Preparing the next generation of genomicists: a laboratory-style course in medical genomics

BMC Medical Genomics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Linderman, Michael D ^a   Bashir, Ali ^a   Diaz, George A ^a   Kasarskis, Andrew ^a   Sanderson, Saskia C ^a   Zinberg, Randi E ^a   Mahajan, Milind ^a   Shah, Hardik ^a   Suckiel, Sabrina ^a   Zweig, Micol ^a   Schadt, Eric E ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Genomics; Whole genome sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOME ANALYSIS; GENOMICIST; GENOMICS; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCIENTIST; STUDENT; EDUCATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; LABORATORY; PERSONALIZED MEDICINE; PROCEDURES;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GENOMICS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; LABORATORIES; PRECISION MEDICINE;

EID: 84938940641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17558794     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12920-015-0124-y     Document Type: Article

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