july, 2016
27jul6:00 pm7:00 pmUsing big data to understand rare diseases
Event Details
Using big data to understand rare diseases Daniel MacArthur More than one million humans have now had their DNA sequenced, providing tremendous amounts of information on the patterns of genetic variation across
Event Details
Using big data to understand rare diseases
Daniel MacArthur
More than one million humans have now had their DNA sequenced, providing tremendous amounts of information on the patterns of genetic variation across the human population. This talk will outline the Broad Institute’s efforts to create massive genetic databases and describe how these data can be used to understand human genes and the causes of rare, severe diseases.
Time
(Wednesday) 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Location
Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard - Auditorium
410 Main Street, Cambridge, MA 02142