bioinformatics

How to use bioinformatics in a sentence

• With Shing Zhan, a bioinformatics specialist at the University of British Columbia, Chan looked at the early human cases of covid and saw that the new virus hadn’t mutated as fast as SARS had.

  They called it a conspiracy theory. But Alina Chan tweeted life into the idea that the virus came from a lab.|Antonio Regalado|June 25, 2021|MIT Technology Review

• The bulk of funding will go toward sequencing machines and hiring bioinformatics experts to read and interpret raw genetic data in public-health labs throughout the country.

  What We Learned About Genetic Sequencing During COVID-19 Could Revolutionize Public Health|Alice Park|June 11, 2021|Time

• “We really wanted to be able to pinpoint if there were any mutations or anything arising that could cause greater transmission or more severe illness,” said Logan Fink, bioinformatics lead scientist for the state lab.

  As variants surge, efforts in a patchwork of surveillance have ramped up to detect them|Erin Cox, Jenna Portnoy|April 11, 2021|Washington Post

• He studies bioinformatics — a research field that uses computers to analyze biological data.

  To figure out your dog’s ‘real’ age, you’ll need a calculator|Bethany Brookshire|August 12, 2020|Science News For Students