Or just on slowtwitch. First he has some smart computer job. Then he posts some question about something to help his research. Huh? I have a BS in chemistry and have nooooo idea what he’s talking about. Every third post is in some new language. Ok I give up what doesn’t Francois know? Or is he really a made up person?
Just wondering,
Pat
You think having a BS in chemistry makes you the shit?
Apparently it qualifies me as a retard since I have no idea what Francois is writing about half the time.
Pat
Ask him and I’m pretty sure he can dumb it down for you. Sorry for the tone, I’m in a bad mood.
oh, you’re post made me laugh. Hope your mood improves.
Pat
LOL…very often colleagues of mine working in a different research area are talking about their stuff and I have no clue what they are talking about unless they ‘translate’ their jargons.
My post was addressed to those working in that area already so I didn’t feel like simplifying too much…no big deal…
Doing research means knowing more and more about less and less…
Hey, at least I can translate my training schedule…most of the time!
Did you pick up girls talking about your work? I’ve found out that talking about my work makes me look OH SO intelligent, I have to do it more often, LOL…
I have a sister with a PhD (does that make me the shit?) and I learned long ago to never, ever, ever ask anyone about their research cuz they’re desparate to tell you. And several glassy-eyed hours later…
No need to simplify, all just jealousy. I wish I could speak another language besides english and pig latin.
atpay
Me and Francois have a PhD, send her our way and we’ll handle her! Is she single? Send her MY way.
And I’m never desperate to tell people about my work. Only when they insist. And then I dumb it down for normal people… and the ones with BS’ in chemistry 
LOL…ask May-Lise…
“well ok honey, supercool stuff, I’m going to watch tv…”
ah no! You have NOT defended yet! hehehehehe
Mike: glad to know you understand your training schedule…MOST of the time 
Stupid french… you say “Hey” and they reply “Bon Soir”… btw, I want to ba a coach at L’Armee de Terre, how is that possible?
Married. She was telling a story about signing up for a health club. She chose the cheaper plan because “I mean nobody exercises for more than an hour a day” so she may not be your type. She is fluent in spanish and french though. She’s useless @ piglatin so I have that over her.
Pat
now, if you really insist…
A DNA microarray is like a chip, say a small piece of glass or plastic, silicon, with little DNA dots attached to it. These DNA dots serve as probes. Then you use the DNA microarrays as tools to measure the level of expression of hundreds (or more) genes at the same time (say measure the amount of mRNA ‘created’ from genes, which are then used to ‘generate’ proteins used for specific biological processes.)
What I am interested in is comparing RNA taken from healthy cells compare to RNA taken from cancerous cells. In some cases the probe will bind to the cancerous rna and not the healthy one etc.
So DNA microarrays can be used to do that in a parallel way with plenty of genes at the same time.
not sure if that’s clearer …
you have to become french…to do that you need to whine hard enough and they’ll give you a passport…heck, there, have mine (sorry record10C…I take it back)
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How does one convey glassy-eyed over the internet?
Just kidding that actually is really cool and I think I get it and it’s potential. What I am still confused about is how you’re involved in it. Aren’t you a computer science guy?
Pat
initially a math guy…now in a CS dept.
Now imagine that these DNA microarrays get say 20,000 dots on them…
each microarray yields a huge amount of data. The microarray itself is designed by a biologist, but the analysis of the data and how much knowledge can be extracted is the work of math and CS guys…
which makes the area really interesting as this is truly a collaborative effort with lots of different fields involved.
Well, ok, supercool stuff, I’m going to watch TV now…
LOL. That is cool. Good luck with it. If I get any brainstorms that I think might help you with your research I’ll PM you.
Helpful hint-don’t check the PM too often.
Pat
No. Smartass is. He’s some kinda hydrothermodynamic whatchamacallit commie engineer type over in Europe somewhere.
The rest of us are just headcheese wheels rotating in his orbit.
Sun-baked Tony