Bioinformatics -- Understanding of living systems through information science
Recently, the progress of the Human Genome Project, aiming to decode all human DNA sequences, has highlighted a re...genome. But the amount of information involved is huge, so recently, it's been read...3879 days ago
The Story of You: ENCODE and the human genome
Ever since a monk called Mendel started breeding pea plants we've been learning about our genomes. In 1953, Watson...e ENCODE project, as it's called, is the latest chapter in the story of you. To read...3869 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 ge...thogen Genome Project he leads is using PacBio long-read sequencing to close genomes a...yze methylation; Weimer reports that his team has already...3835 days ago
Memories Can Be Passed Down Through DNA
The premise of Assassin's Creed is the reliving of other people's memories stored inside DNA. Well scientists have...ce to explain how this process works, and if it might apply to humans as well. Read...3610 days ago
How to sequence the human genome - Mark J. Kiel
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-sequence-the-human-genome-mark-j-...ndividual genome relatively quickly and inexpensively. Mark J. Kiel takes an in-depth look at the science behind th...3590 days ago