In the largest ever study of the nasal microbiome, researchers have discovered that persistent carriers of Staphylococcus ...

The Festival of Genomics and Biodata is just around the corner, and we’ve had the opportunity to sit down with […] ...

Short social media break improves mental health. A new study has shown that ‘problematic’ social media use is related to poor ...

Illumina’s systems employ short-read sequencing techniques, which has been the predominant NGS technology for the last decade. The company has made huge advances in the NGS space and now markets a ...

Analysis of proteins is not simple. Unlike DNA, there is incredible diversity in the concentration and variety of proteins created by a cell at any given moment. In our Proteomics Playbook we outline ...

Since the discovery of the basic double-helix structure of DNA In the 1950’s, scientists have devoted a huge amount of effort to determine the sequence of a variety of different genomics. It took over ...

As advancements in genetic technologies accelerate at an astonishing pace, the potential for gene editing to transform our world becomes closer to being realised. With the advent of revolutionary ...

Welcome back to Week in Brief – your weekly snapshot of the genomics world! Let’s take a look at the biggest news from the last seven days.

Is science in the throes of a “reproducibility crisis”? If someone followed the same methods, techniques, and reagents as your experiment, would they have the same results? This describes the core ...

“Strange is this little animal, because of its exceptional and strange morphology and because it closely resembles a bear en miniature. That is the reason why I decided to call it little water bear.” ...

Mark your calendar for Thursday, 5th, 12th, and 19th June 2025. Epigenetic regulation is profoundly complex – varying across cell types, biological contexts, and time. This complexity creates a ...

The idea that the experiences of our ancestors shape who we are today is not a novel one. In fact, throughout history, great thinkers from around the world have proposed theories and ideas to explain ...