Mastering the ASHG Abstract Review Process: Select the Right Topic
Get your ASHG 2019 abstract to the correct reviewers: Program Chair Kiran Musunuru runs through how to pick the right abstract topic, subtopic, and keywords. Read More
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Career Interview: Diana Azurdia, PhD
Director for Recruitment and Inclusion for Graduate Programs in Bioscience University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Dr. Azurdia earned her BS in Biochemistry from California State University (CSU) Los Angeles, where she was a National Institutes of Health (NIH) Maximizing Access to Research Careers (MARC) trainee. She later earned her PhD in Molecular Biology and... Read More
Communication and Documentation Standards at Biocuration 2019
Member Marina DiStefano recaps ISB Biocuration 2019, a meeting to foster communication between curators, and best practices for documentation and annotation. Read More
Following Up: Five Months After the Birth of Twins with CRISPR-Edited Genomes
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Allison McCague It has been five months since the first babies whose genomes were edited using CRISPR were born. What has happened since and where do we go from here? In November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he announced the birth of twin girls with CRISPR-edited... Read More
Adjusting Your Research Data for Time-of-Day Effects
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sandra Smieszek Circadian rhythms affect most aspects of human physiology including sleeping, waking, alertness, optimal treatment regimens, and cognitive and physical performance. A chronotype indicates a person’s circadian rhythm, with morningness and eveningness, which describe the likelihood to sleep at an earlier or later time of night. The importance of... Read More