"Now it is established in the sciences that no knowledge is acquired save through the study of its causes and beginnings, if it has had causes and beginnings; nor completed except by knowledge of its accidents and accompanying essentials" -Avicenna, influential 10th century Persian scientist I am envisioning this blog as a place to keep track of my thoughts and experiences as I enter the final phase of my PhD. I am just entering my 4th year in the Computational and Systems Biology program at MIT, and I am attempting to re-focus my energies on my thesis project. which has a new direction - Combining Omics Technologies in the Study of Huntington's Disease. Huntington's Disease is one of those rare disorders where we know the cause and beginning - a mutation in the Htt gene that causes neurodegeneration. What we don't know are, as Avicenna says, the "accidents and accompanying essentials" which will make our knowledge complete. My goal is to dive into the abundance of data coming out of high-throughput technologies, and look for a complete picture.
Here I will write about my papers as they are published, conferences or symposiums I attend, papers or books that I am reading in the field, and general advice for graduate school. My goal is that this will be a record of my time here for me to look back on (especially come thesis defense time!), but if other people stumble onto this, I also hope they find it helpful!
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AuthorAmanda Kedaigle's work in the Broad Institute focuses on leveraging brand new biological data modalities to study novel models of human brain development. Archives
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