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SUMMARY:Studying life one cell at a time: single-cell RNA sequencing techn
 ology and its applications - Elo Madissoon\, European Bioinformatics Insti
 tute\, Cambridge
DTSTART:20180202T174500Z
DTEND:20180202T191000Z
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CONTACT:Dr Antonio M. M. Rodrigues
DESCRIPTION:In spite of sharing the same DNA all over the body\, organisms
  comprise of different cell types that fulfil various roles due to differe
 nt RNA levels. The mere identification of these cell types and functions h
 as taken scientists hundreds of years\, and is still ongoing. Now with the
  arrival of single-cell RNA sequencing technologies\, it is possible to ma
 p RNA quantities in every cell. This makes it possible to identify tens of
  previously known cell types\, and to discover unknown cell types in the s
 ame experiment in a very small biological sample. In my presentation I wil
 l give an overview of what is the single-cell RNA-sequencing technology\, 
 what are its limitations\, as well as talk about the application in my own
  research to study central genes in human early embryos and to identify su
 bpopulations in immune cells in the blood.
LOCATION:Wolfson College\, Gatsby Room
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