{"id":532,"date":"2017-05-17T15:59:54","date_gmt":"2017-05-17T15:59:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/researchbdev.wpengine.com\/marine-laboratory\/?p=532"},"modified":"2017-05-17T16:15:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-17T16:15:27","slug":"science-communication-with-computational-genomics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/bowdoin-marine-laboratory\/science-communication-with-computational-genomics\/","title":{"rendered":"Science Communication with Computational Genomics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This spring semester, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Kingston launched a Computational Genomics course. Students learned both statistical theory and practical applications involved with\u00a0analysis of genome-scale data.<\/p>\n<p>After the long process of independently analyzing and interpreting omic-scale datasets, students tapped their creative, collaborative talents with a final science communication piece.<\/p>\n<p>Students Rob Barron, Eileen Bates, Steve Cho, and Julia Michels created this fantastic stop-motion video to communicate how genomic research can help conserve fish species.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fish Conservation Genomics\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/217851398?h=d41079ca1f&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Other creative projects included describing the role of\u00a0long non-coding RNAs in\u00a0cancer, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=nQ0zQ7JfeR4\u200b\">microbial metagenomics and type II diabetes<\/a>, gene expression-related health impacts of performance enhancing drugs, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/microevolutionftw\/\">microevolution in rapidly changing environments<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The final presentation even ended with interactive art (directed by students Nora Cullen, Pilar Giffenig, Sofi Lopez, Alana Luzzio, and Casey Silvernale).<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-535 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_IMG_6087.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-539 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"604\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/files\/2017\/05\/CG17_fishart2.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring semester, Visiting Assistant Professor Sarah Kingston launched a Computational Genomics course. Students learned both statistical theory and practical applications involved with\u00a0analysis of genome-scale data. After the long process of independently analyzing and interpreting omic-scale datasets, students tapped their creative, collaborative talents with a final science communication piece. Students Rob Barron, Eileen Bates, Steve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/bowdoin-marine-laboratory\/science-communication-with-computational-genomics\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Science Communication with Computational Genomics<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bowdoin-marine-laboratory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/532\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/research.bowdoin.edu\/marine-laboratory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}