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Joan Brugge, tonight's keynote lecturer, was unable to attend so a lecture was given by Mike Stratton instead. It was... impressive.

It made me realize yet again that there will NEVER be a single treatment for cancer. I was amazed by how he talked about multiple coverage sequencing and resequencing of thousands of genes from a thousand different cancers. That is SO MUCH SEQUENCING. Even if it's all automated, the analysis... makes my brain hurt.

But he spoke of it so casually. I guess that's what happens when you're the head of a project funded by the Wellcome Trust.

this turpentine chaser's got kick

Is Chris Pine going to stake his big-screen career on reboots? Don't get me wrong, I liked the early Jack Ryan novels, and never thought that Harrison Ford fit the description. But really? Another retread?

Also? Army of Women. This could be a really cool, really helpful innovation.