TEDMED Great Challenges: Genomics and Medicine: Where promise meets clinical practice
November 21, 2013 - NHGRI Director Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D, hosted the TEDMED Google+ Hangout to discuss genomic medicine with an all-star cast that includes Carlos Bustamante, James Evans, Amy McGuire and Sharon Terry. More: http://www.tedmed.com/greatchallengesTags: Genome, Epigenome, Health, Pharmacology
3769 days ago
Genome + Epigenome = New Understanding of the Pathogens in Your Food
UC Davis's Bart Weimer describes foodborne pathogens and their proclivity for rapid genome rearrangement. The 100K Pathogen Genome Project he leads is using PacBio long-read sequencing to close genomes and analyze methylation; Weimer reports that his team has already discovered new epigenetic mod...Tags: Genome, Epigenome
3825 days ago
Genetics, epigenetics and disease
Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize Lecture given by Professor Adrian Bird CBE FMedSci FRS on Tuesday 22 January 2013. Adrian Bird CBE FMedSci FRS is the Buchanan Chair of Genetics at the University of Edinburgh. The human genome sequence has been available for more than a decade, but its signi...Tags: Genome, Epigenome, Epigenetics, Disease
3825 days ago