But as someone who grew up in the desert ➡️ and then lived in TX 🤠 ➡️ if I can handle it, you definitely can too! (Just need to get yourself some good gear🧥🥾 - I’ve got suggestions!)
If you don’t want to go outside in the winter, Mayo Clinic & Rochester have tunnels & sky bridges connecting the med center w downtown, including from the parking ramps to the hospital 🏥
But personally, I’m excited for outdoor activities like snowshoeing & cross-country skiing!
And spring, summer, and autumn are absolutely GORGEOUS 😍 (and IMO well-worth the cold)
Many of my favorite activities involve the outdoors - Rochester has many walking/biking trails all around the city ⬇️ and @DowntownRochMN has lots of fun activities 👍🏼
Lots of us take trips around Minnesota on weekends - Minneapolis/St. Paul is around 90 minutes away for those looking for city life 🌃
Plus there’s my personal fav Boundary Waters (and other excellent parks) up north ⬇️
Coming from a big city (Houston), adjusting was easier than I thought:
📌 Minnesota nice 😊 is a real thing
📌 There’s no traffic!🚦You can live anywhere you want in Rochester (or the surrounding area)
📌 Reasonable cost of living - buying a house🏡 or renting 🏢 is feasible
📌 Rochester has its own ✈️ airport (security is a breeze)
📌 Excellent amenities (e.g. community events like Thursdays on 1st, well-maintained parks🌲and trails, fantastic @RochPubLibrary)
📌 Good selection of restaurants in town (+ easy access to Twin cities for more variety)
Catching up on 🧬 “Understanding #NGS and Interpreting Reports for Oncologic Pathology” with Dr. @sabahkadri and Dr. Cecilia Yeung at #CAP21@AMPath 👩🏻💻
📌 @Pathologists has NGS assay development tools regarding test design, validation, quality, and bioinformatics: cap.org/member-resourc…
📌 How much do you want to know? ➡️ what test is needed? (WGS vs WES vs targeted sequencing)
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🧬 NGS in a nutshell with Dr. Yeung
1️⃣ Library preparation (hybrid capture vs amplicon-based)
2️⃣ Sequence the fragments of DNA (cyclic reversible termination vs detection of chemical byproducts ⚡️ as single nucleotide is added)
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🧬#MolecularPath “Selecting the Right Tool for the Job: Practical Considerations for the Application of Molecular Diagnostics Methods in SurgPath” with @LJTafeMD and Dr. Larissa Furtado
A few takeaways (just scratching the surface of this excellent talk!) ⬇️🧵#MolecularPath_CEJ