by Tu-An Nguyen | Jul 14, 2020 | News
Scientists achieve first complete assembly of human X chromosome The first end-to-end (‘telomere-to-telomere’) completely gapless DNA sequence of a human chromosome is a major milestone for genomics research July 14, 2020 | Tim Stephens | UCSC Although the current...
by Tu-An Nguyen | Jun 30, 2020 | Publications
Finding a gene in the stacks Genetic disease diagnosis can be time-consuming because of the extensive literature searching required. To speed this process, Birgmeier et al. developed AMELIE (Automatic Mendelian Literature Evaluation), an end-to-end machine learning...
by Tu-An Nguyen | Jun 29, 2020 | News
DNA evidence has revealed why woolly mammoths died out on St Paul Island, Alaska. World Economic Forum | 24 Jun 2020 | Kate Whiting Dr Beth Shapiro is a paleo-geneticist who uses genomics techniques to understand how species became extinct to help conservation efforts...
by Tu-An Nguyen | Jun 26, 2020 | News
On a shelf at the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s Office, an artist drawing of a Jane Doe sits among posters of missing persons. (Andy Bronson / The Herald) She was murdered near Everett in 1977. Years of detective work finally revealed her name: Lisa Roberts, 17....
by Tu-An Nguyen | Jun 19, 2020 | News
Mario Escudero plans to study medicine Jan Bernstein Chargin | Patch | Jun 18, 2020 Mario Escudero dealt with death in the family, survived his kids’ teen years, worked full time and explored multiple educational programs and leadership paths on his way to...
