Towards a reference genome that captures global genetic diversity

Progress towards a reference genome for sunflower

The Compositae is one of the largest and most economically important families of flowering plants and includes a diverse array of food crops, horticultural crops, medicinals, and noxious weeds. Despite its size and economic importance, there is no reference genome sequence for the Compositae, which impedes research and improvement efforts. We report on progress toward sequencing the 3.5 Gb geno...

A global reference for human genetic variation

Ethnically relevant consensus Korean reference genome towards personal reference genomes

Human Postural Model That Captures Rotational Inertia

INTRODUCTION Inverted pendulum models have been very beneficial for the modeling and analysis of human gait and balance [Kuo, 2007]. These reduced models allow us to ignore the movements of the individual limbs, and instead, focus on two important points -the center of pressure (CoP) and the center of mass (CoM) -and the lean line that connects the two points. A limitation of the existing reduc...

Four Challenges That Global Health Networks Face

Global health networks, webs of individuals and organizations with a shared concern for a particular condition, have proliferated over the past quarter century. They differ in their effectiveness, a factor that may help explain why resource allocations vary across health conditions and do not correspond closely with disease burden. Drawing on findings from recently concluded studies of eight gl...