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AI in Online Learning: Enhancing Engagement and Inclusivity

Tonight I watched Siobahn Day Grady, Director of the Institute for Artificial Intelligence & Equity Research at North Carolina Central University and Racheal Brooks, Director of Quality Assurance Implementation Solutions at Quality Matters present at the QM Research Online Conference. The session title was “Beyond Automation: Using AI to Create Engaging, Aligned, and Inclusive Online […]
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Exploring Metagenomic Tools: Kaiju, GOTTCHA2, and More

Tonight I continued watching the recording for the ISME19 workshop “From Reads to Function” corresponding to the last part of Day 1. Ben Allen from KBase described completeness and contamination of bins/MAGs. The next step in the workflow is taxonomic assessment and classification. First, one option is to classify taxonomy of metagenomic reads with Kaiju. […]
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The Significance of Long Reads in Determining Intronic Mutations

Today, I watched another London Calling 2024 studio interview. Zoe McDougall interviewed three speakers. Tom Walsh from the University of Washington spoke about how long reads are important to determine intronic mutations. The full locus of BRCA1 is over 100 kb, and intronic mutations can occur with significant implications. Mike Clark from the University of […]
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