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Human Genetics
Human Genetics: is the study of inheritance as it exist in human beings. This field encompasses a variety of overlapping grounds including: classical genetics, cytogenetics, molecular genetics, biochemical genetics, genomics, clinical genetics, population genetics, developmental genetics, and genetic counseling.
MAR 14, 2018 | 12:00 PM
Some of the most significant hurdles faced by neuroscientists in the field of neurodegenerative disease research when seeking to acquire genetic information include sample accessibility, repr...
MAR 14, 2018 | 10:30 AM
CRISPR Cas9 nucleases have revolutionized gene editing enabling unprecedented efficiency of targeted mutagenesis. Even with such powerful technology at hand, sophisticated projects, su...
MAR 14, 2018 | 10:30 AM
Since its initial description more than 70 years ago, autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has been diagnosed more frequently in boys. However, we remain unsure of why males are affected in greater...
MAR 14, 2018 | 9:00 AM
Most neuropsychiatric diseases involve multifactorial systems characterized by complex interactions among genetic predisposition/resiliency, environmental/social determinants, molecular seque...
MAR 01, 2018 | 12:00 AM
The isolation of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) and the discovery of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) reprogramming have sparked a renaissance in stem cell biology, in vitro di...
FEB 21, 2018 | 12:00 PM
Rett syndrome (RTT) is a neurodevelopmental disorder caused by mutations in the Methyl CpG Binding Protein 2 (MECP2) gene. In mouse models of RTT, deficits in long-term potentiation (LTP) at...
JAN 30, 2018 | 9:00 AM
DATE: January 30, 2018TIME: 9:00AM PST, 12:00PM ESTInfectious disease surveillance and monitoring is critical in settings where disease outbreaks and antibiotic resistance can dramatica...
JAN 18, 2018 | 8:00 AM
Current exon-level arrays and NGS techniques for CNV detection are plagued with a high number of false-positive calls and are challenging...
JAN 01, 2018 | 10:00 AM
The capacity to generate disease-relevant cell populations from human pluripotent stem cells has tremendous potential for shedding light on human disease mechanisms. I will discuss basic prin...
DEC 06, 2017 | 8:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 7:00am PST, 10:00 am EST, 3:00pm CETThis is the fifth topic in the webinar series on ‘Sanger Sequencing & Fragment Analysis made easy’Th...
NOV 16, 2017 | 10:00 AM
DATE: November 16, 2017TIME: 10:00am PST, 1:00pm EST, Neuronal networks play a fundamental role in the brain, with many diseases linked to disruptions in network activity. Cell-ba...
