article thumbnail

Mason researchers to provide bioinformatic analysis

Scienmag

Virginia Espina, Research Associate Professor, Applied Proteomics and Molecular Medicine, received $21,000 from Baylor Research Institute for a project in which Mason researchers are providing biostatistics and bioinformatic analysis for integrating multi-omic data sets from a breast cancer cohort.

article thumbnail

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

XTalks

CancerVar will help researchers standardize and automate clinical interpretations for 13 million somatic mutations from 1,911 cancer census genes. Millions of somatic cancer variants have been identified due to precision medicine and next-generation sequencing (NGS). What is CancerVar? Why Was CancerVar Developed?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

February 21, 2024: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, Virtual Monitoring in Decentralized Clinical Trials

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Hernandez is the executive director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and professor of medicine and vice dean in the Duke University School of Medicine. .” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

article thumbnail

February 19, 2024: Virtual Monitoring in Decentralized Trials, in This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Hernandez is the executive director of the Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI) and professor of medicine and vice dean in the Duke University School of Medicine. .” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, February 23, 2024, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Trials 130
article thumbnail

Bioinformatic exploration of perivascular space discovers 24 genomic risk loci

Medical Xpress

An international team of 79 researchers have collaborated on a study published in Nature Medicine to delve into perivascular spaces (PVS), a poorly understood artifact seen in magnetic resonance imaging of cerebral small vessel disease, a leading cause of stroke and dementia.

article thumbnail

McIndoe leading $6.2 million innovative research initiative

Scienmag

McIndoe, bioinformatics expert and associate director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia, is leading a dynamic, new $6.2 million federally funded initiative to support highly innovative research ideas in three areas with tremendous impact on health.

article thumbnail

April 26, 2023: In This Week’s PCT Grand Rounds, a Cluster-Crossover Trial of Oxygen Saturation Targets

Rethinking Clinical Trials

Dr. Semler is an assistant professor of medicine and bioinformatics and the medical director of the Center for Learning Healthcare in the Vanderbilt Center for Clinical and Translational Research. .” The Grand Rounds session will be held on Friday, April 28, 2023, at 1:00 pm eastern. Join the online meeting.

Trials 130