I am pleased that our article “Crowdsourced direct-to-consumer genomic analysis of a family quartet” is the second most influential article in […]
Category: Genomics
Stop Calling Genes ‘Good’ or ‘Bad’!
I find it worrying that in The Economist article “A Parthian shot” (February 13th) some genes inherited from Neanderthals are […]
It’s Official, “Corpasome” Is Now Part Of The Scientific Literature
Risking being called ‘Narcissome’ (as Michael Snyder’s work or Snyderome has been called), we not only have written about the Corpasome, […]
A Glimpse Of What My Fecal DNA Contains
After my initial call for crowdsourcing the analysis of my personal fecal DNA, I had some results sent back via […]
How Facebook Helped Me Discover I’m A Red Hair Gene Carrier
Is it weird for a Spaniard to have red hair? The typical stereotype for a Mediterranean person is brown-skinned, not […]
Progress With Family Genome Analysis
In this video I summarize some of the most interesting findings that we have reported in a recent paper in […]
The Problem With ENCODE
My biggest worry with the ENCODE publication frenzy and press releases is that there is a lot of hype in what it […]
An Honest Reflection On My Crowdfunding Genome Campaign
If you are watching this video, I assume that you have already heard of the project that I have carried […]
Crowdfunding Family Genome Sequencing Campaign Day 1: $330 USD Raised!
A Plea to Make Personal Genomics More Accessible to Everyone Lots of companies are investing in personal genomics. This field […]
Converting FASTQ to FASTA
A little Perl one liner I borrowed from The Edwards Lab that converts FASTQ to FASTA. Please note I had to […]