Local knowledge systems: how can they help to guide ecological transition and a freer world?
Local knowledge systems, which over millennia have been a pillar of people’s livelihoods in many peripheral communities throughout the world,… Read more »
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Andrew Cosgrove
Andrew obtained his PhD in molecular biology from the University of Dundee in 2005. He joined Genome Biology in 2009 after a post doctoral research position at the University of Sheffield investigating chromosome positioning during meiosis in yeast.
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- Exploring the history of smallpox vaccination with 19th Century American vaccination kits - 16th November 2020
- The fascination of plant genomes - 20th May 2019
- Genome Biology at Genome Informatics - 18th February 2019
A recent study published in Genome Biology has explored the early history of smallpox vaccination by sequencing DNA from… Read more »
Virus Goes Viral: An educational kit for virology classes
Jônatas S. Abrahão and colleagues developed an educational toolkit meant to update the content that is typically… Read more »
Your DNA may underlie the severity of your concussion symptoms
Neuropathologists Lili-Naz Hazrati and Nicole Schwab explain how genetic variation could make different people more susceptible to… Read more »
World Alzheimer’s Month: Let’s talk about dementia to end the stigma
Today, as part of World Alzheimer's Month, Paola Barbarino explains why we all need to talk about dementia, highlighting some key… Read more »
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In this blog post by Dr Mikhail Blagosklonny, he summarizes the evidence in support of the use of mTORs (such as rapamycin) and… Read more »