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Bioinformatics Jobs: How to Succeed in This Competitive Space

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Bioinformatics jobs are commonly found in the fields of computer information science, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, medical technology, computational biology, proteomics and medical informatics. The Human Genome Project could not have succeeded without the use of bioinformatics. Wondering which bioinformatics job is right for you?

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CancerVar: A New Bioinformatics Tool Developed for Clinical Interpretation of Cancer Mutations

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CancerVar will help researchers standardize and automate clinical interpretations for 13 million somatic mutations from 1,911 cancer census genes. The gene mutations that cause sporadic cancer occur only in the tumor cells and are acquired during an individual’s life, not inherited.

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Research finds genes associated with most aggressive kidney cancer

Medical Xpress

HSE researchers have found genes characteristic of the most aggressive subtype of clear cell renal carcinoma.

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NSF backs bioinformatics approach to understanding plant RNA modifications

Scienmag

Led by Boyce Thompson Institute’s Andrew Nelson, four partners will identify RNA modifications and develop resources that may lead to hardier crops Credit: Photo credit: Anna Nelson Dittrich ITHACA, NY, August 4, 2020 — RNA perform a variety of functions in cells, helping with everything from regulating genes to building proteins.

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Localized the gene for blue plum skin

Scienmag

Researchers from CRAG and IRTA find the gene that determines Japanese plum skin colour due to the presence or absence of anthocyanins, a group of plant antioxidant pigments with health-promoting effects Credit: CRAG-IRTA The presence and accumulation of the antioxidant pigment anthocyanin dictates fruit hue in plums, and the synthesis of this compound (..)

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New Coronascape tool will help unlock big-data insights for COVID-19

Scienmag

Bioinformatics platform simplifies data analysis to help biologists glean scientific insights into the novel coronavirus as body of data surges Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute today announced they have released Coronascape (coronascape.org), a customized version of the Metascape bioinformatics platform that removes (..)

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New cellular atlas maps out healthy and cancerous breast tissue

Scienmag

The research, which relied on expertise spanning from breast cancer biology through to bioinformatics, measured gene expression in single cells taken from healthy women and cancerous breast tissue, including […].