BD2K Summer

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DNA Day 2021 Unlocking the world's genomic data to accelerate medical and scientific breakthroughs. genomics.ucsc.edu

The Human Pangenome In 2003, biologists created the first ever human genome sequence. The 3 billion DNA letter sequence, called the reference genome, was mostly made up of DNA d...

Marisa Torres, a bioinformatics Group Leader for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, emphasizes the importance of community and communication in the field of research. From Covid-19 therapeutic design to being involved in the Girls Who Code, Torres encapsulates the duty of researchers: to encourage others from diverse backgrounds to join science.

Thank you Marisa Torres for sharing your inspirational journey with the BD2K summer program!

A big shout-out to PhD candidate Tori Klein (Lokey Lab) for leading the BD2K Summer workshop on Science Communication on Monday, July 20th: "Science Communication that Wins". Tori is the winner of the 2020 UCSC Grad Slam, and had some great tips for making science talks accessible and engaging. In case you missed it, here a few slides from her presentation, as well as the full Zoom video. Thank you, Tori!!

Thank you to Dr. Carolina Reyes for giving a great talk last Friday, July 17! Dr. Reyes was our first BD2K Summer Speaker of 2020. She is a UCSC STEM Diversity and RMI Alumna, and did her doctoral research here in the Saltikov Lab. She is currently a research scientist at the University of Vienna, Austria, and continues to be an inspiration to us all!

NHGRI researchers generate the first complete human X chromosome sequence!

“This accomplishment begins a new era in genomics research,” said Eric Green, M.D., Ph.D., NHGRI director. “The ability to generate truly complete sequences of chromosomes and genomes is a technical feat that will help us gain a comprehensive understanding of genome function and inform the use of genomic information in medical care.”

"Of the 24 human chromosomes (including X and Y), study authors Phillipy and Karen Miga, Ph.D. at the University Of California Santa Cruz, chose to complete the X chromosome sequence first, due to its link with a myriad of diseases, including hemophilia, chronic granulomatous disease, and Duchenne muscular dystrophy"

Read more about this major accomplishment here!: https://www.genome.gov/news/news-release/NHGRI-researchers-generate-complete-human-x-chromosome-sequence

Find the publication in Nature: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2547-7

Telomere-to-telomere assembly of a complete human X chromosome After two decades of improvements, the current human reference genome (GRCh38) is the most accurate and complete vertebrate genome ever produced. However, no one chromosome has been finished end to end, and hundreds of unresolved gaps persist1,2. Here we present a de novo human genome assembly that....

BD2K is at the culmination of week three! By now hopefully, projects are coming into focus and our students are feeling more assured about things. Do you want to know more about them? Visit the BD2K 2020 Scholar page here --> https://bd2ksummer.ucsc.edu/scholars/2020-2/