Scientific MOOCs follower. Author of Airpocalypse, a techno-medical thriller (Out Summer 2017)


Welcome to the digital era of biology (and to this modest blog I started in early 2005).

To cure many diseases, like cancer or cystic fibrosis, we will need to target genes (mutations, for ex.), not organs! I am convinced that the future of replacement medicine (organ transplant) is genomics (the science of the human genome). In 10 years we will be replacing (modifying) genes; not organs!

Anticipating the $100 genome era and the P4™ medicine revolution. P4 Medicine (Predictive, Personalized, Preventive, & Participatory): Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine.

I am an early adopter of scientific MOOCs. I've earned myself four MIT digital diplomas: 7.00x, 7.28x1, 7.28.x2 and 7QBWx. Instructor of 7.00x: Eric Lander PhD.

Upcoming books: Airpocalypse, a medical thriller (action taking place in Beijing) 2017; Jesus CRISPR Superstar, a sci-fi -- French title: La Passion du CRISPR (2018).

I love Genomics. Would you rather donate your data, or... your vital organs? Imagine all the people sharing their data...

Audio files on this blog are Windows files ; if you have a Mac, you might want to use VLC (http://www.videolan.org) to read them.

Concernant les fichiers son ou audio (audio files) sur ce blog : ce sont des fichiers Windows ; pour les lire sur Mac, il faut les ouvrir avec VLC (http://www.videolan.org).

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Welcome

cath.coste@gmail.com

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Twitter: @cathcoste and @DnaCowgirl
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My Facebook as DNA cowgirl

Freelance writer. All things genomics (fiction and non-fiction)

MITx 7.00x, 7.QBWx, 7.28x (part 1 & 2) certified (2013-2016)
Currently interested in bioinformatics (genomics & python)
Post-graduate teacher training (German literature & civilisation, 2008)

My 80 bioethics chronicles (French) 
Mes 80 chroniques bioéthiques sur Agoravox

If I had a singing clone, it would be Pi Ja Ma (radio girl)



My motivation, as explained to Chinese sci-fi rockstar writer Liu Cixin -- Three Body Trilogy (books and movie)...







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I'm The Real Girl Behind @cathcoste On Twitter

For those who would like to know who i am (what i do) and what motivates me, i wrote this little article on my antiquated blog:

youtu.be/OPa2eVH934g
First of all, i only take selfies when trying to wake-up (this is yesterday's selfie), and i'm quite obsessed with my nose which i don't like (had nose surgery when i was too young, would need another surgery now. Dunno about that though)



I used to be a teacher in middle and high school (foreign languages), and an executive assistant (or marketing), i'm almost fifty, and now working in real estate in Southern France (Pau). In my free time, i enjoy learning stuff, so i earned myself several MITx MOOCs certificates in biology and genomics. Also, i love writing fiction. Nobody can understand why i write science-fiction (my culture in sci-fi is almost non-existant), but i just finished writing a techno-medical thriller, action taking place in China ("Airpocalypse") and would like to write "made-in-China" sci-fi. My co-writer Isa and myself are trying to finish another sci-fi, Jesus CRISPR Superstar, French title: La Passion du CRISPR.

I have a great family, scattered around the world (France, NY, Malaysia), spending a lot of time interacting with those folks.

My husband keeps motivating me, he is my learn-new-things coach, so i'm now getting ready for third part of MITx Molecular Biology MOOC: Translation. After that, i'd like to learn more about bioinformatics and precision medicine...

I live in Pau (Southern France) and since i love Asia, getting ready for a 3-months-stay in Japan (spent a lot of time in China last year)... Since i'm interested in science people, twitter is a great way to build a virtual network allowing me to get updates about stuff i enjoy learning and writing about. When i was a teenager, i wanted to become a dancer, a choreographer, a surgeon or a writer. Nine fictional pieces in progress; some of them i write alone, some with the help of a co-writer...

I'm afraid there's nothing else to say (probably too busy retweeting scientific stuff).

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What i do








Me, in three numbers:

 Eighty bioethics chronicles on @agoravox 2007-2012, four @MITxBio  certificates in Molecular Biology 2013-2016, three fictions coming out in 2017/18

 Twitter
Medium
LinkedIn

Author of "Cliffhanger" (French), with Isabelle Provost

 Education:

One-year degree before postgraduate studies (German Literature) - University of La Sorbonne, Paris
Post-graduate teacher trainings (German, English, French) - University of La Sorbonne, Paris
Two-year technical degree: European Executive Assistant - I.FO.CO.P., Paris
MITxBio (molecular biology) 7.00x, 7.QBW.x, 7.28.1x-2x certified

Areas of interest: computer programming and biology, Asia, geopolitics, medicine.

Experience:

Teacher in middle, high school, language learning centres (French, English, German)
Executive Assistant (Europe)
Logistics

Currently working for movie production companies based in Taiwan (thrillers, sci-fi)

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Me, in three numbers and one tweet and a book

Link to my bioethics chronicles on Agoravox:
http://www.agoravox.fr/auteur/catherine-coste 

Fictions:



Link to book (Kindle)

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Welcome. I'm a Freelance Journalist and a Networking Jedi

http://www.frontlinegenomics.com/1408/front-line-genomics-magazine-issue-four

Dying Steve Jobs: "Biology and I.T. have merged." Time to learn about it.
Freelance journalist. Personal Genomics Advocate with strong social media skills.
Find me on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook.

Upcoming books (2016):
Doomsdare -- medical thriller (in 2 volumes).
Jesus CRISPR Superstar -- sci-fi.
Publishing house: British (Oxford, UK)

Disneyland Paris, Oct. 2014
Australia, January 2016
Anticipating the $100 genome era and the P4™ medicine revolution. P4 Medicine (Predictive, Personalized, Preventive, & Participatory): Catalyzing a Revolution from Reactive to Proactive Medicine.

2016: Fun MOOC - Institut Catholique de Paris (ICP) "Géopolitique de la Chine Contemporaine", by Prof. Emmanuel Lincot. 97% total score.

2015-2016: MIT - edX digital diploma Molecular Biology – Part 1: 7.28.1x "DNA Replication & Repair" (76% TOTAL SCORE), 7.28.2x Molecular Biology – Part 2: Transcription and Transposition (81 % TOTAL SCORE).

2013 - 2014: MIT - edX digital diplomas: 7.00x "The Secret of Life" (76% TOTAL SCORE) & 7.QBWx "Quantitative Biology Workshop" (90% TOTAL SCORE).

All things genomics.
Science = Perpetual Ascension.
Sci-fi writer: From the Broad Institute to Broadway?
Science & Society, Genomic Entertainment.

I graduated in German literature. Post-graduate teacher training at La Sorbonne University, Paris (1997/1998, 2006/2007). Master's degree in social market economy and traductology. As an undergraduate, I studied linguistics and didactics.
Work: sales & marketing assistant; middle & high school teacher, blogger.
Co-founder of the Atelier e-santé (France) with Jean-Michel Billaut.
MITx-EdX 7.00x, 7.28x, 7.28.1x certified. Genomics & Python.

Find me on Twitter @ #PWSYN - "The Patient Will See You Now", 2015 Medical Bestseller by Eric Topol MD.






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My jacket. I am now a proud member of The Walking Gallery of Health Care

Twitter
LinkedIn
Bioethics Chronicles in French
My translation into French of Atul Gawande MD's TED conf. (March 2012): "How do we heal medicine?" (Harvard)
Facebook
Facebook Page: Homo Possessus (Fictional work)

Published Fiction: "Cliffhanger". Free PDF Version. Find this book on Amazon (French version, Kindle)





Painted by Regina Holliday




Painted by Regina Holliday: http://reginaholliday.blogspot.com
Regina Holliday shares her patient story with USA Today (May 26, 2015): 
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Brief background of this blog


I am a biology MOOC course evangelist. Medicine is changing due to discoveries in genomics that are happening right now. We all need to get the right information about that (hope; not hype).

I started this blog, Ethics, Death & Health 2.0, in March 2005, in France, under French name "éthique et transplantation d'organes". Back then I was working with Intuitive Surgical Europe, Marketing. Having heard some persistant polemics among surgeons and other physicians about "brain death", I decided to start a blog to write about these polemics and see if people would respond. I intended to say just a few things actually but the blog went live (mainly on this topic, I'm afraid) until end of 2010, with testimonials coming from parents of deceased "donors" (these "donors" were young or elderly people), transplant surgeons, transplant patients, patients awaiting an organ, associations promoting organ donation, even people who were asked to donate vital organs from a dying loved one would seek counsel...

Did you know that French citizens are not allowed to have their genome sequenced? It is forbidden by law. Consent to "post-mortem" organ donation is written in the French law.

End of 2010 I met with Steve Jobs (surprise!!) who told me my blog was "stupid," as "people need hope". I was instructed to follow MITx MOOCs in genomics, as it was going to be "the future of medicine". I earned myself three edX-MITx certificates, 7.00x, 7.28x1 & 7.QBWx (no scientific background, PhD in German literature!). Ethics, Death & Health 2.0 is a blog about MOOCs in genomics, wet lab (biology) + dry lab (python, MATLAB) = quantitative biology; breaking news in genomics & "the creative destruction of medicine" and... genomic entertainment (I'm a writer).

I am very grateful for MITxBio MOOCs as they are fascinating, high quality and empowering for change in patient/citizen engagement and healthcare system.

Catherine Coste
@cathcoste on Twitter
https://www.facebook.com/possessus


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https://twitter.com/cathcoste

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I'm a literature geek. My pseudo is LiteraGeek. I'm a MOOC- & bookworm. Seeking complementarity, I love working with computer programming geeks. Interested in musicals and genomics. Working on merging both -> genomic entertainment.



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Medicine

Highly interested in precision "genomic" medicine, in mHealth and patient engagement. MOOC & book worm. Earned myself two MITx edX certificates: genomics and python (quantitative medicine).


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Send your questions & comments! cath.coste@gmail.com

The one thing you need to know about me: passionate about science and society, working on a writing project: genomic entertainment. From the Broad Institute to Broadway? I'm talking about the human genome project here -- so YES: I'm talking about YOUR own genome...

I did a post-graduate teacher training at La Sorbonne university, Paris, taught German language and literature in middle and high school for over a decade and earned myself two MITx EdX digital diplomas (certificates) in genomics and quantitative biology: 7000x and 7.QBWx. Currently a MOOC student: "Explore Statistics With R" (edX). One last thing: I am a writer.






My message to Regina Holliday -- The Walking Gallery Of Patients (sent 08/18/2014):


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Welcome!

@cathcoste
People who impress me most:
Jack Andraka, Ray Kurzweil, Eric Topol, Maurice Béjart.

People who changed my life:
Steve Jobs, geneticist and MIT Professor Eric Lander PhD.

My favorite music:
Pomplamoose!

My favorite book (2014):  
J. Craig Venter: "Life at the speed of light".

Favorite writers:
David Mitchell (Cloud Atlas), Philip Pullman ("His Dark Material" -- Movie: "The Golden Compass"), Paul Auster, Jasper Fforde: Fantasy/SF/Comedy/Crime author who lives in Wales, Atul Gawande, Jean Cocteau, Paul Valéry, Arundhati Roy, Amitav Gosh ("The Calcutta Chromosome"), Jhumpa Lahiri ("Interpreter of Maladies"), Novalis, E.T.A. Hoffmann, Tieck, Paul Celan, Christa Wolf ("Cassandra")...

Favorite movies:
Avatar, Cloud Atlas, The Matrix. Life of Pi. 

As I love genomics and musicals, I'm trying to merge both... Monster High Institute of Tech is hitting Growlway: ever heard of the ughsome clawsome MIT Salem genomic musical?





MIT edX Certification in Genomics obtained 18/12/2013. 

Professor: Eric Lander PhD. 

I'm a Personal Genomics Advocate with strong social media skills, interested in genomics entertainment.

Exploring personal genomics involves dedicated microchips. Navigating their own genome on their iPhone, thanks to an "app" that will show a list of variants that can be tailored to the patients' genomic data, and with the help of their physician, patients will be able to become the Risk Manager of their own genome... And oh, yes, of course, we will need to have those FDA guys on board!

To cure diseases like cancer and cystic fibrosis, we will need to target genes (mutations, etc.); not organs.

7.00x The Secret of Life - Intro to Biology

https://www.vizify.com/catherine-coste/connections

Catherine Coste in 3 words: I SELL IDEAS! I LOVE GENOMICS.

Looking for Marketing ideas from London to Singapore!? Look no further!

Passionate about excellence in science (= Perpetual Ascension). Committed to excellence in writing. Scientific + Creative Writing = Marketing.

English, German, French & Basic oral Mandarin Chinese... My family lives in Malaysia (plenty of opportunities for me to improve my Mandarin Chinese), in NY & in Germany -- I'm a German native speaker.

OK, OK, now you're hooked, keep reading.....

A health geek and travel buff, I love meeting new faces. People around me say I'm all about creativity and marketing, new ideas and sustainable everything.

My 2014 favorite book: "Damn Good Advice (for people with talent!)" by George Lois.
I'm a Robin Cook and Tim Burton fan.
Science and society: genomic entertainment.

cath.coste@gmail.com
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"A transplant is not a cure": my letter to Steve Jobs.


2013: MOOC student, registered for the course MITx: The Secret of Life, Intro to Biology, by Eric Lander, PhD.  



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Documenting all the way from Organ Donation to CRISPR genome-editing tool...


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