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Not at All Like the Summer of George

Mar 20, 2009

Google has announced 150 accepted mentoring organizations for its 2009 Google Summer of Code. During this three-month program, students, who receive stipends from Google, are paired with mentors to write code for open source software projects. The list of mentors includes Bell Lab's Plan 9, MySQL, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, NEScent, Open MRS, and Scilab. The deadline for enrolled students to apply for this program is April 3.

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Missed Early Cases

A retrospective analysis of blood samples suggests early SARS-CoV-2 infections may have been missed in the US, the New York Times reports.

Limited Journal Editor Diversity

A survey finds low diversity among scientific and medical journal editors, according to The Scientist.

How Much of a Threat?

Science writes that need for a provision aimed at shoring up genomic data security within a new US bill is being questioned.

PNAS Papers on Historic Helicobacter Spread, Brain Development, C. difficile RNAs

In PNAS this week: Helicobacter genetic diversity gives insight into human migrations, gene expression patterns of brain development, and more.