Notes from talk by Stephen J. O'Brien at #UCDavis

Stephen O' Brien talked at UC Davis a few days ago. I met with him in the afternoon before his talk. It was one of the more interesting discussions I have had in a long time. He has done some very interesting and important work (e.g., comparative genomics, HIV, feline evolution) though most of what we talked about was not work per se (e.g., we talked a lot about baseball and big cats since my kids are obsessed with big cats). Anyway, below is a "Storification" of tweets from his talk. Best part - he signed a copy of his Tears of the Cheetah: The Genetic Secrets of Our Animal Ancestors book with a dedication to my kids. [View the story "Steven J. O' Brien talk at #UCDavis on CCR5/HIV/AIDS" on Storify] Steven J. O' Brien talk at #UCDavis on CCR5/HIV/AIDS Storified by Jonathan Eisen· Mon, Jan 07 2013 20:12:09 Today at #UCDavis Stephen O Brien on "Three Decades of Genomics and AIDS" http://pic.twitter.com/dQG4tBsoJonathan Eisen Can't wait for talk at 4 PM today at #UCDavis Genome Ctr by Stephen O'Brien on "Three Decades of Genomics and AIDS" http://pic.twitter.com/dQG4tBsoJonathan Eisen @phylogenomics Wow! Interesting topic. Wish I was attending.Setor Amuzu As an evolutionary biologist am jealous of name of Obrien's "Theodosius Dobzhansky Center for Genome Bioinformatics" http://shar.es/4vIBYJonathan Eisen @phylogenomics any podcasts available?Cuquis R SJ Obrien - head of new Dobzhansky Inst - intro by Harris Lewin, discussin...
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