Learn about some of the exciting news and events going on around the McDonnell Genome Institute.
Interview on Washington University’s new Saliva COVID Test (Links to an external site)
The Director of GTAC@MGI discusses the new test and how it will help the community.
WUSTL-led Team Compiles Human Structural Variant Resource (Links to an external site)
“A team led by Washington University in St. Louis researchers has profiled rare and ultra-rare structural variants in nearly 18,000 high-coverage whole-genome sequences in an effort to fill in remaining gaps in the understanding of the larger variants that impact protein-coding and non-coding portions of the genome.”
$5 million supports research into neglected tropical diseases (Links to an external site)
“Led by Makedonka Mitreva, PhD, a professor of medicine and of genetics, both projects involve large-scale genome sequencing of the parasites to develop genetic tools to help monitor the infections’ spread and track resistance these parasites already have developed against drugs intended to eradicate them. “ https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/5-million-supports-research-into-neglected-tropical-diseases/
School of Medicine physicians, researchers tackle coronavirus (Links to an external site)
Clinical teams ready; research for vaccines, drugs underway “geneticist Ting Wang, PhD, the Sanford and Karen Loewentheil Distinguished Professor of Medicine, and members of his lab built a genome browser to help researchers study the genetics of the COVID-19 virus and compare different strains.”
Personal toll (Links to an external site)
Mother’s death sets twin scientists on journey to find precision cancer therapies
