2006 National DNA Day Online Chatroom Transcript
This is just one question from an archive of the National DNA Day Moderated Chat held in April 2006. The NHGRI Director and many genomics experts from across NHGRI took questions from students, teachers and the general public on topics ranging from basic genomic research, to the genetic basis of disease, to ethical questions about genetic privacy.
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What equipment do you use to study genetics?
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Tyra Wolfsberg, Ph.D.: The type of research that I do is called Bioinformatics. Bioinformaticians use computers to study genetics. We often start with sequence data that was generated as part of the Human Genome Project. Then we run specially designed computer programs to analyze the sequences. Often, the results of our research are available over the internet. |
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