The origin of fishfingers: CRISPR/Cas9 in the study of evolutionary and developmental biology

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CRISPR-Cas9 is a powerful study in the fields of developmental and evolutionary biology. Recent studies on fish, butterflies, and crustaceans are great examples on how this technique can be used to...

Massively Parallel Sequencing—Shaping the Future of Forensic DNA Casework

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Hear from key opinion leaders in the field of forensic genomics about how massively parallel sequencing (MPS), also known as next-generation sequencing (NGS), is providing a new level of information...

Removing Cancer’s Veil: TruSight Tumor 170 Gene Panel

5927 views | 8 years ago

Introduction to TruSight® Tumor 170, a new enrichment-based cancer research assay that interrogates both DNA and RNA, detecting small variants, gene amplifications, gene fusions, and splice variants....

Of Humans and Microbes: a Long Lasting Relationship

2685 views | 8 years ago

For many years, we have been repeating that for each human cell in a person there are at least 10 bacterial cells. Although this is an over-estimation, recent evidence shows that hominids and certain...

Driving ALS Discovery With Integrative Genomics | Jan Veldink

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Jan Veldink, PhD shares how integrative genomics has helped drive his ALS research, leading to the discovery that NEK1 is an ALS gene. He highlights why using a combination of methods including GWAS,...

Next-generation Conservation

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History comes alive through cultural and historical artifacts, but time and the elements conspire against them – with even surface microorganisms playing a role. In this week’s SciMon video, learn how...

The Illumina Difference

3690 views | 8 years ago

Key opinion leaders in the fields of preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) and preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) discuss how partnering with Illumina has positively impacted families around...

BaseSpace® Informatics Suite | The future of precision medicine

1255 views | 8 years ago

BaseSpace® Informatics Suite (http://www.illumina.com/informatics.html) is a powerful integrated informatics portfolio that will accelerate the future of precision medicine and genomic research. BaseSpace...