Ali Crawford
Ali Crawford
@agrippinatheelder.bsky.social
Scientific research @Illumina. Interests include multiomics, precision medicine, and democratizing genetic testing for all who need it
Reposted by Ali Crawford
The thing about scientific research is that it’s one of the few national investments that’s a clear public good even if you entirely discount the actual ostensible point of it.
New report shows that NIH grants fueled $95 billion in economic activity and 407,782 jobs in 2024.

That's not to mention the countless lives that biomedical research has saved.

Show me a better investment than that.
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NIH Grants Fueled $95 Billion In FY 2024 Economic Activity, Finds New Report
National Institutes of Health grants generated almost $95 billion in economic activity nationwide in FY 2024 according to a new report by United for Medical Research.
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March 13, 2025 at 2:36 AM
For those interested in how Illumina’s novel on flow cell library prep works, there is a pretty detailed blog on constellation technology here. www.illumina.com/science/geno...
Introducing constellation mapped read technology
Constellation technology utilizes a highly simplified NGS workflow that enables on-flow-cell library prep that completely eliminates standard library prep prior to sequencing Standard cluster generati...
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December 20, 2024 at 7:22 PM