Genomics

A collection of 31 posts

Genomics

Telomerase and how linear genomes attempt to stay long

What if I told you that the ends of our chromosomes are a paradox and we didn't fully understand how human DNA was copied until 1989?

Genomics

Rare diseases get a second opinion and new diagnoses

A re-analysis of rare disease patients' genetic data delivers 500 new diagnoses

Genomics

The $100 genome is a myth

The $100 genome is a myth, let's focus on the $0 one instead.

Genomics

Science has figured out why Garfield is orange

Thanks to some genetic sleuthing, we now understand why orange cats are orange.

Historical Paper Review

A wormy discovery becomes a knockout laboratory technique

One of the best ways to figure out what a gene does is to get rid of it and see what happens.

Genomics

Pangenomes are here to bring equity to genomics

Reference genomes: what they are and why the next big thing in genomics is the human pangenome.

Genomics

Why short-read sequencing can't ever get us a 'whole genome'

Short-reads miss things, or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the long-read.

Genomic Sequencing

Frederick Sanger sequenced the first DNA genome, he didn't use 'Sanger Sequencing' to do it

Frederick Sanger invented a famous DNA sequencing method. It's not the one pictured below (which he also invented).

RNA

Bridge RNAs are here to take CRISPR's crown

Move over CRISPR, bridge RNAs are here to make the precision genome edits that you can't.

Metabolome

Metabolomics: Hype or Heroine?

How does the promise of metabolomics stack up against our current reality? It’s complicated.

Metabolome

Make way for the METABOLOME ..ome ..ome.. ome!!!

What's the biggest Ome of them all?

Microbiomics

The microbiome and metagenome, what's the difference?

Depends who you ask.

Multi-Omics

Genetic Determinism: What it is and how we can avoid it with multi-omics

One thing we constantly battle in genomics is, “What does it all mean?”

Genetics

Barbara McClintock discovered a little thing called the transposable element in 1950

While everyone else was distracted by the structure of DNA, Barbara McClintock was discovering a little thing called the transposable element.

Genomics

The evolutionary history of coffee is probably more complicated than you think

That dark and delicious brew billowing clouds of irresistible coffee incense next to you is most likely the product of Coffea arabica.

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Genomics Featured

Pacific Biosciences drops nearly 50% after a bad earnings report and a mind-boggling update to their product roadmap

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Genomic Sequencing Featured

Quest Diagnostics has made some moves in an attempt to become a major player in high throughput genomics

Epigenomics

Epigenome editors are coming for cholesterol (and other diseases)!

Ever heard of an ‘epigenome editor?’ Well, buckle up, because they could be the source of a long-term cure for high cholesterol!

Evolution Featured

The story of how apes (and humans) lost their tails!

How a ‘jumping gene’ caused apes (and humans) to quit monkeying around and ditch their tails.

Genomics

RNA interference was a knockout discovery in 1998!

One of the best ways to figure out what a gene does is to get rid of it and see what happens.

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Genomics Featured

Complete Genomics wants America to give them a second chance. Should they?

Proteomics

Sickle Cell Anemia was molecularly characterized in 1949 using a revolutionary new technique: electrophoresis

Sickle Cell Anemia was the first inherited disease to be molecularly characterized. It was done in 1949 using a revolutionary new method: electrophoresis.

Genomics

The yeast used to brew Guinness is unlike any other found in Ireland or the UK

The yeast used to make your most recent Guinness isn’t like any other found in Ireland or the UK!

Autoimmunity

80% of patients with an autoimmune disease are women, we are now beginning to understand why

Approximately 80% of people with autoimmune diseases are women. We may now understand why this extreme gender bias exists.

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Conferenceomics Featured

There was a lot of 'omics sizzle at this years' AGBT, and I'm not talking about the wicked sun-burns