Two really cool things happened today.
First, we joined The DNA Network with our “My Genome” blog category.
The DNA Network is a Feedburner Network that is an aggregation of the latest headlines from blogs documenting the genome revolution.
It was started by two excellent genome-focused bloggers Dr. Hsien-Hsien Lei at Eye on DNA and Rick Vidal at My Biotech Life. Both of them blog for fun when they aren’t at their day jobs as a PhD-trained epidemiologist/biotech consultant and a Master’s degree candidate in Biological Engineering, respectively.
The addition of my blog to The DNA Network will bring a perspective of a curious consumer using some of these new personal genomics services. You can see my official The DNA Network badge near the bottom of the left sidebar.
Definitely check out the The DNA Network blogs or join The DNA Network Facebook group.
Explore The DNA NetworkSecond, 23andMe’s official blog the spittoon recognized our yet-to-be-broken saliva-spitting record and gave our Spit Challenge a shout-out today. You can see their post here.
See the Spit Challenge video below:
Here’s a quick blurb on what they said about our Spit Challenge:
“…23andMe admires the competitive spirit of anyone who feels compelled to make an attempt at Andrew’s record. But don’t look for us to be sponsoring any speedspitting contests any time soon. At 23andMe we believe spitting is something to be savored, like a fine wine or an evening spent perusing old copies of Molecular Biology and Evolution.”
I have to say that I savored each and every one of those 146 seconds. Plus, I didn’t add any phlegm to the tube and kept bubbly spit to a minimum (just like they want). :)
