A post-doctoral position focused on the omics (e.g., genetic, genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic, etc.) associations with chronic pain is available in the Department of Pain and Translational Symptom Science (PTSS) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. The PTSS department has a ...
Read More »Removing bias against short sequences enables northern blotting to better complement RNA-seq
Changes in small non-coding RNAs such as micro RNAs (miRNAs) can serve as indicators of disease and can be measured using next-generation sequencing of RNA (RNA-seq). Here, University of Maryland rsearchers highlight the need for approaches that complement RNA-seq, discover ...
Read More »Current approaches underestimate reproducibly detected RNAs that are shorter than 18 nt
Small RNAs regulate gene expression and most genes in the worm Caenorhabditis elegans are subject to their regulation. Here, researchers from the University of Maryland analyze small RNA data sets and use reproducible features of RNAs present in multiple data ...
Read More »Shape analysis of high-throughput transcriptomics experiment data
The recent growth of high-throughput transcriptome technology has been paralleled by the development of statistical methodologies to analyze the data they produce. Some of these newly developed methods are based on the assumption that the data observed or a transformation ...
Read More »Researchers Develop Tool to Better Visualize, Analyze Human Genomic & Transcriptomic Data
Scientists at the University of Maryland have developed a new, web-based tool that enables researchers to quickly and easily visualize and compare large amounts of genomic information resulting from high-throughput sequencing experiments. The free tool, called Epiviz, was described in ...
Read More »Computational Method Dramatically Speeds Up Estimates of Gene Expression, CMU, UMD Researchers Report
“Sailfish” Method Could Pay Dividends as Genomic Medicine Expands Contact: Byron Spice / 412-268-9068 / bspice@cs.cmu.edu PITTSBURGH—With gene expression analysis growing in importance for both basic researchers and medical practitioners, researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Maryland ...
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