Research Computing Seminar Series 2007
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Searching for Genetic Causes of Age-related Hearing Loss
Dina L. Newman
Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
4:00 p.m. May 17, 2007
CASCI Laboratory for Applied Computing: Building 74
Dina L. NewmanProfessor
Department of Biological Sciences
4:00 p.m. May 17, 2007
CASCI Laboratory for Applied Computing: Building 74
Most people experience some loss of hearing acuity as they age. The human genetics lab at RIT is searching for genetic differences that are associated with susceptibility to hearing loss in elderly people. Cell samples are sent to the molecular lab for DNA extraction and testing of particular genes. This project involves a large amount of data handling, which requires specialized databases and analyses.