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| [[Image:JBL.jpg|200px|left|Julius B. Lucks]] | | [[Image:JBL.jpg|250px|left|Julius B. Lucks]] |
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| I am a [http://millerinstitute.berkeley.edu/ Miller Fellow] at the University of California, Berkeley. With [http://genomics.lbl.gov/People.html Adam Arkin], I am working on developing genetic systems that compute. I am also part of the [http://arxiv.org arXiv.org] project, where I am the lead developer of the [http://export.arxiv.org/api_help applications programming interface]. | | I am an Assistant Professor in the [http://www.cheme.cornell.edu/ School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering] at Cornell University. Please visit my lab webpage at [http://luckslab.org http://luckslab.org] for more information about my research interests in unraveling the RNA sequence/structure/function code for biology, medicine and biotechnology. |
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| == Projects ==
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| Check out my [[Lucks|oww home page]] for more info on the projects I am working on, and take a look at OWW's brand new [[Open_writing_projects|Open Writing Projects]] page where you will find a list of open access articles on how to improve your science!
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| == Interests ==
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| In addition to science, I am becoming more and more fascinated with how the internet can be used to make some of the common tasks in science more efficient. I enjoy thinking about topics such as:
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| *How to make the literature system more efficient through better user interfaces to searching. One of the main reasons for opening up the [http://arxiv.org arXiv] via an API is to allow the creation of better search interface tools - now its up to you to try out some crazy ideas!
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| *Low-overhead customizable databases for quick and flexible organization of data. If you are interested in this topic, please add your comments to [[OpenWetWare:Software/Flexible_Science_Databases]].
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| *Using the internet for fast publication of results.
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| **Broad community ranking of the usefulness/integrity of such results.
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| I recently started a project (with the same group of friends) making a [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kuku game] for the [http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Image:Drawing75c1.jpg $100 Laptop] as part of the [http://wiki.laptop.org One Laptop Per Child Project]. The game is a generalization of classic [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Munchers Number Munchers], with question content derived from a whole range of topics including learning numbers, arithmetic, spelling, vocabulary, you name it!
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| == Tools I Like ==
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| '''Python''' - I used to use a lot of different languages for all my tasks, but now I consider Python as my one-stop-shop. I do all sorts of stuff, from serious number crunching to making plots to scripting in it. I firmly believe that python is the best scientific programming platform out there.
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| I have always wanted to write a series of articles on great scientific tools. I have started one, [[Lucks/Scientific_Pipelines|Scientific Pipelines]], that I hope turns into a nice resource for someone just entering into scientific programming.
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| Despite the languages listed above, I recently took the 'Which Programming Language Are You?' quiz, and found out that
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| Lisp is awesome.
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| == Inspiration ==
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| There are some really great thinkers out there ...
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| * [http://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html Paul Graham's] essays are fantastic. He has a lot to say about young people full of creative energy - from how they like to work, to common pitfalls they encounter. If any of you have a need to hear some advice from someone who understands the way you think and work, check these out. In particular I like:
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| **[http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html How to do what you Love]
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| **[http://www.paulgraham.com/procrastination.html Good and Bad Procrastination]
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| **[http://www.paulgraham.com/bronze.html Why Smart People Have Bad Ideas]
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| == OpenWetWare ==
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| *[[Special:Contributions/Lucks | My Contributions]]
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| == Science ==
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| ===Research ===
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| My specific projects during graduate school have dealt with
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| *Unzipping DNA at a constant force
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| *Translocating RNA through nanopores
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| *Geometrical Defects in curved, two-dimensional crystals (related to viral capsids)
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| *Phage genome landscapes - a way to visualize important genomic features
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| My current research involves implementing computational architectures as genetic circuits inside cells.
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| === Education ===
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| *Ph. D. in [http://www.chem.harvard.edu/ chemical physics] at [http://www.harvard.edu Harvard University].
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| *M. Phil. in theoretical physics at the [http://www-theor.ch.cam.ac.uk/ CUC3] at [http://www.cam.ac.uk/ Cambridge University] ([http://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/ Churchill College]).
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| *B.S. in chemistry (Math minor) at the [http://www.chem.unc.edu/ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill].
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| === Publications ===
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| J. B. Lucks ''Python - All a Scientist Needs''.
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| :OWW: [[Julius_B._Lucks/Projects/Python_All_A_Scientist_Needs|Article Page]] (FREE)
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| :Arxiv: [http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.1838 arXiv:0803.1838 (q-bio.QM)] (FREE)
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| J. B. Lucks, D. R. Nelson, G. Kudla, J. B. Plotkin. ''Genome landscapes and bacteriophage codon usage'', PLoS Computational Biology, '''4''', .1000001, 2008.
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| :DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000001 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000001] (FREE)
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| :Arxiv: [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/0708.2038 arXiv:0708.2038v1 (q-bio.GN)] (FREE)
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| J. B. Lucks, Y. Kafri. ''Dynamics of RNA Translocation through a Nanopore''.
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| :Arxiv: [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/q-bio.BM/0703028 q-bio.BM/0703028] (FREE)
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| V. Vitelli, J. B. Lucks, D. R. Nelson. ''Crystallography on Curved Surfaces''. PNAS, '''103''', 12323-12328, 2006.
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| :DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0602755103 10.1073/pnas.0602755103] (FREE)
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| :Arxiv: [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0604203 cond-mat/0604203] (FREE)
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| J. D. Weeks, J. B. Lucks, Y. Kafri, C. Danilowicz, D. R. Nelson and M. Prentiss. ''Pause Point Spectra in DNA Constant-Force Unzipping'', Biophysical Journal, '''88''', 2752-2765, 2005.
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| :DOI: [http://dx.doi.org/10%2E1529/biophysj%2E104%2E047340 10.1529/biophysj.104.047340],
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| :Arxiv: [http://www.arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0406246 cond-mat/0406246] (FREE)
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| == Contact ==
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| My email address is lucks at fas dot harvard dot edu, or you can [[Special:Emailuser/Julius_B._Lucks|email me]] through OWW.
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