Wednesday, 31 August 2011

How to Love the Job You're With

Many of us aim and dream a career they want to have but unfortunately only few deserves the job they dreamed for. Due to economical situations and to satisfy the needs of our surrounding we get into jobs that we get rather than waiting and seeking for a job we wish. Thereby we degrade and sacrifice our desire. It is really difficult to get adopted,learn, love, apply our thoughts and shine in a job we don't like. But being an employer we have to face the challenges and give productivity to hold that job. Some people for time being take that job, resign once they are blessed with a kind of job they love while some struggles in a situation where they cant either love their job or change it.
I just came across a small article in WebMed written by Tevis Rose Trower which will seize only two minutes to read. The writer suggest some ways for us to love the job we don't like. Visit the below link to know more on this..
http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/how-love-your-job?ecd=wnl_wmh_083111


Tuesday, 23 August 2011

Right Action.....?????????

A private university in India has taken a very speedy action against a Professor and his six students since they are found to be involved in scientific misconduct and plagiarism. The professor was asked to resign(did so on August5) and the university revoked the PhD registration of six Scholars. Check the below link to read the university press release.
http://retractionwatch.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/kalasalingam.pdf
Is this a right action against falsification in research??
I feel very bad after reading an article, which states that India tops in plagarism, academic fraud, cheating and false research. Here is the link
http://www.defence.pk/forums/world-affairs/125144-india-tops-plagarism-academic-fraud-cheating-false-research.html
What is the right action to be taken to avoid such circumstances in future and what are the steps that can be implemented in research institutions and universities to do good science in India?? 

Monday, 22 August 2011

The trick behind the Glowing Dog "Tegon"

Few days before researchers from Seoul national university created astounding dog named "Tegon" that can glow in fluorescent green under ultraviolet rays. Seriously, Tegon was cloned and genetically modified so that it light up when you put it in UV.This is another milestone in Biotechnology through Genetic engineering.

The scientists first inserted a DNA fragment that controls the expression of a green fluorescent gene into dog cells. They next extracted DNA from a dog oocyte (an immature female reproductive cell prior to fertilization) and injected the fluorescent-modified dog cells into it. The third step was to use a process known as Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer to generate an embryo. The resulting embryo was then transferred into a surrogate dog mother. After 60 days of pregnancy, she gave birth to Tegon. When given a doxycycline antibiotic, the female beagle literally glows under UV light.



There are 268 illness that is common for humans and dogs and scientist claim creating dogs that artificially show such symptoms could aid treatment methods for diseases that afflict humans. They have spent 3.2 billion won(three million dollors) and four years of research to create such a dog.
      Splendid work from Scientist. congrasulations. But do not let your research cross nature laws and ethics how much ever benefit it may bring to humans.
Now you all start saving money so that in future when Tegon like dogs comes to market and your child pest you to get it for them, you should be able to manage