by ginger | Jan 1, 2018 | annual summary, BD2K, BioGPS, BioThings, mark2cure, Su lab, sulab, tsri
Rather than summarize the 2017 progress on in each project in separate, project-specific posts, I’m putting it all in once post this year for one important reason–recruitment! As with any academic research group, we expect to see a number of our talented...
by ginger | Jan 5, 2017 | annual summary, BioGPS, publication, Su lab, usage stats
BioGPS opened 2016 with a publication in Nucleic Acids Research, right after the New Year holiday. Throughout the year, new designs for the site were being created, reviewed, adjusted, reviewed, adjusted, and more review/adjustments in anticipation of a site redesign...
by ginger | Dec 29, 2016 | research, staff-scientist, Su lab, Su lab members
There are a LOT of projects going on in the Su Lab–so many, that it’s hard to keep track of them all. By now, I’ve posted year-end summaries for some of the major projects in the lab including: MyGene.info: MyGene.info 2016 Year-end review...
by ginger | Mar 27, 2015 | citizen science, crowdsourcing, mark2cure, Su lab, sulab
NGLY1 is the gene encoding for Peptide-N(4)-(N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminyl)asparagine amidase (PNGase) AKA N-glycanase 1. A deficiency in this enzyme can disrupt protein quality control mechanisms in the cell, which as we’ve seen in the BioGPS Gene-of-the-week on...