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Genetics

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Andrew Holland receives President's Frontier Award

Published Feb 15, 2021

The $250,000 Johns Hopkins award recognizes scholars who are on the cusp of becoming leaders in their fields

Genetics

CRISPR-Cas9 'scissor' tool may be a genetic 'dimmer switch' as well

Published Jan 29, 2021

Molecular biologists and geneticists from Johns Hopkins identify the role of specialized RNA in repressing gene activity

Genetic sequencing

Johns Hopkins team develops software that cuts time, cost from gene sequencing

Published Dec 4, 2020

The open-source software has the potential to 'forever change how DNA sequencing is done,' according to computational biologist Michael Schatz

Neuroscience

Nature, meet nurture

Published Fall 2020

"Nature versus nurture" may roll off the tongue, but in Unique: The New Science of Human Individuality, neuroscientist David Linden argues that most traits fall somewhere between the two. / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Genetics

New genetic analysis method could advance personal genomics

Published Sept 10, 2020

Biomedical engineer Alexis Battle develops software that, if paired with expanded sample collection practices, could help identify more causes of genetic disorders

Illustration of a scientist outlining a human head in blocks

Genomics

The code breakers

Published Spring 2020

From tomatoes to cancer cells, Michael Schatz and others at Johns Hopkins go deep inside genomes to unlock the secrets to life's variety / Johns Hopkins Magazine

Cellular snapshots

Study suggests a genetic 'butterfly effect'

Published June 28, 2019

Study examines stem cells as they differentiate into heart muscle cells, finding that small, fleeting genetic mutations can affect disease risk over time