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Bioinformatics Jobs: How to Succeed in This Competitive Space

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Bioinformatics jobs are commonly found in the fields of computer information science, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology, computational biology, proteomics and medical informatics. The Human Genome Project could not have succeeded without the use of bioinformatics. Bioinformatics Analyst. Job Description.

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CancerVar: A New Bioinformatics Tool Developed for Clinical Interpretation of Cancer Mutations

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On Saturday, researchers at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) have announced that they developed and launched a new bioinformatics software tool called CancerVar (cancer variant interpretation). Li, MD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Director of Cancer Genomic Diagnostics. What is CancerVar?

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Deluge of DNA changes drives progression of fatal melanomas

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Credit: WEHI, Australia Melbourne researchers have revealed how melanoma cells are flooded with DNA changes as this skin cancer progresses from early, treatable stages through to fatal end-stage disease.

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Clinical Microbiomics makes third acquisition in 18 months

Drug Discovery World

Clinical Microbiomics has acquired DNASense, a Danish microbiome clinical research organisation (CRO) specialised in long-read DNA and RNA sequencing technologies and bioinformatics. The acquisition adds long-read DNA and RNA sequencing technologies to Clinical Microbiomics’ multi-omics technologies for the microbiome field.

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Personalising whole genome sequencing doubles diagnosis of rare diseases 

Drug Discovery World

A new study led by Medical Research Council-funded researchers from UCL has found that tailoring the analysis of whole genome sequencing to individual patients could double the diagnostic rates of rare diseases. . Consequently, the UK has established itself at the forefront of diagnostic whole genome sequencing. Context .

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Guide to using AAV vectors in gene therapy

Drug Discovery World

Andrea O’Hara, PhD, Strategic Technical Specialist, Azenta Life Sciences led the presentation and was joined by Elizabeth Louie, PhD, Supervisor, Technical Applications, Xiangying Mao, PhD, Team Lead, Bioinformatics, and Crystal Richardson, PhD, Business Partnership Manager – all Azenta Life Sciences – for the questions section.

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Guide to using AAV vectors in gene therapy

Drug Discovery World

Andrea O’Hara, PhD, Strategic Technical Specialist, Azenta Life Sciences led the presentation and was joined by Elizabeth Louie, PhD, Supervisor, Technical Applications, Xiangying Mao, PhD, Team Lead, Bioinformatics, and Crystal Richardson, PhD, Business Partnership Manager – all Azenta Life Sciences – for the questions section.