#Genomics

motoscientist

MagnaniLab_ICL

I have tought long and hard these days about science and COVID. The news of Mauro Ferrari resignation(ERC president for 4months) have now pushed me over the edge. He wanted

COVID-19 Host Genetics Initiative

covid19_hgi

.@andganna is presenting on behalf of COVID-19 HGI. Tools for the scientific community including questionnaires, data dictionary of variables, catalog of studies and research questions are on our website: http://www.covid19hg.org

Joshua Batson

thebasepoint

I want to talk about a toy model for reasoning about what viral genomics can and cannot tell us about #SARSCoV2 transmission.Suppose viral isolates from two people have *identical* genotypes.

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

David Perell

david_perell

Here's my new interview with @balajis.First, we talked about how he learns fast and identifies talent. Then we talked about genomics, how to reverse aging, and why living forever is

Eric Turkheimer

ent3c

This, from @mendel_random and others. The authors show that correlations between genotype and phenotype (ie, heritability) can arise from at least 4 sources (there are more). Actual genetic causation is

Barry J Whyte

whytebarry

THIS WEEK: 1/ GENES FOR SALE: In a major investigation by @businessposthq and @noteworthy_ie, we reveal the extent of the harvesting of Irish genetic data by one company through dozens

James Wang

jwangARK

ARK's Big Ideas 2020 deck is here—a year of research packed into 80 slides covering AI, robotics, autonomous, genomics, bitcoin, and more.Download: https://ark-invest.com/big-ideas-2020 Here are 5 slides that really hit it

Noteworthy

noteworthy_ie

𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗗Over the past few months @mhdelaney investigated genomics in Ireland with @businessposthq. They trawled publicly available information & submitted numerous FOI & press requests. Here's what we found out:#

Senjuti Saha, PhD

senjutisaha

It's online! The latest COVID-19 surge in Bangladesh correlates with increasing detection of the B.1.351 variant - @GlobalHealthBMJ We've been conducting genomic surveillance in Bangladesh since April 2020. Here, we

Ewan Birney

ewanbirney

Some COVID perspective. A reminder - I am an expert in one area (human genetics/genomics); I know many experts in other areas (infections epi, viral genomics, wastewater, clinical trials) worldwide

Michael Hoffman

michaelhoffman

1/Was asked by @jasleen_grewal what I mean by "controls: they're not just for wet lab experiments". Good question!Controls are a principle for analysis of biomedical research data, in general. Not

Kit D 💎😷

Diamondtrees11

4 days after learning that my #SecondaryBreastCancer has spread to my liver I'm busy thinking about options.#SecondaryBreastCancer has an average life expectancy of 2.5 - 3 years, but I know

Jacob Schreiber

jmschreiber91

In this week's "ML pitfalls w/ Jacob," we're going to talk about data set creation! Problem data sets occur in every field, but I frequently see them in genomics because

Benjy Renton

bhrenton

Much has been said about the success of @broadinstitute's genomics lab, which provides testing for 108 colleges in the Northeast. When we use @nytimes data to compare 88 of the

Katie Hampson

hampson_katie

A few thoughts from almost 20 yrs of contact tracing another deadly virus @rabidbites 1/n Even with modern tech (that I’m hopeful for), contact tracing comes down to manual detective