Why is it that some COVID-19 patients become extremely ill and die, while others experience only mild symptoms? A new study uses mass spectrometry, RNA sequencing, and machine learning to explore the molecular traits that might influence the severity of the disease.
Category: Metabolism
‘Like a Map of the City’ – How Metabolic Networks Contribute to Our Understanding of Cancer’s Growth
When Morgridge investigator Jing Fan thinks about metabolism, she is focused on the complicated network of biochemical reactions. Her lab has been working on understanding metabolism in a quantitative, systematic way.
MMI Fellow seeks to understand sugar production in yeasts
Kaitlin Fisher, the 2020 Morgridge Metabolism Interdisciplinary Fellow, aims to understand the genes that influence carbon metabolism and the process of gluconeogenesis in yeasts.
Seize the Moment: Adapting old tools for a novel coronavirus
Morgridge scientists John Brubacher, Anthony Gitter, Brian Bockelman, Ben Cox and Katie Overmyer, joined Gabriella Gerhardt on July 22 for a Fearless Science webinar about rapidly applying technology and methods to answer COVID-19 questions.
Smart toilets could transform health tracking. Here’s how
Morgridge investigator Josh Coon describes how “smart toilets” could be the new frontier in personalized medicine.