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<i>Looking forward to seeing you at grand rounds on Thursday!</i></div>
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<i>This week's rounds will be a two-parter; the first half will be devoted to a clinical case. The case reaches a diagnosis thanks to a unique, relatively novel diagnostic assay.</i></div>
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<i>Then, we will shift our focus to innovations and history that allowed this diagnostic assay (which involves DNA sequencing) to make it into clinical use. </i></div>
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<i>Initially, I had been considering one of the first key papers that used the illumina "sequencing by synthesis" technology.</i></div>
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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><i>However, for recommended reading I am instead sharing this magazine article, which details the story of the invention of the technology:
</i></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);"><i><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2010/09/30/the-solexa-story__;!!GobTDDpD7A!IkbSqmKF3IBSJVFUO_9DLv6xFJMfuunrOI4uuw6Q1cTjrp9bfPJU-08Q4VvXV9zkqUI6bJVZvQJvDgsQpVaRpaFH4A$" data-outlook-id="04fa06ab-5ff6-4205-aadc-23a98ef2c5ce" style="color: rgb(0, 120, 215);">https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2010/09/30/the-solexa-story</a></i></span></div>
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<i>Cheers,</i></div>
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<b>From: </b>mdphd <mdphd-bounces@lists.upstate.edu> on behalf of Rafael Schulman <SchulmaR@upstate.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 9:00 PM<br>
<b>To: </b>mdphd@lists.upstate.edu <mdphd@lists.upstate.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[mdphd] 🧬Thursday GR🔬<br>
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Hello colleagues and friends,</div>
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This week's rounds will be a two-parter; the first half will be devoted to a clinical case. The case reaches a diagnosis thanks to a unique, relatively novel diagnostic assay.</div>
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Then, we will shift our focus to innovations and history that allowed this diagnostic assay (which involves DNA sequencing) to make it into clinical use. </div>
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Initially, I had been considering one of the first key papers that used the illumina "sequencing by synthesis" technology.</div>
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However, for recommended reading I am instead sharing this magazine article, which details the story of the invention of the technology:
<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2010/09/30/the-solexa-story__;!!GobTDDpD7A!IkbSqmKF3IBSJVFUO_9DLv6xFJMfuunrOI4uuw6Q1cTjrp9bfPJU-08Q4VvXV9zkqUI6bJVZvQJvDgsQpVaRpaFH4A$" data-outlook-id="04fa06ab-5ff6-4205-aadc-23a98ef2c5ce">
https://www.bio-itworld.com/news/2010/09/30/the-solexa-story</a></div>
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