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EP 9 Conversation with Gencove CEO & Human Genetics Researcher Joe Pickrell
EP 9 Conversation with Gencove CEO & Human Genetics Researcher Joe Pickrell
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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Jul 16, 2019
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Podcast episode
Description
Human Genetics Researcher Joe Pickrell is the CEO of Gencove who offer low-pass sequencing technology which is both cost-efficient and provides highly accurate variant calls across the whole genome. Having trained as a statistical geneticist, Joe discusses his early work with Jonathan Pritchard, developer of Structure and his work at the New York Genome Center to reduce the cost of whole-genome sequencing using computational methods such as imputation. This interesting discussion covers a range of topics from low-pass sequencing to eQTL to the ways in which modern humans are still evolving.
Released:
Jul 16, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode
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