Anatomy

Sandra Oh Just Landed Her Best Role Since Grey’s Anatomy – Cinema Blend

Sandra Oh will play Eve in the eight-episode first season of Killing Eve, which will air on BBC America. The role promises to give Oh the chance to stretch her dramatic and comedic muscles. Killing Eve is actually based on novellas penned by writer Luke Jennings, so it should be interesting to see how the plots and characters of the series compare with the source material. The project will be helmed by Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who is best known for creating, writing, and starring in the acclaimed comedy Fleabag. She'll work as showrunner and executive producer on Killing Eve.

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Neuroscience

S&S buy two from Neuroscience graduate – The Bookseller

Simon & Schuster has bought a debut science fiction novel by a Neuroscience graduate.

Simon & Schuster has bought a debut science fiction novel by a Neuroscience graduate.

The publishers editorial director, Anne Perry, pre-empted world English language rights for Do you dream of Terra-Two?by Temi Oh as part of a two-book deal from Judith Murray of Greene & Heaton and will publish the title in spring 2019.

The novel begins a century ago with scientists who believed that a habitable planet existed in a nearby solar system. In the modern day, 10 astronauts depart a dying Earth to find it. An S&S spokesperson said: It will take the team 23 years to reach Terra-Two, years spent in close quarters with no one to rely on but each other and no rescue possible, should something go wrong.The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet meets The 100 in this unforgettable debut by a brilliant new voice.

Oh graduated from Kings College London in 2015 with a BSci in Neuroscience where she studied topics such as 'Philosophy of the Mind' and 'Space Physiology'. While at KCL, she founded a book-club,Neuroscience-fiction,where she lead discussions about science fiction books which focus on the brain. Ohbegan writing the novel before receiving an MA in creative writing from the University of Edinburgh.

Perry said: Terra-Two had me gripped from the first page indeed, I became so absorbed in it while on a train journey that another passenger actually tapped me on the shoulder to ask what I was reading. Temi writes with incredible power and imagination, and with such heart that I know readers will fall as hard for her book as I have. Im thrilled to welcome her to Simon & Schuster.

Oh said: I am so lucky to be working with Anne Perry at Simon & Schuster and very grateful for their response to my book. I feel as if Ive taken Terra-Two everywhere with me for the past couple of years, stayed up many nights to write it, and even typed paragraphs out on my phone during parties, or scribbled chapters of it on paper-bags while temping in shops."

Murray said: Temis debut novel Terra-Two took my breath away: I love the ambition and scope of Temis world, the sense of awe she inspires as she shows what human beings can aspire to and achieve and most of all the delicious pleasure of her wonderful story-telling and creation of characters you fall in love with." She added: "I think Temi has a great future ahead of her."

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TV Guy: Adding razzle-dazzle to neuroscience – recordonline.com – Times Herald-Record

Kal Penn returns to host a second season of "Superhuman" (9 p.m., Fox, TV-PG).

Though the title may make some think of incredible feats of strength, the game show-like spectacle showcases people with remarkable gifts.

While most talent shows feature singers and dancers who have practiced on their abilities for years, the folks on "Superhuman" appear to have brains and bodies that have been wired a little differently, giving them unique skills that few of us could ever possess.

This season opener features a woman who perceives sounds and, more particularly, musical notes, as color. You have to see it!

A goofy guy from Brooklyn has the uncanny ability to tell the differences in nearly identical objects, allowing him to find the one brush stroke (out of 10,000 or so) that distinguishes one Monet reproduction from another.

There's a gymnast with a terrifyingly precise muscle memory and a man who can identify the sounds of thousands of species of frogs.

And there's also someone with a case of run-of-the-mill photographic memory.

It seems odd to call these folks "contestants." While they are vying for a $50,000 prize, you can't really call this a competition.

They have to appeal to Penn and celebrity judges Mike Tyson and Christina Milian to move forward.

Camera-ready neuroscientist Dr. Rahul Jandial is also on hand to explain how the players' brains and bodies allow them to perform their peculiar "acts."

Despite the presence of this scientific expert, "Superhuman" has the feel of a Las Vegas show.

There's even an appearance by the Blue Man Group in the first episode. Did I mention Mike Tyson?

Since there's really no objective way to determine a "winner," the prize in tonight's episode goes to the most "entertaining" ability. Even I could see that coming a mile away.

- Showtime dedicates four nights to "The Putin Interviews" (9 p.m., Showtime, TV-PG), a series of sit-downs between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and filmmaker Oliver Stone.

The event will reflect more than a dozen conversations conducted over a two-year period. The most recent took place in February.

As Megyn Kelly's recent interview showed us, speaking with Putin may be a casting coup, but it does not necessarily make for compelling television.

For starters, the presence of translators stifles the flow of conversation. Secondly, Putin is a poker-faced former spymaster whose emotions seem to run the gamut from chilly disdain to contemptuous anger.

Showtime has compared this to the David Frost-Richard Nixon conversations from 1977, but compared to Putin, Nixon now seems like Mr. Warmth.

Tonight's other highlights

- "American Ninja Warrior" (8 p.m., NBC, TV-PG) enters its ninth season in Los Angeles.

- Cat Deeley, Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy return for the 14th season of "So You Think You Can Dance" (8 p.m., Fox, TV-14). Vanessa Hudgens joins as a guest judge.

- If required, the Cleveland Cavaliers and Golden State Warriors will meet in Game 5 of the NBA Finals (9 p.m., ABC).

- Trouble over Ireland on "Scorpion" (10 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

- Apolo Ohno and Kelvin Washington host "Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge" (10 p.m., NBC, TV-PG), entering its second season.

- During a reunion with a pal, Jimmy resumes old ways on "Better Call Saul" (10 p.m., AMC, TV-14).

Series notes

Problems solved on "Kevin Can Wait" (8 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) ... The president (Lynda Carter) visits town on "Supergirl" (8 p.m., CW, r, TV-14) ... Thanksgiving plans unravel on "Man With a Plan" (8:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-PG) ... Cold comfort on "Mom" (9 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14) ... On two episodes of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" (CW, TV-14), Candace Patton (9 p.m.), Brett Dier (9:30 p.m., r) ... Reality bites on "Life in Pieces" (9:30 p.m., CBS, r, TV-14).

Late night

Roxane Gay is booked on "The Daily Show With Trevor Noah" (11 p.m., Comedy Central) ... Will Arnett, Rory Scovel and Luis Fonsi appear on "Conan" (11 p.m., TBS) ... Jimmy Fallon welcomes Demi Moore, Demetrius Shipp Jr., Nathaniel Rateliff, Charles Berry Jr. and Charles Berry III on "The Tonight Show" (11:35 p.m., NBC) ... Elisabeth Moss, John Mulaney, Brett Eldredge and Eric Moore visit "Late Night With Seth Meyers" (12:35 a.m., NBC) ... Salma Hayek and Sofia Coppola appear on "The Late Late Show With James Corden" (12:35 a.m., CBS).

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Neuroscience

Neuroscience, Oncology Leaders Gather to Advance Brain Tumor Research at Feinstein Institute’s Brain Tumor Biotech … – PR Newswire (press release)

Brain tumors and CNS diseases can be very difficult to treat as most chemotherapy drugs cannot penetrate the blood-brain barrier, a natural defense mechanism that prevents substances in the bloodstream from getting into the brain. In addition, depending on the location of the tumor, surgery may not be possible. The 2017 Brain Tumor Biotech Summit examined some of the latest therapies aimed at conquering these challenges, including immunomodulatory therapies for glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), which uses the body's immune system to attack cancer cells, novel technologies to overcome the blood brain barrier to administer essential medications, and other innovative treatments for malignant glioma.

"Events like the Brain Tumor Biotech Summit inform medical professionals about new therapies on the horizon or currently being tested in the clinic, while also making those essential connections to spark new ideas and accelerate the development of novel therapies," said Marc Symons, PhD, co-director of the Feinstein Institute's Brain Tumor Biotech Center.

Along with discussing the latest therapies, attendees of the summit were given advice on best practices to maintain funding for research, and to start up and maintain a biotech company in the neuro-oncology space. This included a fireside chat with CNBC anchor Andrew Sorkin and a venture capital/investor panel led by biotech leader Franklin Berger.

About the Feinstein InstituteThe Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is the research arm of Northwell Health, the largest healthcare provider in New York. Home to 50 research laboratories and to clinical research throughout dozens of hospitals and outpatient facilities, the Feinstein includes 4,000 researchers and staff who are making breakthroughs in molecular medicine, genetics, oncology, brain research, mental health, autoimmunity, and bioelectronic medicine a new field of science that has the potential to revolutionize medicine. For more information about how we empower imagination and pioneer discovery, visit FeinsteinInstitute.org

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Human Behavior

Human nature Is crippling cyber security – ITProPortal

WannaCry, the recent devastating global ransomware attack, is now the largest of its kind in internet history. The attack has breached hundreds of thousands of computers in more than 150 countries, crippling a wide range of enterprises, from hospitals and universities to banks and warehouses.

In order to breach an enterprise, WannaCry and other forms of crypto-malware have been delivered in zip files, documents, or executables from the web, email attachments and on USB keys. Once WannaCry has infiltrated an organization, it moves laterally, holding computer networks hostage until a ransom is paid. I explained exactly how this process unfolded in a recent blog post:

The WannaCry crypto-malware variant uses the EternalBlue vector to move laterally in an organization. EternalBlue exploits a vulnerability in Microsofts implementation of the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol. This vulnerability is denoted by entry CVE-2017-0144. The vulnerability exists because the SMB version 1 (SMBv1) server in various versions of Windows accepts specially crafted packets from remote attackers, allowing them to execute arbitrary code on the target. To attack a target, the attacker must be able to reach it crossing the firewall. If a compromised computer has mounted shares or knows how to reach an SMB server, the attacker can use this to propagate from the compromised device to the SMB server.

While the attack is now largely in the rearview mirror, ransomware is still very much a concern among enterprises. WannaCry has created a number of lessons in its wake, and its important we take them into account in order to prevent an attack of this scale from happening again.

The first lesson is that quickly patching vulnerable systems is fundamental to stopping lateral spread in any organization. Next is that WannaCry, which was made possible by a leak of the NSAs hacking tools, served as the latest reminder that the good guys cannot keep vulnerabilities from falling into the wrong hands. But the most important takeaway is that humans will continue to cripple cyber security so long as it continues to play such a prominent role in protecting the enterprise.

Although Microsoft publicly released a patch addressing this specific vulnerability weeks before, the thousands of personal computers displaying the now-infamous red ransom script illustrated few had implemented it as instructed. (Of course, its not just humans that are to blame its the security paradigm. Windows XP users did not have this option since XP has been unsupported for three years.)

As I said in my commentary on the attack, As long as the industry continues to play this neverending cat and mouse game of patchwork systems, sophisticated attackers will easily find ways to exploit the public in increasingly large scale attacks such as this.

At Bromium, we released an industry study just a week before the WannaCry attack that underscored the point that humans continue to be the biggest threat to cyber security. We surveyed security professionals at the premier cyber security event, RSA Conference, as well as sec pros from the U.K. and U.S., and were shocked to find its not just unsuspecting end users we need to worry about, but those tasked to oversee the security operation.

We found that on average, 10 percent of security professionals admitted to paying a ransom or hiding a breach without alerting their team. This means that for every 10 individuals on your team, its likely that one of them has committed this act of subterfuge. (Someone might have even done it for WannaCry.) Keep in mind, these are only respondents who were willing to be forthcoming about their behavior if every security professional came forth about their behavior, I would expect this to be an even more alarming statistic.

There are several reasons why these undisclosed dealings are taking place on such a considerable scale. One is that ransoms typically arent that expensive. While paying $300 takes a cut of your checkbook, it is a small price to pay to maintain your professional reputation.

This leads into the main reason why professionals are hiding breaches: Getting owned is embarrassing. No one wants to face ridicule from co-workers or be reprimanded by their boss. But keeping these secrets from employers puts the enterprise at tremendous risk. Not only have you let someone into the network, but youve left a backdoor for the next breach, which is likely to be more complex. This finding not only speaks to the growing sophistication of cyber attacks, which are fooling those being paid handsomely to prevent them, but also to how we continue to underestimate the role humans play in cyber security.

he study also uncovered another deeply troubling finding: On average, 35 percent of security professionals admitted to bypassing their corporate security settings. No one is surprised when employees avoid security settings (at this point, its a given), but it is disturbing to see irresponsible decisions being made within the security department. When you cant trust whats happening on the front lines, it means the model is broken.

If there is one thing we should take away from the fallout of WannaCry, its that we are overdue for a reset in this industry. There is greater urgency than ever to map trustworthiness into technology, not humans. Cyber security solutions should eliminate human error, not enable it.

Enterprises need to embrace security that takes the burden off the end-user and ensures IT and security teams protect their business assets and data. Of course the positive corollary to doing that is end users go back to getting their work done without constraints placed on them by the security team.

While the potential losses from WannaCry are staggering, my hope is it will be a net positive for the industry that inspires sweeping changes across the board. Human nature is a variable that cannot be controlled, and as this episode demonstrated, it will continue to wreak havoc left unfettered. This attack should serve as a watershed moment that resets the security paradigm and actually embraces human behavior rather than try to change it.

Simon Crosby, co-founder and CTO of Bromium

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Human Behavior

New book calls for putting more humanities into economics – Northwestern University NewsCenter

EVANSTON - In a passionately argued new book, Northwestern University literary scholar Gary Saul Morson and Northwestern President Morton Schapiro make the claim that economics is missing its humanity, and economists must look to literature to make their research work in the real world.

In their book, Cents and Sensibility: What Economics Can Learn from the Humanities, Morson, an eminent literary critic, and Schapiro, a leading economist, argue that economists often act as if their methods explain all human behavior.Professor Gary Saul Morson (left) and President Morton Schapiro

However, the authors make the case that the humanities, especially the study of literature, offer economists ways to make their models more realistic, their predictions more accurate and their policies more effective and just. The publication date is June 21 with Princeton University Press.

Morson and Schapiro trace the connection between Adam Smith's great classic,The Wealth of Nations, and his less celebrated book The Theory of Moral Sentiments.

They contend that a few decades later, Jane Austen invented her groundbreaking method of novelistic narration to give life to the empathy that Smith believed essential to humanity.

Morson and Schapiro argue that Smith's heirs include Austen, Anton Chekhov and Leo Tolstoy as well as John Maynard Keynes and Milton Friedman. In so doing, they suggest that economists need a richer appreciation of behavior, ethics, culture and narrative all of which the great writers teach better than anyone.

Cents and Sensibility demonstrates the benefits of a freewheeling dialogue between economics and the humanities by addressing a wide range of problems drawn from the economics of higher education, the economics of the family and the development of poor nations. It offers new insights about everything from the manipulation of college rankings to why some countries grow faster than others. At the same time, the book shows how looking at real-world problems can revitalize the study of literature itself.

Original, provocative and inspiring, Cents and Sensibility brings economics back to its place in the human conversation. The book has already received good reviews.

Publishers Weekly wrote: Insightful and compelling. . . .Morson and Schapiro succeed in finding new ways of thinking about big issues as well as new ways to read classic novels. . . . The case studies read like popular nonfiction. Theres immense joy to be found throughout this work on thinking with creativity and passion.

Robert J. Shiller, Nobel Prize-winning economist and author of Irrational Exuberance, said, In Cents and Sensibility, Morson and Schapiro argue persuasively that the vast intellectual gulf between economics and the humanities is a tragedy for all of us, since it compromises our ability to understand some of the most important trends of our times. The authors show us that this divide is not inevitable: they show steps to close it.

The authors have written a number of op-eds based on the book, as well as a Weekend Essay on LinkedIn.

In the essay, Morson and Schapiro, who have co-taught courses together at Northwestern, observed: After examining material from a wide variety of subjects economics, literature, philosophy, history, psychology, sociology, theology, evolutionary theory and urban planning it has become very clear to us that economics has much to learn from its sister fields. While we do not question the significance of economics as a discipline, neither do we question the payoff from a dialogue with other approaches.

Gary Saul Morson is the Lawrence B. Dumas Professor of the Arts and Humanities and professor of Slavic languages and literatures at Northwestern University. His many books include Narrative and Freedom: the Shadows of Time, Anna Karenina in Our Time and The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture.

Morton Schapiro is the president of Northwestern University and a professor of economics. His many books include The Student Aid Game (Princeton University Press). Morson and Schapiro are also the editors of The Fabulous Future?: America and the World in 2040.

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Iowa’s New Science Standards and Man-Made Climate Change – Caffeinated Thoughts

Stephen Berry of Iowa Watchpublished an op/ed that appeared in The Des Moines Register and Cedar Rapids Gazette. Berry, promoting the Iowa K-12 Climate Science Education Initiative, made the following statement that jumped out at me.

At first, people who reject predominant scientific findings that humans are the main cause of climate change may be glad that new public-school science standards dont require teachers to teach that.

But if inquiry-based teaching guides under development in the Iowa K-12 Climate Science Education Initiative are used, students may reach that determination on their own, educators say.

Berrys assertion is fascinating since the Next Generation Science Standards do promote theidea of Climate Change being caused by humans. It is disingenuous to say otherwise.

We see in the weather and climate section of the Middle School Earth and Space Science Standards:

Ask questions to clarify evidence of the factors that have caused the rise in global temperatures over the past century, (MS-ESS3-5).

The clarification statement included under the standard reads:

Examples of factors include human activities (such as fossil fuel combustion, cement production, and agricultural activity) and natural processes (such as changes in incoming solar radiation or volcanic activity). Examples of evidence can include tables, graphs, and maps of global and regional temperatures, atmospheric levels of gases such as carbon dioxide and methane, and the rates of human activities. Emphasis is on the major role that human activities play in causing the rise in global temperatures. (Emphasis in bold is mine)

Then you look at the Disciplinary Core Ideas that support the standard, and we see:

ESS3.D: Global Climate Change Human activities, such as the release of greenhouse gases from burning fossil fuels, are major factors in the current rise in Earths mean surface temperature (global warming). Reducing the level of climate change and reducing human vulnerability to whatever climate changes do occur depend on the understanding of climate science, engineering capabilities, and other kinds of knowledge, such as understanding of human behavior and on applying that knowledge wisely in decisions and activities. (MS-ESS3-5)

Tell me again how the standards dont require teachers teach that Climate Change is predominately caused by humans?

In the weather and climate section of Earth and Space Sciences Standards for High School, the relevant standards are:

We see these two Disciplinary Core Ideas that support the standards above. First for HS.ESS2-4:

ESS2.D: Weather and Climate The foundation for Earths global climate systems is the electromagnetic radiation from the sun, as well as its reflection, absorption, storage, and redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and land systems, and this energys re-radiation into space. (HS-ESS2-4)

Changes in the atmosphere due to human activity have increased carbon dioxide concentrations and thus affect climate. (HS-ESS2-6),(HS-ESS2-4)

For HS.ESS3-5 we see:

ESS3.D: Global Climate Change Though the magnitudes of human impacts are greater than they have ever been, so too are human abilities to model, predict, and manage current and future impacts. (HS-ESS3-5)

Then all one has to do is perusethe human sustainability sectionin the NGSSs Earth and Space Sciences Standards for High School. Then look at thehuman impacts section for the Middle School Earth and Space Sciences Standards to see an emphasis on human activity for climate change, as well as, a progressive bent to environmentalism.

Berry notes that when students read the evidence, they will likely come to that conclusion themselves.

They will look at facts relevant to those questions and draw conclusions that answer their questions, Ted Neal, a University of Iowa clinical science instructor, told IowaWatch.

And what if students look at their scientific data and then conclude that humans have not been the primary causes of climate change in the past century?

That is not possible, Neal answered. Because the data is so overwhelming. Out of 920 peer-reviewed journal articles on this issue, zero found that climate change was not anthropogenic.

Oh yes, peer reviewed, theres the gold standard. 21st-century science has a peer review problem that is not acknowledged by climate change advocates.

A recent Vox article (not a conservative publication by any stretch of the imagination) pointed out that peer review is broken and that peer review bullying can occur.

Thats not to mention the problem of peer review bullying. Since the default in the process is that editors and peer reviewers know who the authors are (but authors dont know who the reviews are), biases against researchers or institutions can creep in, opening the opportunity for rude, rushed, and otherwise unhelpful comments.

Alex Csiszar writing for Nature shows that peer review was troubled from the start.

Current attempts to reimagine peer review rightly debate the psychology of bias, the problem of objectivity, and the ability to gauge reliability and importance, but they rarely consider the multilayered history of this institution. Peer review did not develop simply out of scientists need to trust one anothers research. It was also a response to political demands for public accountability. To understand that other practices of scientific judgement were once in place ought to be a part of any responsible attempt to chart a future path.

Another recent article at the New Republic saysthat science is suffering as a result of problems with peer review.

The flaws in this process are evident in the climate change debate. Those who dont toe the climate change advocate line are often ostracized and even put their careers on the line. Climate science, unfortunately, has become hopelessly biased and politicized.

Unfortunately, as a result, students will only be exposed to one side of the debate.

Shane Vander Hart is the founder and editor-in-chief of Caffeinated Thoughts. He is also the President of 4:15 Communications, LLC, a social media & communications consulting/management firm. Prior to this Shane spent 20 years in youth ministry serving in church, parachurch, and school settings. He has also served as an interim pastor and is a sought after speaker and pulpit fill-in. Shane has been married to his wife Cheryl since 1993 and they have three kids. Shane and his family reside near Des Moines, IA.

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Genetics

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ConferenceSeries LLC provides the perfect platform for global networking and we are truly delighted to invite you to attend our 9thInternational Conference on Genomics & Pharmacogenomics, during June 15-16, 2017London, UK. Genomics-2017 is a global platform to discuss and learn about Genomics & Pharmacogenomics and its allied areas Bioinformatics, Transcriptomics, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics and Genetic Engineering.

Track 1:Cancer Genomics

TumorGenomicsis the investigation ofhereditarytransformationsin charge of malignancy, utilizinggenomesequencingandbioinformatics. Diseasegenomicsis to enhance growth treatment and results lies in figuring out which sets of qualities and quality associations influence diverse subsets of tumors. UniversalCancer GenomeConsortium (ICGC) is a deliberate experimental association that gives a discussion to joint effort among the world's driving growth andgenomic analysts.

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Track 2:Functional Genomics

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Track 4:Biomarkers & Molecular Markers

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Pharmacogenomicsis a piece of a field called customized solution that means to tweak human services, with choices and medications custom-made to every individual patient inside and out conceivable.Pharmacogenomicsandpharmacogenomicsmanages new developments in the field of customized meds and advancements in modified medication revelation utilizingproteomeinnovation.

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Track 6:Clinical Genomics

Clinical Genomicsis the utilization of genome sequencing to educate understanding analysis and care.Genome sequencingis relied upon to have the most effect in: portraying and diagnosinghereditary infection; stratifying patients for fittingmalignancytreatment; and giving data around an individual'simaginable reactionto treatment to lessen antagonistic medication responses.

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6th International Conference onTissue Engineering &Regenerative Medicine,Baltimore, USA,Aug 20-22, 2017; 8th World Congress and Expo onCell &Stem Cell Research,Orlando, USA,March 20-22, 2017; 15thWorld Congress onBiotechnologyand Biotech Industries Meet,Rome, Italy,March 20-21, 2017; 2nd International Conference onGenetic Counselling andGenomic Medicine,Beijing, China, July 10-12, 2017; International Conference onClinical andMolecular Genetics,Las Vegas, USA,April 24-26, 2017.Plant Genomics and Gene Editing CongressConference Asia April 10-11, 2017 Hong Kong.

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Track 7:Micro RNA

MicroRNAscomprise a novel class of small, non-coding endogenous RNAs that regulategene expressionby directing their targetmRNAsfor degradation or translational repression. miRNAs represent smallRNA moleculesencoded in thegenomesofplantsand animals. These highly conserved 22 nucleotides longRNA sequencesregulate the expression of genes by binding to the 3'-untranslated regions (3'-UTR) of specific mRNAs. A growing body of evidence shows that mRNAs are one of the key players in cell differentiation and growth, mobility andapoptosis.

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Track 8:mRNA Analysis

mRNAis a subtype of RNA. AmRNAatom conveys a segment of the DNA code to different parts of the cell for preparing.mRNAis made amid interpretation. Amid the translation handle, a solitary strand ofDNAis decoded by RNA polymerase, and mRNA is incorporated. Physically, mRNA is a strand of nucleotides known asribonucleiccorrosive, and is single-stranded.

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Track9:BioinformaticsinGenomics

Bioinformaticsis the exploration of gathering and breaking down complex organic information, for example,hereditary codes. Sub-atomic solution requires the joining and examination of genomic, sub-atomic, cell, and additionallyclinical informationand it in this way offers a momentous arrangement of difficulties to bioinformatics.

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Track 10:Comparative Genomics

SimilarGenomicsandgenomicmedicinenewfieldofnaturalexaminationinwhichthegenomegroupins of variousspecies- human, mouse and a wide assortment of different life forms from yeast to chimpanzees-are looked at. The assessment of likenesses and contrasts betweengenomesof various life forms; can uncover contrasts in the middle of people and species and also transformative connections.

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Track 11:Plant Genomics

Late mechanical headways have generously extended our capacity to dissect and comprehendplantgenomesand to diminish the crevice existing in the middle of genotype and phenotype. The quick advancing field of genomics permits researchers to dissect a huge number of qualities in parallel, to comprehend the hereditary building design ofplant genomesfurthermore to separate the qualities in charge oftransformations.

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Track 12:Personal Genomics

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Track 13:Microbial Genomics

MicrobialGenomicsappliesrecombinantDNA,DNAsequencingroutines,andbioinformaticsto succession, gather, and dissect the capacity and structure of genomes in organisms. Amid the previous 10 years, genomics-based methodologies have profoundly affected the field ofmicrobiologyand our comprehension of microbial species. In view of their bigger genome sizes,genome sequencingendeavors on growths and unicellular eukaryotes were slower to begin than ventures concentrated on prokaryotes.

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Track 14:Future trends in Genomics

Genomics researchholds the way to meeting a considerable lot of the difficulties of the coming years. Right now, the greatest test is in information investigation. We can produce a lot of information modestly, yet that overpowers our ability to comprehend it. The significant test of theGenomeResearch is we have to imbuegenomic datainto restorative practice, which is truly hard.

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Scientists Discover First Genes for Insomnia – Sci-News.com

Researchers from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and elsewhere have identified seven risk genes for insomnia.

Insomnia is one of the most common health problems. Image credit: Dan Fa.

Insomnia is among the most frequent complaints in general practice. Even after treatment, poor sleep remains a persistent vulnerability for many people.

A research team led by Vrije Universiteit Professor Danielle Posthuma has come closer to unraveling the biological mechanisms that cause the predisposition for insomnia.

Our findings are the start of a path towards an understanding of insomnia at the level of communication within and between neurons, and thus towards finding new ways of treatment, Vrije Universiteit Professor Van Someren, co-author of the study.

As compared to the severity, prevalence and risks of insomnia, only few studies targeted its causes. Insomnia is all too often dismissed as being all in your head. Our research brings a new perspective. Insomnia is also in the genes.

To identify genetic factors for insomnia complaints, Prof. Posthuma, Prof. Someren and their colleagues performed a genome-wide association study and a genome-wide gene-based association study in 113,006 individuals.

As a result, the researchers identified seven genes associated with insomnia.

These genes play a role in the regulation of transcription, the process where DNA is read in order to make an RNA copy of it, and exocytosis, the release of molecules by cells in order to communicate with their environment, the authors said.

One of the identified genes, MEIS1, has previously been related to two other sleep disorders: periodic limb movements of sleep (PLMS) and restless legs syndrome (RLS).

Variants in the MEIS1 gene seem to contribute to all three disorders, they added.

Strikingly, PLMS and RLS are characterized by restless movement and sensation, respectively, whereas insomnia is characterized mainly by a restless stream of consciousness.

The team also found a strong genetic overlap with other traits, such as anxiety disorders, depression and neuroticism, and low subjective wellbeing.

This is an interesting finding, because these characteristics tend to go hand in hand with insomnia, said study first author Anke Hammerschlag, a PhD student at Vrije Universiteit.

We now know that this is partly due to the shared genetic basis.

The researchers also studied whether the same genetic variants were important for men and women.

Part of the genetic variants turned out to be different. This suggests that, for some part, different biological mechanisms may lead to insomnia in men and women, Prof. Posthuma said.

We also found a difference between men and women in terms of prevalence: in the sample we studied, including mainly people older than fifty years, 33% of the women reported to suffer from insomnia. For men this was 24%.

The teams findings were published today in the journal Nature Genetics.

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Anke R. Hammerschlag et al. Genome-wide association analysis of insomnia complaints identifies risk genes and genetic overlap with psychiatric and metabolic traits. Nature Genetics, published online June 12, 2017; doi: 10.1038/ng.3888

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B-Real, DNA Genetics and PRHBTD Media Announce Digital-First Reality Series, ‘Pimp My Grow’ – PR Newswire (press release)

LOS ANGELES, June 12, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --B-Real, DNA Genetics and PRHBTD Media,have joined forces to produce a new digital first reality series titled, "Pimp My Grow," aimed at cannabis enthusiasts.

DNA Genetics, one of the oldest and most respected genetics and grow experts in the Cannabis industry will visit Cannabis growers around the country and "Pimp Their Grows."Some growers may be new to the industry, looking to set-up their first personal grow for medical reasons, while others are building out industrial-sized indoor operations. All of them have one thing in common; they are looking to harness DNA's best-in-class expertise.

"We're psyched to meet with amateurs as well as experienced growers to help them grow the biggest, healthiest and most special plants!And we're going to bring along a few of our friends to help out," said DNA's Don/Aaron.

B-Real added, "I've seen a ton of good and bad growers and grows in this space. Nothing compares to the work that the DNA guys do.They will literally pimp out some grows.This is going to be unreal and unprecedented."

See more at http://www.prohbtd.com/pimpmygrow.

Drake Sutton-Shearer and Josh Otten from PRHBTD Media added, "Viewers will experience the thrill of growing with some of the best technology available. DNA and B-Real are experts in what they do, so it's a pleasure for us to help them show the world just what it takes to pimp out a grow."

The completed video series will result in seven episodes that showcase each grow operationand the hosts' expertise in helping each grower with their set-up.The series will initially be distributed across the PRHBTD MEDIA network to millions of viewers and then licensed for global content distribution.

B-Real and DNA Genetics will be working with some of their friends to provide product and service support when optimizing each grow. From lighting and nutrients to harvesting and storage, these world-class companies offer some of the best products and services on the market to ensure the highest quality plants and yield.

Added Greg Muller, CEO of leading LED lighting company Spectrum King: "We're excited to be a part of this series and work with these cannabis industry leaders to help show audiences how our technology can help increase potency yield and significant cost savings for growers."

Learn more atwww.prohbtd.com/pimpmygrow

About B-REAL

With his work in the pioneering hip-hop group Cypress Hill, rapper B-Real became something of a hip-hop legend for several reasons. Most immediately, his trademark rhyming style, featuring an exaggeratedly nasal whine and a jazz singer's skill at staying just behind DJ Muggs' already sluggish beats, was one of the most instantly recognizable flows of the 1990s. Furthermore, B-Real and his partners Sen Dog and DJ Muggs were the first Latino hip-hop stars, ushering in a richly varied sub-genre of hip-hop that thrives to this day. Finally, Cypress Hill's fervent proselytizing on the subject of marijuana legalization both brought the subject to its highest public awareness since the days of Cheech & Chong and paved the way for a generation of weed-happy middle-class high-school kids to discover and identify with hip-hop to an even greater degree than before.

About DNA Genetics

DNA Genetics, one of the most important seed companies in the world, has been at the forefront of the cannabis industry and culture for over a decade.DNA has won more than 150 awards worldwide at the most prestigious events and trade shows for their contributions to the cannabis industry, making it the most-awarded company in the world. DNA has won the illustrious High Times 'Top 10 Strain of the Year' award more than five times, is the only seed company to have received every award presented at the High Times Cannabis Cup events and was inducted into the High Times Seedbank Hall of Fame in 2009. Working with the medical and scientific community has been a priority, helping to provide alternative solutions to the current pharmaceutical approach. Collaborations with the Unconventional Foundation for Autism and Israeli Research are some of the examples. DNA Genetics is also very proud of their new partnership with Canadian Licensed Medical Producers, Tweed in Ontario, Canada. When working within the medical community, DNA Genetics is committed not only to effective medicine, but also to combining all beneficial parts of the plant for a better experience and more effective results for the patients.

About PRHBTD MEDIA

PRHBTD MEDIA provides world-class video production, digital marketing and branding solutions for more than 50 brand partners in the cannabis industry. As the leading content studio, PRHBTD also produces original video and editorial with multi-platform distribution across the PRHBTD Media Network, which includes prohbtd.com, AppleTV, Amazon Prime, Roku, Metacafe, Dailymotion and more, reaching 100+ million monthly consumers and business owners.

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