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A good friend of mine is a PhD Cambridge grad. He makes my bit-twiddling look like simple addition.

His current research revolves around working out what certain proteins do (which has lead to amazing discoveries that relate directly to diseases such as epilepsy).

We are now getting to a point where we can visualize what is happening down there in micro land. The BioVisions group has put together an amazing movie that describes a bunch of interactions that are happening in our cells.

When you watch it you feel like you are in a fantasy land. It is miraculous. It is happening constantly in EACH of your cells.

It is fun to see the Perl code that runs a lot of this work... and how even the bio folk are switching to Ruby!