Month: July 2019
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Playing a long game
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″] Michael Eisenstein | Nature Methods | 30 July 2019 This past February, Adam Phillippy of the National Human Genome Research Institute showed the genomics community something it had never seen before: a complete human chromosome. It’s no secret that the human genome…
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Efficient de novo assembly of eleven human genomes using PromethION sequencing and a novel nanopore toolkit
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Mouse, Not Just Tick: New Genome Heralds Change in Lyme Disease Fight
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St. Baldrick’s Foundation grant funds Treehouse Childhood Cancer Initiative
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Dream job: Combining science and illustration
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Study pinpoints cell types affected in brains of multiple sclerosis patients
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”3.25.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.25.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25.3″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.27.4″ global_colors_info=”{}”] University of Cambridge | JULY 17, 2019 Scientists have discovered that a specific brain cell known as a ‘projection neuron’ has a central role to play in the brain changes seen in multiple sclerosis (MS). The research, published today in Nature, shows that projection…
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Holger Schmidt receives IEEE Photonics Society Engineering Achievement Award
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Q&A: Life science startup, Claret Bio, comes out of stealth mode
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