Weekly KromoNews: Volume 4, Issue 21
Editor's Note
Kromosoft Genetics Events Monitor
Kromosoft Genetics Events Monitor has been the most complete listing of genetics events on the Internet for the last
two years. Now, it also happens to be one of the most user friendly, using a very
convenient "Filter" box on the right. You can easily filter the list of genetics
events by location, or by date range. For example: interested in upcoming genetics events in North America only?
Simply click on North America on top of the genetics events monitor. Interested in events in January? Simply
click on the "January" link. Want to go back in time to see events from the past? Sure, simply click on the "Archive" link.
Just in case you come across a genetics event that is not listed in our database (which is unlikely), you can also submit it
to the database using the "Submit an Event" link at the bottom of the page.
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This Week in Genetics
Gene expression and social behavior interrelated
Nov 6, 2008
Genes in the brain are malleable, turning on or off in response to internal and external cues. While genetic variation influences brain function and social behavior, social information also alters gene expression in the brain to influence behavior. Thanks to the newly sequenced genomes of several social animals, including honey bees and zebra finches neuroscientists are gradually coming to understand that there is a dynamic relationship between genes and behavior.
[Science]
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Genome of a cancer patient sequenced for the first time
Nov 5, 2008
For the first time, scientists have decoded the complete DNA of a cancer patient and traced her disease - acute myelogenous leukemia - to its genetic roots. A large research team sequenced the genome of the patient - a woman in her 50s who ultimately died of her disease - and the genome of her leukemia cells, to identify genetic changes unique to her cancer.
[Nature]
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Featured Genetic Test: Fukutin - FKRP Gene Sequencing
Fukutin-related protein, related to muscular dystrophies, is coded by exon 4 of the FKRP gene located on chromosome 19q13.3. Testing is accomplished by amplifying exon 4 and ~50 bp of adjacent noncoding sequence.
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Upcoming Genetics Event
Bioinformatics Track @ ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) 2009 |
| When: | Sun Mar 8, 2009 to Thu Mar 12, 2009 |
| Title: | Bioinformatics Track @ ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) 2009 |
| Description: | The ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) is a primary forum for applied computer scientists and application developers from around the world to interact and present their work.
Track Topics includes:
* Algebraic Biology
* Bioinformatics for diseases
* Computational genomics and systems biology
* Data visualization and visual analytics
* Databases & Data Integration
* DNA assembly, clustering and mapping
* Errors and inconsistencies in biological databases
* Gene Expression/regulation & Microarrays
* Genomes and protein analysis
* High-performance bio-computing
* Integrative approaches for drug design
* Integrative data and text mining approaches
* Life sciences databases and ontologies
* Machine learning, data integration and data mining in the life sciences
* Molecular sequence analysis, modeling and simulation
* Parallel architectures and algorithms for biological applications
* Pathways, Networks, Systems Biology
* Prediction and integration of metabolic and regulatory networks
* Protein & RNA Structure and Function
* Protein-protein Interactions, prediction, and Molecular Networks
* Query processing and optimization for biological data
* Semantic web for the life sciences
* Sequence Analysis & Alignment, Assembly
* SNPs and Haplotyping
* Structural and functional bioinformatics
* System Biology and Modeling
* Virtual cell modeling |
| Where: | Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States |
| Contact: | Mathew J. Palakal |
| Email: | mpalakal@cs.iupui.edu |
| Website: | http://www.cs.iupui.edu/~bioin |
Genetics Term of the Week: Metacentric chromosome
Metacentric chromosome: Metacentric chromosome is a chromosome with a centrally placed centromere that divides the chromosome into two arms having approximately equal length.
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