The delayed 10.01am number 9 bus took me into Cambridge for a meeting with the dynamic Dr Lorenz in the civilised environs of the Michealhouse Cafe. It was a delight to converse in German again, though both of us stumbled over words occasionally, the penalty of living in the UK.
Dr Lorenz was assisting a technology company travelling to an exhibition in Gemany and she was interested in potential synergies between our international interests in the future. We parted with the full intention to keep in touch as no doubt such opportunities would arise.
Returning to Milton for a short break in the Country Park, I then ventured to the new offices of the Currency Exchange Network, to meet Ms Lockyer in response to her attendance at last Friday's HBN meeting. MS Lockyer was able to inform me in greater detail of the cost effective financial exchange solutions that would primarily benefit larger businesses. In turn, I was able to assist her through familiarisation with the versatile tool that is Linkedin.
Tonight's news was agog with the continuing developments in the German E. coli outbreak, releasing the tantalising detail that the genome of the strain had been sequenced and appeared to be novel.
Immediate research revealed that the genome had been sequenced within three days by BGI-Shenzhen, using a new DNA sequencing technology called Ion Torrent sequencing. I immediately wrote a short article for my miltoncontact blog on the subject which you can read here:
http://miltoncontact.blogspot.com/2011/06/ion-torrent-sequencing-technology-helps.html
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