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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is investing heavily in its health sector, particularly in genomic medicine, so read on to learn more.

Dr. Joseph Califano III, who specializes in head and neck cancer, has been with UCSD Health since 2015. He replaces Dr. Scott Lippman, who will remain at UCSD and lead a national program.

Dr. Joseph Califano III, who specializes in head and neck cancer, has been with UCSD Health since 2015. He replaces Dr. Scott Lippman, who will remain at UCSD and lead a national program.

Computational biologist recognized for his contributions to the first complete sequencing of the human genome

East Tennessee State University’s College of Nursing is offering an online Graduate Certificate in Health Care Genetics and Genomics. The certification is designed to prepare students to utilize knowledge of genetics, genomics, epigenetics, pharmacogenetics, genetic testing and genetic counseling in their practice. It will also provide knowledge of how genetic makeup and environment may contribute to the development of common inherited disorders. Genetics is the study of heredity and the v...

Prof. Tulio de Oliveira is a bioinformatician that has first moved to South Africa in 1997. He has received his BSc at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil and MSc/PhD at the Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, UKZN, South Africa. He has been awarded two prestigious fellowships, an European Commission Marie Curie Research Fellow at the University of Oxford, U.K. from 2004 to 2006 (which was selected as one of top 20 inspiring researcher fellows in Europe) and a U.K. Roya...

December 15, 2020 By Allison Proffitt December 15, 2020 | Sequencing in the palm of your hand is now a reality. Oxford Nanopore’s MinION is a handheld sequencer that has been used “in the field” to sequence genomic materials in Africa in the middle of the Ebola outbreak, in South America during the Zika outbreak, and even on the International Space Station. But even as the sequencers are spitting out reads, that’s not solving the analysis problem.  iGenomics can do that fo...