One Step Closer to Genetic Literacy November 11, 2013 At Counsyl, we are starting a free series of educational webinars to promote genetic literacy. Clinical genetics is evolving quickly, and genetic counselors a... Continue Reading
A Fun Friday Post October 25, 2013 We were so amused by this rap video on the discovery of DNA, we just had to share. Enjoy! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FwmiPE9tI... Continue Reading
Efficient Django QuerySet Use October 23, 2013 Jayson Falkner gave a talk at a recent Django Meetup in San Francisco on the advanced use of Django's QuerySet API based on lessons learned at Counsyl. Below a... Continue Reading
Our Forever Baby September 16, 2013 I’m no expert in genetics, but one thing I know for sure; genetic testing has changed the course of my life. My husband Ryan and I met on a college cross-cul... Continue Reading
No better time in history September 4, 2013 My wife has a fatal, dominant genetic disease, and in spite of this, I count us among the luckiest people to have ever lived. Mostly this is because we have eac... Continue Reading
Sullivan’s Life Sheds Light on SMA August 15, 2013 August is Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) awareness month. Shivani Nazareth, one of our genetic counselors, spoke with Brittany Madore about her experience with... Continue Reading
Detecting Genetic Copy Number with Gaussian Mixture Models August 7, 2013 At Counsyl, we test for a variety of autosomal recessive diseases. It turns out that not all genetic diseases are as simple as a single base mutation; some dise... Continue Reading
Do you want to work in genomics because it’s big data? August 1, 2013 As part of my work at Counsyl, I interview most of our software engineering candidates who are interested in machine learning and data processing problems.... Continue Reading
Honoring My Son July 23, 2013 My first child, Evan, was born in August of 1994. We joyfully watched him grow and develop normally for the next six months. He was a happy baby, always smi... Continue Reading
No Limits on Creativity July 15, 2013 We met Dwayne Szot at the Annual Families of SMA conference in Anaheim, CA and were amazed by his ability to use art to engage members of the SMA community. D... Continue Reading
Not Ready to Call it Quits July 8, 2013 After 18 years in clinical genetics and 15 years of teaching students at Sarah Lawrence College, I will have officially retired from my academic life this Augus... Continue Reading
Counsyl Tech Talk: July 18, 2013 at 7pm June 24, 2013 The cost of sequencing human genomes is plunging - 5x faster than the cost of computing. The potential impact on preventive healthcare and the m... Continue Reading
The Inside Scoop on Working from Home June 17, 2013 Hear from one of our Counsyl moms about maintaining a healthy work-life balance. Q: Where did you work before becoming a mom? Ashley: I was a prenatal genetic ... Continue Reading
A Crash Course in Genomics for 7th Graders June 10, 2013 My name is Rebecca, I am a 7th grader attending Sierra Expeditionary Learning School. My class has been studying cells, genetics, and body systems and wanted to... Continue Reading
Sequencing vs. Genotyping June 4, 2013 Our scientists have been hard at work on a new test we're calling the Counsyl Test 2.0. What's different? Well, everything and nothing. You see, we're still loo... Continue Reading