I am doing my first ever live twitter chat in 10 mins with Northeastern COS. Not quite sure what to expect?! #sciencechat
Welcome to this week's #sciencechat. Thanks for joining us. This week we have @rahman_nazneen as our guest. Hello, Dr. Rahman!- .@rahman_nazneen Can you please tell us a little about who you are and what you're researching? #sciencechat
- I'm a Genetics researcher and doctor from UK. I find genes that predispose to cancer and use them to help patients #sciencechat
- I am using NGS sequencing to find new genes that cause breast and childhood cancers #sciencechat
- Read more than 140 characters about Dr. Rahman here: http://www.icr.ac.uk/research/team_leaders/Rahman_Nazneen/index.shtml …
- So many people are impacted by cancer; how did you decide to make this your research, @rahman_nazneen? #sciencechat
- My PhD was with Mike Stratton just as he was finding BRCA2. I found it very exciting and rewarding #sciencechat
- Cancer genes have a real value in familial cancer and that was emerging as I started so I was able to be there from the start #sciencechat
- We recently heard a lot about BRCA1 & BRCA2 after Angelina Jolie shared her story. ( http://nyti.ms/1ehNCVD ncesciencechat
- But her story is, unfortunately, not out of the ordinary, is it, @rahman_nazneen? #sciencechat
- Yes, those are the kinds of families and situations that I see in my clinics @NortheasternCOS #sciencechat
- <5% of breast cancer are due to BRCA genes. Often we are able to give good news that a woman doesn't carry the gene #sciencechat
- Genetic testing can give information that allow people to make more informed decisions #sciencechat
- That's good news, @rahman_nazneen. Finding answers must be gratifying for you in your research. #sciencechat
- I like the puzzle-solving aspect of research anyway but it is also great if it can be of benefit to people #sciencechat
- If a student is interested in this type of research, what should s/he do, @rahman_nazneen? #sciencechat
- There are many opportunities and different ways to get into clinical genetic research now. It is an expanding area. #sciencechat
- The first thing to work out is which area one is interested in - lab, informatics, clinical #sciencechat
- Perhaps the biggest challenge is how to interpret the clinical impact of genetic variation. #sciencechat
- I think it is a particularly great area for bioinformaticians to get into, there is a real need for those skills. #sciencechat
- Students, did you just hear/see what @rahman_nazneen suggested? Take note. :-) #sciencechat
- .@rahman_nazneen, do you see an end to your research? What is it? #sciencechat
- Interesting question! I think there will be a peak of gene discovery in the next few years with NGS technology #sciencechat
Finding An End To Cancer
Nazneen Rahman is a geneticist in the UK who finds genes that predispose to cancer and use them to help patients. She was a guest on #sciencechat on Wednesday, September 11, 2013.
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