Transcriptomics & Proteomics – Genomics News and Views

Unveiling a Genetic Symphony: mRNA the Maestro of Novel Proteomic Discoveries

News and Views by: Gabe Jones (gajones@davidson.edu) Primary Article: Oikonomou et al. 2020 This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Join me on a journey through the genome where novel vivo mRNA display reveals the orchestrated dance between genetic transcripts and protein phenotypes. By use of this…

A New Light on Parkinson’s Disease

After careful sequencing and identification of different cell strains, Q. Wang et al. found convincing evidence that Parkinson’s Disease impacts more of the brain than we thought. This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Since its discovery in 1817, Parkinson’s Disease has been a notorious neurological disorder…

The Eternal Fight: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Cancer Diagnosis

In a world where artificial intelligence is all around us, how can we harness this technology to aid health outcomes? A talented group of scientists attempt to answer this question by creating a novel machine learning algorithm that could potentially mark the beginning of a new era of non-invasive cancer diagnostic tests. This web page…

Deciphering the chromatin landscape and epigenetic shenanigans in healthy and adaptive kidney cells

Disclaimer: This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. A comprehensive genome-wide atlas of epigenetic profiles in gene regulatory regions unveils differences between healthy and adaptive kidney cells, shedding light on potential therapeutic targets for kidney repair. Kidney cells exhibit gene expression changes after being exposed to damage…

The zebrafish kideny is more complex than ever anticipated!

Written By: Porter Alston | poalston@davidson.edu Home Page This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Featured Image from Britannica Single-cell RNA sequencing on white blood cells of infected zebrafish kidneys by Hu et al. reveals the presence of multiple immune cell lineages, as well as conserved differential…

Spiraling Down an Axon: How Transcriptomics Can Characterize Tumor Cells and Types for Vestibular Schwannoma

Tumors are often assumed to be the uncontrollable proliferation of one type of cell, but this study identifies tumor cell type composition and discovers novel tumor classifications for vestibular schwannoma using transcriptomic analysis. Barrett et al. uncover and characterize the diversity of cell types within VS, find that VS Schwann cells resemble those of peripheral…

How can a protein predict cancer prognosis?

A group of scientists in China combined their classic “wet lab” skills with bioinformatic power to understand how a protein involved in blood coagulation plays a key role in the development of stomach adenocarcinoma. About me: Sofia Doune Bosch This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College With…

Carlos Jaramillo

This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College. Hello, my name is Carlos Jaramillo Rodriguez. I am a senior at Davidson College and a Biology major, Computer Science minor on the Pre-med track. I am from San Francisco, California, where the summers are often colder than the winters.…

About Me: Jada Coffey

Hi! My name is Jada Coffey and I am a senior Biology major and Africana Studies minor at Davidson College. On campus, I volunteer at Lula Bell’s, conduct genomics research in Dr. Thurtle-Schmidt’s lab, and am an avid member of the Davidson Nuances (a cappella). Upon graduation, I plan on receiving additional research experience and…

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