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Capture of complete ciliate chromosomes in single sequencing reads reveals widespread chromosome isoforms

December 2019 Authors: Kelsi A. Lindblad, Jananan S. Pathmanathan, Sandrine Moreira, John R. Bracht, Robert P. Sebra, Elizabeth R. Hutton & Laura F. Landweber Info: Researchers sequenced the whole genome of Oxytricha trifallax, a model protozoan ciliate, using long read … more »

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Comparison of mitochondrial DNA variants detection using short- and long-read sequencing

August 2019 Authors: Ahmed N. Alkanaq, Kohei Hamanaka, Futoshi Sekiguchi, Masataka Taguri, Atsushi Takata, Noriko Miyake, Satoko Miyatake, Takeshi Mizuguchi, Naomichi Matsumot Info: The genotypes of mitochondrial DNA variants are compared using both short-read (Illumina Hi-SeqX10) and long-read (PacBio Sequel) … more »

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Ingestible Osmotic Pill for In‐vivo Sampling of Gut Microbiome

July 2019 Authors: Hojatollah Rezaei Nejad, Bruno C. M. Oliveira, Aydin Sadeqi, Amin Dehkharghani, Ivanela Kondova Jan A. M. Langermans, Jeffrey S. Guasto, Saul Tzipori, Giovanni Widmer, Sameer R. Sonkusale Info: From Engineering and Nano Labs at Tufts University, and … more »

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Distinct Profiles of Cell-Free MicroRNAs in Plasma of Veterans with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

July 2019 Authors: Min Young Lee, David Baxter, Kelsey Scherler , Taek-Kyun Kim, Xiaogang Wu , Duna Abu-Amara, Janine Flory, Rachel Yehuda, Charles Marma, Marti Jett, Inyoul Lee, Kai Wang, and Leroy Hood Info: Researchers report on studies that profile … more »

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Structural variants identified by Oxford Nanopore PromethION sequencing of the human genome

June 2019 Authors: De Coster Wouter, De Rijk Peter, De Roeck Arne, De Pooter Tim, D’Hert Svenn, Strazisar Mojca, Kristel Sleegers and Van Broeckhoven Christine Info: Researchers from VIB Center for Molecular Neurology, Antwerp Belgium and University of Antwerp assess … more »

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Effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the differentiation of embryonic stem cells towards pancreatic lineage and pancreatic beta cell function

May 2019 Authors: John A. Kubi, Andy C.H. Chen, Sze Wan Fong, Keng Po Lai, Chris K.C. Wong, William S.B. Yeung, Kai Fai Lee, Yin Lau Lee Info: From the University of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Baptist University, this … more »

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Systematic sequencing of chloroplast transcript termini from Arabidopsis thaliana reveals >200 transcription initiation sites and the extensive imprints of RNA-binding proteins and secondary structures

April 2019 Authors: Benoît Castandet, Arnaud Germain, Amber M. Hotto, and David B. Stern Info: Researchers present a protocol called Terminome-Seq that they developed to catalog RNA transcript termini in chloroplast DNA of Arabidopsis thaliana. RNA-seq libraries are prepared for … more »

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Museum epigenomics: characterizing cytosine methylation in historic museum specimens

April 2019 Authors: Tricia L. Rubi, L. Lacey Knowles, Ben Dantzer Info: In this preprint, researchers developed method the study epigenetic markers on historically preserved deer mouse specimens using ddRAD-seq and bisulfite sequencing. The oldest group of specimens was 76 … more »

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Comparison of RNA isolation and library preparation methods for small RNA sequencing of canine biofluids

Authors: Candice P. Chu, Mary B. Nabity Info: From the Department of Veterinary Pathobiology at Texas A&M, this study evaluates best practices for small RNA sequencing from canine biofluid samples (serum and urine). The study compares RNA-seq results after using … more »

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Sequencing of human genomes with nanopore technology

April 2019 Authors: Rory Bowden, Robert W. Davies, Andreas Heger, Alistair T. Pagnamenta, Mariateresa de Cesare, Laura E. Oikkonen, Duncan Parkes, Colin Freema, Fatima Dhalla, Smita Y. Patel, Niko Popitsch, Camilla L.C. Ip, Hannah E. Roberts, Silvia Salatino, Helen Lockstone, … more »

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