tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post9104276859170492176..comments2024-03-03T18:49:34.382-05:00Comments on Omics! Omics!: Nanopore's Long DNA ParadoxKeith Robisonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04765318239070312590noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-48386631552904865612019-07-08T00:56:13.957-04:002019-07-08T00:56:13.957-04:00The first thing I thought about when I read this p...The first thing I thought about when I read this post is the brouhaha around the "Grove's fallacy". At its core Andy Grove's argument is that biology could desperately use the rigor of semiconductor engineering. When an experiment fails in biology it is attributed with alarming frequency to bad reagents. However, efforts to find what is bad about the reagent are rarely undertaken. Such attitudes get you fired in semiconductor fabs. Many people interpreted Grove's argument to mean that a biological system can be designed like a semiconductor chip. I interpreted it to mean that you start by attempting to measure anything and everything about your system. And that starts with rigorous failure analysis. After all, if you can't measure it you can't control it (was it Jack Welch who said that?) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36768584.post-80049254413630645452019-05-23T03:56:46.718-04:002019-05-23T03:56:46.718-04:00It throws open a good opportunity for someone to r...It throws open a good opportunity for someone to replace the likes of Qiagen, or for Qiagen to step up to the plateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com