Realizing the benefits of human genetics and genomics research for people everywhere.
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Sumantra Chatterjee (@rovingscientist) The practice of science has been a source of fascination and confusion for many over the years. It’s a world full of jargon and complicated data that have no real-life application. So, it takes a while to explain that if you look beyond the jargon, most things... Read More
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Jennifer Zieba The concept of Artificial Intelligence (AI) was brought forth in the mid-1950s when John McCarthy and Marvin Minsky used the term to describe machines that could do more than carry out simple input calculations. Now, AI and advanced machine learning techniques have not only become ubiquitous in our... Read More
In part 1 of this series, we discussed landing an interview. Now what? Many professors first Skype with prospective candidates before inviting them for an interview. It is highly recommended that you have an in-person interview before you join a lab—you want to have the chance to see if the lab and its environment are a... Read More
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Kathryn Vaillancourt It was four years into grad school that I started to realise the extent of the negative impact that academia was having on my mental health. A report had just been published suggesting one in three PhD students was at risk of developing a common psychiatric disorder like major depression... Read More
Written by Nascent Transcript writer Allison McCague It has been five months since the first babies whose genomes were edited using CRISPR were born. What has happened since and where do we go from here? In November 2018, Chinese scientist He Jiankui shocked the world when he announced the birth of twin girls with CRISPR-edited... Read More