Precision Genomics Collaboratory News

Researchers clean up data to identify the bugs better

Erks are the signaling protein molecules that cause cells to divide, but also tell them when to stop dividing. 

Study of how semi-volatile organic compounds affect bacteria and fungi reveals new relationships and bacteria used for bioremediation in children's guts

Novel method identifies which master controllers of gene activity are essential to making adult cells of any type

Stem cells have the potential to turn into any cell type, which makes them an incredibly powerful tool for disease modeling and regenerative medicine.

In the orchestra of the brain, the firing of each neuron is controlled by two notes—excitatory and inhibitory— that come from two distinct forms of a cellular structure called synapses

The Duke University School of Medicine Precision Genomics Collaboratory offered pilot grant funding for early career investigators interested in COVID-19 research that broadly involves genomics/’omics

Pooling expertise in the Undiagnosed Diseases Network solves rarest of rare mysteries

A team of Duke University researchers has developed a lab-grown living lung model that mimics the tiny air sacs of the lungs where coronavirus infection and serious lung damage take place.

Transcription factor proteins are the light switches of the human genome. By binding to DNA, they help turn genes “on” or “off” and start the important process of copying DNA into an RNA template that acts as a blueprint for a new protein.