by Melissa Lau | Nov 3, 2014 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
Like most Chinese kids, I vividly remember my first bite of bitter melon. Instantly (and overwhelmingly) bitter, its eye-watering and tongue-curdling taste is certainly an acquired one. I enjoy eating it now, but there’s a reason that it’s the only edible in my mom’s...
by Chunlei Wu | Oct 30, 2014 | assembly, BioGPS, genome, human, mygene.info
GRCh38 (or hg38) is the latest human genome assembly, which was released almost a year ago. MyGene.info is now moved to support GRCh38 by default for human genes, but the data (including queries) based on previous assembly version (GRCh37/hg19) are still supported....
by ginger | Oct 29, 2014 | BioGPS, plugin, spotlight
This week, we profile GeneMANIA a web tool developed by a team of researchers in the Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research at the University of Toronto. Dr. Gary Bader, one of the PI’s involved in the development of GeneMania, kindly answered...
by Kerin Higa | Oct 27, 2014 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
The transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1, or TRPV1, is most commonly known as the capsaicin receptor.1 Capsaicin is the compound that makes chili peppers “hot,” and the TRPV1 receptor encoded by TRPV1 is what makes us sense the...
by ginger | Oct 22, 2014 | BioGPS, bioinformatics, Featured Article Series
BioGPS has become the valuable resource that it is because of the contributions from our wonderful user community. Thank you for contributing plugins, suggestions, and ideas–all of which have improved BioGPS for everyone. In order to celebrate the contributions...
by Melissa Lau | Oct 20, 2014 | BioGPS, GeneOfTheWeek
The Hulk had gamma radiation, Peter Parker had a radioactive spider, and the Spartans had the official 300 Workout (and CGI). What “double-muscled” mice have is a mutation in myostatin… Expressed primarily in skeletal muscle, myostatin is a secreted protein that...
