Sequencing more than 170,000 single cells from animal models have provided exceptionally detailed insight into the early immune response to SARS...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Job – Bioinformaticist – Bone Marrow Transplant
Department Name/Job Location: This position is in the Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Bone Marrow Transplant. This position is for the Medical School Campus. Essential Functions: POSITION SUMMARY: Assists in developing and conducting research projects, including experimental design, data ...
Read More »Researchers use RNA-Seq to understand bleaching of caribbean reef-building corals
Climate change-driven coral disease outbreaks have led to widespread declines in coral populations. Early work on coral genomics established that corals have a complex innate immune system, and whole-transcriptome gene expression studies have revealed mechanisms by which the coral immune ...
Read More »Model based normalization improves differential expression calling in low-depth RNA-seq
RNA-seq is a powerful tool for gene expression profiling and differential expression analysis. Its power depends on sequencing depth which limits its high-throughput potential, with 10-15 million reads considered as optimal balance between quality of differential expression calling and cost ...
Read More »Postdoc Position Available – RNA and Neuroscience
Employer: Washington University School of Medicine Location: Posted: May 17, 2014 Expires: June 30, 2014 The Dougherty laboratory, in the departments of Genetics and Psychiatry, at Washington University in St. Louis, is currently seeking creative, enthusiastic and technically proficient postdoctoral ...
Read More »Genome regions once mislabeled ‘junk’ linked to heart failure
By Julia Evangelou Strait Large sections of the genome that were once referred to as “junk” DNA have been linked to human heart failure, according to research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. So-called junk DNA was ...
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