ENSEMBL, a joint scientific project between the European Bioinformatics Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, will be organizing a workshop on rat genomics and models on December 4 and 5, 2014. ENSEMBL have just released the first set of golden genes in rat, i.e. the merge between the Ensembl automatic and the Havana manual … Read more…
An article on the NIDA center for GWAS in outbred rats has been published in the Chicago Maroon, a local newspaper: http://chicagomaroon.com/2014/o/24/professor-seeks-to-understand-the-science-of-drug-abuse-through-rats/
The journal GENETICS highlights articles on the study of multiparental populations in its current issue. As the limitations of two-parent cross designs have become obvious, geneticists are struggling with analysis of experimental populations that have more than two segregating alleles. The articles in the MPP collection, along with their data and transparent methods, should stimulate discussion and, … Read more…
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, England Rat Genomics and Models 1-4 December 2014 The abstract deadline of 20 October is now approaching for the 9th Rat Genomics and Models conference. This meeting will focus on the use of the rat (Rattus norvegicus) as a model for studying the aetiology of complex diseases in humans, including … Read more…