Dr. Amanda Vondras: standing on the shoulders of giantsThis weekend Amandra Vondras, GenRAIT’s Director of Science, went on David McKay’s podcast, Standing on the Shoulders of Giants. She…Jun 12, 2023Jun 12, 2023
The age of forensic genomicsThe Golden State Killer, a sinister figure who terrorized Californians between 1974 and 1986, was apprehended on April 24, 2018. This…May 3, 20231May 3, 20231
70 years since Watson and Crick publish the structure of DNAOn April 25th, 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick published Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic…Apr 25, 2023Apr 25, 2023
Precise medicine is accurate medicineMore than 40 years ago my mother got a shocking result in her yearly check-up when she was a new immigrant to the US: she had very high…Mar 9, 20231Mar 9, 20231
Artificial intelligence and life science in the 21st century: chatGPT, genomics and the path…Unless you’ve been sleeping under a rock, you’ve been reading about and experiencing how the new generation of artificial intelligence bots…Mar 4, 2023Mar 4, 2023
CRISPR/Cas9: the genetic engineering centuryIf you were in and around genetics laboratories in the early 2010’s, one thing would be immediately apparent: CRISPR was going to…Feb 23, 2023Feb 23, 2023
GenRAIT goes to PAG 30Furthering the life science data revolution in plant and animal genomicsFeb 6, 2023Feb 6, 2023
The genetic future is hereIn the year 2000, there was one single human genome. In 2010 there were fewer than 100 human genomes (you could look them up in a…Aug 23, 2022Aug 23, 2022