Is gender bias lagging women to move forward in (fields of Biology/Bioinformatics) developing countries?

Can we ever get rid of calling our bosses as 'Sir'/'Madam'?

This applies to Indian universities and communique exchanged with officialdom.  Scientists and Researchers, Professors can be better greeted with their first names.  How nice, if we call them by first names?  Leaving the heck of egoes behind, let's try calling them with first names.  Even salutations like Dr., Prof., Mr. etc. can be given a good bye.

Let's try that! Why not from today?

Should bioinformatics be taught from schooling?

What according to you is the best tool/product launched in Bioinformatics?

Is there a room for commercialization whilst respecting open access?

Is there a room for understanding EST sequences better?

Cometh denovo sequencing, EST analysis is given less importance. But given the fact that the EST annotation can bring some clues for better understanding the genes present in the organism, there must be a specific EST pipeline annotation system that needs to be improved.

What makes one to be a young investigator?

Should publications alone matter for the research to become a young PI?

Would Geneaology be key to understanding diseases and curing them better?

Is your application unattended because of poor covering letter?

Yes, that is the case for many.  A very good covering letter would be inviting for the assessment committee to look into your application and perhaps consider you for the position.

Has Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) started ruling the omics world?

The NGS has been a buzz word these days.  Thanks to cheap sequencing technologies. do you think NGS would rule the bioinformatics roost?

What according to you is the best way to start PhD?

Formulate a problem and start with a review is my choice.

What according to you can CROs make better emphasis in making a very good research industry?

Where is North East India heading in the field of Biotechnologies?

How many years of Post doctoral experience do you think one need in order to become a Principal Investigator?

Is there an increase in gap in developing clinical biomarkers for diseasome studies?

What are the pitfalls in outsourcing the genomic data for analyses? Please review the challenges

Have you used BioRuby? If so, how do you find it for Bio-programming?

Whither radiation? Whither house sparrows?

This post a-like was started some years ago. I'm sorry I hardly find house sparrows these days.

Any thoughts?

Lupus: Any Bioinformatical perspective to cure this autoimmune disorder?

Let's discuss

Can Genealogy help trace our lost genes?

Please comment!