John Santiago, PhD candidate Brown University Providence, RI Sexual asymmetry for mitochondrial function in response to TOR inhibition with rapamycin and RNAi in Drosophila John Santiago and David Rand, Brown University, Providence, RI Rapamycin has been shown to extend lifespan by potently inhibiting TOR (Target of Rapamycin) signaling, a major component of cellular metabolism. […]
As of 2018, I have attended a grand total of six Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) meetings, all held on the Big Island of Hawaii. This figure is not impressive compared with colleagues and PSB early adopters like Drs. Marylyn Ritchie and Will Bush (Figure 1). Nor is it impressive compared with the founders of […]
I love ASHG, but I have to admit that when I noticed that the 2017 meeting was in Orlando, I kinda groaned. I think a lot of geneticists groaned, especially since the 2016 meeting was in the oh-so-cool Vancouver, Canada. Aside from those totally excited about Harry Potter World at Universal Studios, the rest of […]
Promotions, tenure, and awards are a big deal, and they should be celebrated as the big deal that the are. CWRU School of Medicine (SOM) totally gets that. Each year, the SOM hosts a gathering to celebrate those who have reached an academic milestone (Figures 1 and 2). In the same gathering, the SOM awards […]
The consensus is clear: there is a need for diversity in precision medicine research. Most of the current dialogue on diversity centers on study populations. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS), which began in earnest in 2007 with publication of the landmark Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium study of seven common diseases (PMIC2719288) and a trio of […]
The Translational Bioinformatics Conference (TBC) was established in 2011 as a partnership between Asian and US investigators with the goal of bringing together scientists with the diverse expertise that contribute to the new and growing field of translational bioinformatics. The first conference, led by Dr. Ju Han Kim, Professor and Chair of the Division of […]
The leaves are falling and there’s a crispness to the morning air. I suppose that means it’s time for a Crawford lab summer update! After looking back at my summer calendar, I am left wondering what I did. To be sure, it was filled with regular stuff. You know, grants, papers, and the occasional study […]
As I stare at my calendar, I am realizing that classes start in two and a half weeks. Geez, where did the summer go? Wait—what happened to spring??? Well, technically I did post about the 2017 Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing (PSB) and the 2017 Joint Summits on Translational Science before 2018 rolled around, so I […]
Informatics in all its different forms has without a doubt risen in popularity over the last five to ten years. Informatics is not exactly new and as a discipline or professional society has been around for several decades, evolving with the increase in the importance of computers. The recent surge in its popularity and cross-disciplinary […]
Our second annual symposium featured members of the Henrietta Lacks family Shirley Lacks and Veronica (Robinson) Spencer. Ms. Lacks is the sister-in-law of the late Henrietta Lacks, and she was good friends with Henrietta’s daughter Deborah. Veronica (Robinson) Spencer is the great-granddaughter of Henrietta Lacks. The Lacks family story has become and continues to be […]
It’s the first day of spring, so you know what that means! It means I haven’t posted since winter! Grant, papers, classes…what can I say? I have been very busy, indeed! But, there’s always time for PSB. Always. If you have read my previous posts, you know all about PSB. For the uninitiated, the Pacific […]