Bioinformatics -- Understanding of living systems through information science
...organisms, DNA contains genetic information, and this is called the genome. But the amount of information involved is huge, so recently, it's been read using next-generation sequenc...3902 days ago
The Story of You: ENCODE and the human genome
...it's used to make different types of cells and different people. The ENCODE project, as it's called, is the latest chapter in the story of you. To read the ENCODE research papers an...3892 days ago
Genome + Epigenome = New Understanding of the Pathogens in Your Food
...angement. 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 mo...3858 days ago
Memories Can Be Passed Down Through DNA
...is joined by special guest and our friend Tara Long from Hard Science to explain how this process works, and if it might apply to humans as well. Read More: Parental olfactory exp...3632 days ago