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Researchers developed a new contamination detection tool to establish reproducibility in the identification and analysis of microbiomes in challenging, low abundance samples.
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E-Mail IMAGE: The Rice University computer science lab of Todd Treangen challenged -- and beat -- deep learning in a test to see if a new bioinformatics approach effectively tracks the lab... view more Credit: Tommy LaVergne/Rice University HOUSTON - (Feb. 26, 2021) - Tracking the origin of synthetic genetic code has never been simple, but it can be done through bioinformatic or, increasingly, deep learning computational approaches. Though the latter gets the lion's share of attention, new research by computer scientist Todd Treangen of Rice University's Brown School of Engineeri...