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SciCafe | Flipping the Genetic Switch: Discovering the “Rules” of Human Variation

How and why do the same genes work differently in different people? What causes a gene to be turned “on” or “off,” and how can that affect disease risk? Geneticist Tuuli Lappalainen from the New York Genome Center explains how genetic variants shape how our genes are expressed and how her lab is seeking to uncover the “rules” of human variation.

Image: Andy Eick -- Flickr

Image: Andy Eick — Flickr











When: Wed., Jun. 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Where: American Museum of Natural History
Central Park West at 79th Street
212-769-5100
Price: Free
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How and why do the same genes work differently in different people? What causes a gene to be turned “on” or “off,” and how can that affect disease risk? Geneticist Tuuli Lappalainen from the New York Genome Center explains how genetic variants shape how our genes are expressed and how her lab is seeking to uncover the “rules” of human variation.

Image: Andy Eick -- Flickr

Image: Andy Eick — Flickr

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