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@BioFrontiers

BioFrontiers Institute - undaunted exploration of the greatest challenges in human health and welfare.
University of Colorado biofrontiers.colorado.edu Joined October 2012
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“We can now say, unequivocally, that RNA is critical in this process of cell differentiation.”

Congrats to @YichengLong & Taeyoung Hwang on this great Cech Lab & @Noncodarnia Lab collaboration!

colorado.edu/today/2020/07/…
www.colorado.edu How does a stem cell know what to become? Study shows RNA plays key role If each human cell has the same blueprint, or set of genes, why does an eye cell look and act differently than a brain cell or skin cell? New research moves
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"Single nucleotide variants have been the workhorse of genetics for decades, but are only one class in a spectrum of variation. Here we look across 17,796 human genomes to quantify the effect of large structural variants" @ryanlayer
@CUEngineering
nature.com/articles/s4158…
www.nature.com Mapping and characterization of structural variation in 17,795 human genomes Nature - Structural variants in more than 17,000 human genomes are mapped and characterized using whole-genome sequencing, showing how this type of variation contributes to rare deleterious coding...
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Sarfati & colleagues have been filming firefly displays to calculate # insects in a given area. He now hopes the pandemic will allow the team to capture how the annual displays may differ under conditions no firefly researcher has ever witnessed before.
washingtonpost.com/science/2020/0…
www.washingtonpost.com Firefly festivals are canceled due to coronavirus, and lightning bugs might be pleased about it Scientists say covid-19 might allow the bioluminescent beetles to mate in peace for the first time in a long while.