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Genetics
Genetics: the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in living organisms. It is generally considered a field of biology, but intersects frequently with many other life sciences and is strongly linked with the study of information systems. The father of genetics is Gregor Mendel, a late 19th-century scientist and Augustinian friar. Mendel studied "trait inheritance", patterns in the way traits are handed down from parents to offspring. He observed that organisms (pea plants) inherit traits by way of discrete "units of inheritance". This term, still used today, is a somewhat ambiguous definition of what is referred to as a gene.
JUN 20, 2019 | 7:30 AM
Most cancer therapies have highly variable activity from one patient to another, with only a fraction of patients’ cancers responding to a given treatment. In many types of cancer, comb...
JUN 20, 2019 | 6:00 AM
It has been noted by many in the community that for Precision Medicine to become a transformative reality, the underlying DNA and RNA sequence data have to become more precise. In my talk, I...
JUN 20, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Virtually all tumors are genetically heterogeneous, containing subclonal populations of cells that are defined by distinct mutations. Subclones can have unique phenotypes that influence disea...
JUN 20, 2019 | 6:00 AM
Inherited disorders affect millions of people globally. These diseases significantly impact lives of patients and their families, and in addition, also results in substantial socio-economic i...
JUN 19, 2019 | 10:00 AM
DATE: June 19, 2019TIME: 10:00am PDT, 1:00pm EDT As we develop new methods to create more biologically relevant models for research in understanding disease etiology and in...
JUN 19, 2019 | 8:00 AM
DATE: June 19, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT Approximately 80% of all cancers are known to be affected by both somatic mutations and copy number changes. Furthermore, r...
JUN 05, 2019 | 5:00 PM
DATE: June 5, 2019TIME: 8:00am PDT, 11:00am EDT, 5:00pm CEST Eukaryotic cell cultures respond to the most subtle influence. Apart from the risk of contamination, minimal chan...
MAY 21, 2019 | 7:00 AM
DATE: May 21, 2019TIMEL 7:00am PT, 10:00am ET Human T cells are central effectors of immunity and cancer immunotherapy. CRISPR-based functional studies in T cells could prioriti...
MAY 16, 2019 | 4:00 PM
DATE: May 16, 2019TIME: 7:00am PDT, 10:00am EDT, 4:00pm CEST The emergence of NGS is revolutionizing the microbiological sciences and transforming medicine. Deep sequencing has...
MAY 09, 2019 | 1:30 PM
C.E. CREDITS
In 2014, the Undiagnosed Diseases Network (UDN), which is funded by the NIH, was established as a network of seven clinical sites, two sequencing cores, and a coordinating center. Later, a ce...
MAY 09, 2019 | 12:00 PM
Screening to identify all known viruses and other pathogenic microorganisms including bacteria, fungus and parasites in human tumor tissues will provide a more comprehensive understanding of...
MAY 09, 2019 | 10:30 AM
Real-time PCR, or quantitative qPCR, is a commonly used molecular biology lab technique to determine the actual amount of PCR product at a given cycle. For quantitative reverse transcription...
