The idea that the experiences of our ancestors shape who we are today is not a novel one. In fact, throughout history, great thinkers from around the world have proposed theories and ideas to explain ...

The metabolome consists of all the small molecules, or metabolites, which are components and products of biochemical reactions taking place within the body. Given its dynamic nature, metabolomics is a ...

Nucleic acid sequencing has become an integral part of modern biomedical research. The advances in sequencing technology, from its invention to modern-day equivalents, have been extraordinary. 2022 ...

As advancements in genetic technologies accelerate at an astonishing pace, the potential for gene editing to transform our world becomes closer to being realised. With the advent of revolutionary ...

Illumina’s systems employ short-read sequencing techniques, which has been the predominant NGS technology for the last decade. The company has made huge advances in the NGS space and now markets a ...

This feature was written using content from out recenty published Proteomics Playbook, which you can download for FREE here. The sequence of a protein is critical as it largely dictates the protein’s ...

The Global Enteric Multicentre Study (GEMS) was a three-year initiative to identify causes of diarrhoeal disease in children from south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Whilst the study was successful in ...

Two things that have defined the 21 st century are genomics and the internet. Through a combination of these has emerged a controversial type of ‘influencer’ on the internet – self-gene-editors or ...

Is science in the throes of a “reproducibility crisis”? If someone followed the same methods, techniques, and reagents as your experiment, would they have the same results? This describes the core ...

New research has uncovered the function of red blood cells as immune sensors that detect and bind to cell-free DNA present during sepsis. Red blood cells (RBCs) comprise the majority of circulating ...

“Strange is this little animal, because of its exceptional and strange morphology and because it closely resembles a bear en miniature. That is the reason why I decided to call it little water bear.” ...

The Festival of Genomics and Biodata is just around the corner, and we’ve had the opportunity to sit down with some of our expert speakers to get a sneak peek into what they’ll be discussing, and why ...