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Scientific American · January 3, 2025
Jumping 'Numts' from Mitochondria Can Be Fast and Deadly
Coverage of the discovery that DNA fragments from mitochondria (numts) can rapidly insert into the human genome and accumulate in brain tissue, potentially affecting lifespan.
Columbia University Irving Medical Center · August 22, 2024
Mitochondria Are Flinging Their DNA into Our Brain Cells
Coverage of the PLOS Biology study, co-led with Columbia University, showing that mitochondrial DNA insertions accumulate in the brain over a lifetime and are linked to earlier mortality.
University of Michigan Medical School · May 11, 2023
Improving and Scaling Techniques in Both Molecular and Computational Labs with NIH Support
Ryan Mills is co-PI on a NIH Common Fund grant (Somatic Mosaicism across Human Tissues Network) to develop improved molecular and computational methods for detecting somatic mosaicism across human tissues and life stages.
Center for RNA Biomedicine, University of Michigan · August 13, 2019
RNA Faculty Spotlight: Ryan Mills, Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics
Profile of Ryan Mills' work developing computational methods to analyze RNA sequence data, including quantifying rates of translation using ribosome footprinting techniques.
Journal of Young Investigators · January 1, 2015
Interview with a Bioinformatician: Dr. Ryan Mills, Ph.D.
Interview covering Ryan Mills' path into bioinformatics, his research identifying structural variation in human genomes, and how computational methods have changed collaboration between bioinformaticians and traditional laboratory scientists.