Alyssa Thibodeau Assistant Project Manager Email [email protected] Breaking News 23andMe Laying off 9 Percent of Workforce to Cut Operating Costs Oxford Nanopore, Geneyx to Develop Software for Clinical Nanopore Sequencing New Products Posted to GenomeWeb: ASMS Roundup, Bionano Genomics, Parse Biosciences, BioEcho People in the News at Biocartis, Angle, Nucleix, Almaden Genomics, SomaLogic, More GWAS Links Human Voice Pitch to Gene Influencing Cardiovascular, Hormonal Processes The Scan Foxtail Millet Pangenome, Graph-Based Reference Genome Researchers in Nature Genetics described their generation of a foxtail millet pangenome, which they say can help in crop trait improvement. Protein Length Distribution Consistent Across Species An analysis in Genome Biology compares the lengths of proteins across more than 2,300 species, finding similar length distributions. Novel Genetic Loci Linked to Insulin Resistance in New Study A team reports in Nature Genetics that it used glucose challenge test data to home in on candidate genes involved in GLUT4 expression or trafficking. RNA Editing in Octopuses Seems to Help Acclimation to Shifts in Water Temperature A paper in Cell reports that octopuses use RNA editing to help them adjust to different water temperatures.
