Cheaper sequencing, bigger payoff: New software could bring advanced metagenomics to more labs

Metagenomics relies on the use of software programs called assemblers, which can reconstruct tens of thousands of individual ...
Northwestern's McCormick School of Engineering

Adaptive Algorithm Aims to Reduce Kidney Discards and Improve Transplant Access

Developed by Professor Sanjay Mehrotra, the Sliding Scale AdaptiVe Expedited (SAVE) algorithm could improve organ allocation ...
Nature

‘Jumping genes’ help a bacterium that causes hospital infections to adapt quickly

Over the past three decades, mobile DNA sequences called transposable elements have proliferated throughout the genome of ...
The Scientist

Then and Now: Erica Larschan Harnesses Modern Technologies to Study Gene Regulation

Using CRISPR, multiomics, and machine learning, molecular biologist Larschan unravels the mysteries of the X chromosome.