Close Menu

You may find more results for this query on our sister sites: 360Dx and Precision Oncology News.

Home » About Us » Our Staff » Julia Karow

Julia Karow

Managing Editor
Phone Number
+1-212-651-5637
Email
[email protected]
Julia Karow at Genomeweb / 360dx Julia Karow at Genomeweb / 360dx

Julia Karow tracks trends in next-generation sequencing for research and clinical applications for GenomeWeb. Follow her on Twitter at @Julia_Karow.

Articles Authored by Julia Karow

Jun 23, 2020

New DNA Data Storage Architecture Improves Information Access, Density

Premium

The North Carolina State University team is working on scaling the technology further and may form a company to develop it commercially.

May 15, 2020

Emerging COVID-19 Viral Genome Sequencing Assays Provide Alternative to Existing Diagnostics

Premium

Several groups are developing diagnostic viral genome sequencing assays and panels, which promise high sensitivity and additional information on viral origin and spread.

May 14, 2020

Clear Labs Raises $18M, Will Launch Diagnostic Nanopore Sequencing COVID-19 Assay System

Premium

The first version of the platform, which the company submitted for Emergency Use Authorization to the US FDA last week, analyzes RNA extracted from a swab.

May 12, 2020

High-Throughput Diagnostic COVID-19 Sequencing Assays May Enable Large-Scale Testing

Premium

Assays like SwabSeq, Dx-Seq, and LAMP-Seq promise to analyze tens to hundreds of thousands of samples in parallel but might be constrained by sample availability.

Apr 29, 2020

COVID-19 Testing Could Get Boost From Alternative Sample Types

Premium

Replacing nasopharyngeal swabs with saliva samples or nasal swabs could increase throughput and convenience, as well as relieve reagent and equipment shortages.

Apr 22, 2020

Thermo Fisher Scientific Details Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Business

Premium

The firm is looking into options for partnerships to bring a COVID-19 serology test to market, which could leverage its large installed base of instruments.

Apr 21, 2020

New York COVID-19 Genomics Research Network Coalesces to Battle Pandemic

With $2.5 million in initial philanthropy funding, the consortium plans to launch several research projects and establish a data commons for storing and sharing results. 

Apr 20, 2020

Addressing Coronavirus Testing Bottleneck, Scientists Turn to RNA-Extraction-Free PCR

Several labs and at least one company have been working on assays that add samples directly to the PCR reaction and don't require RNA extraction, a time-consuming step.

Apr 09, 2020

Coronavirus Entered New York City Mainly From Europe, Genomic Studies Suggest

Researchers at Mount Sinai, NYU School of Medicine, and Weill Cornell Medicine sequenced hundreds of SARS-CoV-2 genomes from NYC patients for phylogenetic analyses.

Apr 08, 2020

BillionToOne Developing Coronavirus Dx Test Based on Sanger Sequencing

The firm plans to submit an EUA application for its quantitative Sanger sequencing COVID-19 test, which could run on hundreds of available CE instruments.

The Scan

Same Old Error

The Washington Post reports that the CDC's SARS-CoV-2 test issues reflect earlier ones it had with Zika virus testing.

Own Merits

NPR writes that even with thousands of new COVID-19 papers, each should be evaluated based on its own quality.

Back to Neanderthals

Researchers traced a gene cluster linked to COVID-19 severity to Neanderthals, the New York Times reports.

PNAS Papers on Small Molecule From Soil Bacteria, Circulating Tumor Cell Chip, More

In PNAS this week: soil bacteria-derived small molecules affect centrosomal protein, microfluidics approach for capturing circulating tumor cells, and more.

Sponsorships

Privacy Policy.  Terms & Conditions.  .  Copyright © 2020 GenomeWeb, a business unit of Crain Communications.  All Rights Reserved.