working Group - Standards supporting software development
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Reports from discussions of various aspects of progressing GSC's software developments.
GSC 12 Session VI: EnvO: deploying an environment ontology in the GSC
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Barry Smith (U Buffalo) - An Introduction to Ontology as a Strategy for Data Integration
Barry Smith (U Buffalo) - The Structure of the Environment Ontology
Peter Dawyndt (Ghent University) - Microorganism-centered Computing
Konstantinos Liolios (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory)
GSC 12 Session VII: The Evolution of a Community
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
The purpose of this session is to allow discussion time for brainstorming about the way forward for the GSC as a community. Chair: Dawn Field, CEH, UK.
GSC 12 Session VIII: M5 - Towards interoperability
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Discussion of requirements and path for the production of interoperability procedures, guidelines and data exchange specifications. Chair: Jeff Grethe (UCSD)
GSC 12 Session VIII cont'd: M5 Breakout group reports
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
M5 Breakout group reports
GSC 12 Session IX: Keynote speech
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Bicheng Yang (BGI Shenzhen, China) - BGI, Big Data and GigaScience
GSC 12 Session II: Biodiversity
By: psterk1 The 12th Genomic Standards Consortium Meeting (GSC 12), held at The Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Bremen, Germany, September 28-30, 2011 (http://gensc.org/gc_wiki/index.php/GSC_12).
Robert Robbins & Neil Davies, "Welcome & Introduction to the session proceedings"
Renzo Kottmann, "DwC/MIxS: technical issues + proposed solutions”
John Deck, "TDWG meets GBWG"
Inigo San Gil, "LTER Use Cases”
Peter Dawyndt, "Microbial Earth Catalogue"
David Schindel, "CBOL meets GBWG"
Revolutionary Advancement in Membrane Filtration Sample Preparation for Biotech Industry
By: putnamr2 Photonic BioSystems, Inc. unveils game-changing microbiological testing technology. The versatile, enclosed filtration cartridge-based sample preparation technique is expected to change the paradigm of membrane filtration sample testing.
Video Contents:
0:00 Filter system design explained
1:50 How the filtration system works: exemplary sample processing
4:40 Small volume samples
5:55 The filter system does what In-line filter cartridges cannot do
7:20 Variations on t
L'évaluation environnementale : principes, organisation administrative, conséquences
Cette conférence a été filmée le 17 janvier 2012 dans le cadre du séminaire annuel « Changements institutionnels, risques et vulnérabilités sociales », au programme du Master recherche de Sociologie de l'Université de Caen. Initié dans les années 1990, ce séminaire est actuellement dirigé par Salvador Juan, professeur de sociologie à l'Université de Caen.
Résumé de
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Common Shore Crab Egg Mass and Larvae Being Released
This short video gives excellent real life, close up footage of a Common Shore Crab egg mass and lots of tiny larvae being released. As its name suggests, the common shore crab is one of the most common crabs on the British shore. This species is usually dark green in color, although young individuals may have whitish blotches. The carapace of the common shore crab is wider than it is long, and the first pair of walking limbs ('pereopods') have pincers. This is a great resource to
Gengo Spanish #29 - Just Wanted to Say This in Spanish
Learn Spanish with SpanishPod101.com! It’s been a little while since you sent your e-mail that you wrote in Spanish, and you still haven’t heard a response from your friend. Maybe you wrote something incorrectly in Spanish, since it’s your second language? Or maybe you should have approached your friend in person instead. Maybe Latin Americans [...]
Man charged in U.S. for spying on Syrian protesters
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GREEN REVOLUTION: GREEN ROOFS
By: nsf A green roof can certainly make a building look nicer, but can it measurable lower energyrequirements and improve water management? Engineer Jelena Srebric and horticulturist Rob Berghage are working on a project to measure and model how a green roof affects the way buildings use energy and water. In the lab, Tyler Meek does weather experiments indoors to determine the effects of light, wind and water on the roof. Paulo Tabares Velasco works to make a mathematical model to predict what w
Kid Critic
Fizzy and the gang make a black bean burger full of healthy nutrients for Nelly Nitpick, the infamous picky food critic who hates veggies. We learn that veggie burgers are a healthy alternative to ground-beef burgers which contain lots of grease and little nutrients. (4:09)
