Umm - claims of first full computer simulation of an organism seem, well, way way overhyped nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sci…
Stanford and Venter Institute Simulate an Entire Organism With SoftwareSTANFORD, Calif. - Scientists at Stanford University and the J. Craig Venter Institute have developed the first software simulation of an...
@phylogenomics esp. Markoff's breathless acct of what the future holds. journalists aren't sposed to do that w/o quoting a source...
Ahem. @phylogenomics Umm - claims of first full computer simulation of an organism seem, well, way way overhyped nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sci…
@phylogenomics @edyong209 I’m curious how many hours (months) of manual curation were required to get complete model.- @sciencegoddess @vkhosla: @phylogenomics Claims of first full computer simulation of an organism seem way way overhyped nyti.ms/OJOh2O
- Aye: a model is NOT a complete simulation @phylogenomics Claims of 1st full computer organism simulation seem overhyped nytimes.com/2012/07/21/sci…
@Wikisteff @phylogenomics @Dr24hours Agreed: the model must be checked for precision and accuracy first.- @phylogenomics @glynmoody No kidding! There are what, 1000s of molecule types in a typical cell, and their model tracks <30?!?
@Wikisteff @Dr24hours @phylogenomics by definition, a model is not a complete simulation. neither is a complete simulation for that matter
- @neuromusic I've never done cellular systems, so it's not my field. But complex systems and "complete" don't go. @Wikisteff @phylogenomics
- @Dr24hours @neuromusic @phylogenomics They might've done a better job of it. You know, modeled spatial interactions, 1000s of moieties, etc.
- @Dr24hours @neuromusic @phylogenomics As it is, I just feel… disappointed. At science reportage, mostly.
- RT @Wikisteff: @Dr24hours @neuromusic @phylogenomics As it is, I just feel… disappointed. At science reportage, mostly.
- Ding. RT @sciencegoddess @Wikisteff @vkhosla @phylogenomics it is Craig Venter after all.... /c @Dr24hours
- @Wikisteff @Dr24hours @neuromusic @phylogenomics It would have counted if they'd done ab initio quantum chemistry instead.
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Jonathan Eisen
Evolutionary biologist, microbiology & genomics researcher, open science advocate, recovering Harvard/Stanford alum, prankster, cyclist, & professor at UC Davis
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