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Steve Kelly
Steve__Kelly
Why did chloroplasts and mitochondria transfer almost all their essential genes to the nucleus? I think economics had a part to play. TL;DR It is cheaper for the cell to
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WACCBIP
WACCBIP_UG
We see that you have questions about genome sequencing and how our capacity to sequence genomes of the novel coronavirus is important for Ghana's response to the global pandemic.Here are
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Ibrahim
ibfaarax_
Came across a very interesting Somali Biology paper published in Nature, March 2020. (3/4 authors based are Somali)https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-62645-0 Findings! 1) A total of 9 variants in Somalis, with allele frequency
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Walter M Chesnut
Parsifaler
1) CHROMOSONAL CATASTROPHES: BEYOND CELLULAR RESPIRATION ARRESTSARS-CoV-2 IS A GENETIC "MAGIC ERASER." THE VIRUS IS TAKING FUNCTIONING GENES AND "EDITING" THEM INTO NON-FUNCTIONING PSEUDOGENE JUNK. THIS IS WHY WE SEE
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Brett Winton
wintonARK
there are all kinds of interesting puzzles buried in the grail blood test cancer diagnostic paper A reasonable solution to most of them:There is a lot more signal in DNA
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Andy Fraser
andy_utoronto
just read this quote "The Human Genome Project, and everything after it, has completely transformed our view of biology."Really? I can think of little about our *view of biology* that
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Schübeler Lab
SchubelerLab
Happy to share our latest study on site-specific turnover of DNA methylation: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-16354-x Genomic maps of DNA methylation, while informative about genome activity and cell state, provide only a freeze
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Emily Ladau
emily_ladau
My disability is genetic. I'm struggling with the Nobel Prize in chemistry going to scientists working on gene editing. I have conflicting, ever-evolving views about passing on my disability but
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Gertrud Rey PhD (Trudy)
GertrudRey
All throughout this pandemic, there have been headlines warning that “the virus is mutating to become more lethal.” A thread. (1/n) We know that viruses do indeed mutate, but when
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Jonathan Jacobs 🦠🧬🚀🕹
bioinformer
A short story about #bioinformatics, #genomics, bacterial reference #standards and the challenges and complexity of doing reproducible science. (Names changed to protect the innocent! )A thread... 1/ Dr. Amy discovers
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Irenes (many)
ireneista
Quick reference to COVID-19 variants of concern:B.1.1.7: first identified in the UK, more transmissible.B.1.351: first identified in South Africa, some vaccines are less effective.We're going to try to use the
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Dr Kevin Purcell
kevinpurcell
Excellent paper.“we describe the first native RNA sequence of SARS-CoV-2 [using direct nanopore sequencing], detailing the coronaviral transcriptome [all the RNA, mRNA, sgRNA, made by the virus] and epitranscriptome [all
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Aris Katzourakis
ArisKatzourakis
[SHORT THREAD] On the now published paper purporting to show evidence that SARS-CoV-2 integrates into the human genome. I was unconvinced at the preprint, and I guess you will be
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Kojo Akoto Boateng
KojoAB
When the GENOME SEQUENCING announcement was made, I wasn't as excited as some of my friends. I saw it basically as identifying the fingerprints of a thief but being unable
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Dr. Sonja Vernes 🦇🌈
Sonja_Vernes
Richard Durbin talks about the third phase of genome sequencing #blastDD19 Amazingly, Richard managed to fish out emails between him and @TheGeneMyers from 1994!! I can’t find emails from last
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Bad Actor/Autistic Person
JoboGinger
Just in case people don't know how horrifying Autism Speaks is, I'm gonna do a little thread: A woman who held a leadership position in the organisation contemplated killing her
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