Maja Kuzman
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Maja Kuzman
@majakuzman.bsky.social
computational biologist. all things genomic. working on cfDNA, cancer genomics, early detection, prenatal testing, epigenetics, transposable elements. building reproducible computational pipelines. seeking academic partners for collaboration.
Another day, another wonder;

Archea parasite with a circular genome of only 238Kbp (!) found within a dinoflagellate.

It only encodes for replicative machinery: can replicate but not sustain itself, making that line between life and non-life blurry! What a life

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
June 26, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Would you trust a single base edit to rewrite your future? :)

this could be a cool thing to follow up in few years.

Eli Lilly just spent a billion dollars for a single base editing drug that lowers LDL levels by 50% by silencing PCSK9 gene in the liver with a single-course therapy.
June 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM