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Making Neuroscience More Credible at BNA 2019
At the British Neuroscience Association's Festival of Neuroscience 2019, we pulled aside one of the BNA's credibility board, Dr Verena Heise to ask her about credibility in neuroscience, how she became involved in promoting it, and how other players in research can help advance the credibility cause.
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Whole-Exome Sequencing at the Dawn of Personalized Medicine
Deciphering the first complete sequence of the human genome in 2003 required a combined effort of scientists from 20 institutions and $3 billion of funding. Over the last decade, whole-exome sequencing (WES) established itself as a method that successfully balances cost and the output of useful data for diagnostic or research applications. Here, we look at how WES is used in both the laboratory and the clinic, and why it is a preferred method of choice in such areas.
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The Evolution of Proteomics – Professor Ruedi Aebersold
Kicking off "The Evolution of Proteomics" series is a pioneer of proteomics, Professor Ruedi Aebersold. Aebersold's research in quantitative proteomics has helped shape our understanding of how proteins function, interact and are localized in both normal and diseased states.
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Medical Image Analysis—Can a Computer Diagnose Diseases?
The latest advancements in computer vision technology could be set to change the way we approach diagnostics. This rapidly evolving field uses artificial intelligence to help physicians better perform their analytical duties and improve their accuracy rate in diagnosis through medical imaging.
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Antibodies in Research: The Good, the Bad, and the Validation Epidemic
The specificity of antibody binding is incredibly important for many research disciplines, yet sourcing the best antibody for your research can be a challenge. This is partly because not all suppliers validate their antibodies sufficiently. How much of a problem is this?
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Cryo-EM Provides the Structural Blueprint for Protein Nanomachines
We spoke to Cristina Paulino, Assistant Professor in high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) at the University of Groningen, to learn about the role cryo-EM plays in her group's work in the study of membrane protein structure and function.
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The Word on Everyone’s Lips: Sustainability
Sustainability is a hot topic as the world’s population continues to rise, bringing with it a demand for increased food production. This article takes a look at the Agricultural Engineering Precision Innovation (Agri-EPI) Centre that was set up by the UK government as part of the Industrial Challenge Strategy, to innovate technology in agriculture.
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Exascale Computing to Unlock the Mysteries of the Human Brain
The human brain sequesters many mysteries. How does cognitive development take place? How does it help us learn? What causes brain diseases? An exciting venture involving researchers from Argonne National Laboratory, the University of Chicago, Harvard University, and Princeton University is preparing to unleash a $500-million supercomputer, dubbed Aurora, in the pursuit of these answers.
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Voice to the Voiceless? Researchers Translate Brain Activity Into Speech
A system capable of translating brain activity into synthesised speech by decoding the movements of muscles involved in vocalisation has shown its potential in a proof-of-concept experiment conducted by researchers at the University of California San Francisco.
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Nanomaterials in Wastewater: Emerging Contaminant or Promising Treatment?
One of the most exciting fields opening up as a result of efforts to identify new or unforeseen hazards to our waterways and effective methods for treating contaminated wastewater and industrial effluents is the study of nanomaterials and nanotechnology; both as an emerging contaminant in industrial effluents, and a potentially useful tool for water filtration and purification.
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