By Laura Budurlean All cancers exhibit some degree of genomic instability, but what if we’ve been severely underestimating how much instability there really is? Structural variants (SVs) are a hallmark of human cancer and encompass insertions, deletions, duplications, inversions, translocations, and copy number variations (Figure 1). These are all mutations that can affect large sections … Continue reading An Untapped Gold Mine of Information; Detecting Structural Variants with Bionano Optical Mapping
Month: October 2022
Dos and Dont’s of Looking for Jobs and Postdocs
By Mariam Melkumyan It's never too early for graduate students or postdocs to start thinking about future careers and what steps need to be taken to best prepare for them (Figure 1). However, working on the next steps in your career can be very stressful, as you may not know what you want to do, … Continue reading Dos and Dont’s of Looking for Jobs and Postdocs
Formal Proof Assistants: More Than Just A Sanity Check
By Mike Sha Mathematics is the study of symmetry, patterns, and numbers. Professional mathematicians spend most of their time thinking and proving facts about these abstract concepts. Einstein used differential geometry to formulate his theory of gravity. Machine learning researchers use differential geometry and representation theory to design effective neural networks. At the heart of … Continue reading Formal Proof Assistants: More Than Just A Sanity Check
I Don’t Wanna Live Forever…But How Close Can I Get?
By Rebecca Fleeman The world’s oldest living female, Sister André (Lucile Randon), is currently 118 years old and if she lives four more years, she will be crowned the longest living human ever. The title is currently held by Jeanne Louise Calment, who was 122 years old and passed away in 1997. The longest living … Continue reading I Don’t Wanna Live Forever…But How Close Can I Get?
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