The inaugural meeting of the Next Gen Sequencing working group took place on January 24th. Over 30 individuals attended to discuss the needs of the university for next gen sequencing from library preparation to result analysis. For the next meeting Andi Broka will present on the LinGA High Performance Compute Cluster and its analytical capabilities […]
On November 30, John Goodhue, Glenn Bresnahan, and Tracy Shroeder came to BUMC to discuss the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computer Center. This new initiative from five universities wil help keep Boston at the cutting edge of computational research. For those who were not able to attend the meeting in person or online, you can […]
“Scientists, including a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researcher, have discovered 30 new genes that control the age of sexual maturation in women. Notably, many of these genes also act on body weight regulation or biological pathways related to fat metabolism. The study, which appears in Nature Genetics, was co-authored by Kathryn Lunetta, […]
From Art Jahnke, BU Today~ “The National Research Council has raised concerns in a letter posted on its website yesterday about the methodology used in an ongoing study of the risks associated with the National Emerging Infectious Diseases Laboratories (NEIDL) on the Boston University Medical Campus. The NRC found that the risk assessment, which is […]
The 2nd Annual GSI Research Symposium has come and gone this October. Hundreds of faculty, staff, and students stopped by the Heibert Lounge to support genetic and genomic research at Boston University. Dozens of posters lined the walls of the 14th floor of the L-Building on the Medical Campus. Graduate and undergraduate students as well […]
Click below to read about Adrienne’s selection as the most recent recipient of the Janet L. Norwood award. http://sph.bu.edu/insider/index.php/Recent-News/busphs-adrienne-cupples-honored-for-achievement-in-statistical-sciences.html?piwik_campaign=insideremail
GSI members along with other faculty at Boston University have collaborated to identify genes that can predict longevity. “The scientists, lead by Paola Sebastiani at the School of Public Health and Thomas Perls at the School of Medicine, have found 150 genetic markers that predict with 77 percent accuracy whether people will live extremely long […]
Held last Tuesday, June 15th, in the Evans Biomedical Research Center, the GSI Faculty Meeting was quite a success. For those of you who were unable to attend and share your thoughts on the future evolution of genetics and genomics at BU with us, you can find the slides from the presentation here. Any comments […]
GSI Member, Robert Green will be a guest speaker at two prominent events this June: The World Science Festival in New York and the Consumer Genetics Conference at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston. Below is the description of Dr. Green’s discussion at the World Science Festival. Our Genome Ourselves – World Science Festival Thursday, […]
Led by GSI member Avi Spira, researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with investigators at the University of Utah, have discovered a new approach for identifying smokers at the highest risk for developing lung cancer. The findings, which appear in the April 7th issue of Science Translational Medicine, will allow the […]