Tag Archives: Illumina

Heat selection enables highly scalable methylome profiling in cell-free DNA for noninvasive monitoring of cancer patients

Posted on September 15, 2022 by Alex

September 2022 Authors: Elsie Cheruba, Ramya Viswanathan, Pui-Mun Wong, Howard John Womersley, Shuting Han, Brenda Tay, Yiting Lau, Anna Gan, Polly S. Y. Poon, Anders Skanderup, Sarah B. Ng, Aik Yong Chok, Dawn Qingqing Chong, Iain Beehuat Tan, Lih Feng … more »

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Gene by environment interaction mouse model reveals a functional role for 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in neurodevelopmental disorders

Posted on May 20, 2021 by Alex

May 2021 Authors: Ligia A. Papale, Andy Madrid, Qi Zhang, Kailei Chen, Lara Sak, Sündüz Keles, and Reid S. Alisch Info: Researchers studying the role of 5-Hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) epigenetic modifications in neurological disorders report on the effect of prenatal stress … more »

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Resetting of 24-nt siRNA landscape is initiated before the first zygotic division in rice

Posted on May 19, 2021 by Alex

January 2021 Authors: Chenxin Li, Jonathan I. Gent, Hengping Xu, Hong Fu, Scott D. Russell, and Venkatesan Sundaresan Info: In this preprint, the authors report on a study of siRNA profiling in zygotes from the rice plant. They report that … more »

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Ingestible Osmotic Pill for In‐vivo Sampling of Gut Microbiome

Posted on July 30, 2019 by Alex

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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A Whole Genome Assembly of the Horn Fly, Haematobia irritans, and Prediction of Genes with Roles in Metabolism and Sex Determination

Posted on May 15, 2018 by Alex

May 2018 Authors: Kranti Konganti, Felix Guerrero, Faye Schilkey, Peter Ngam, et al. Info: Researchers sequenced, assembled, and annotated the genome of horn fly, a blood-feeding insect that preys on cattle. The 1.14 Gb assembly shows the fly is most … more »

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Podcast: Blogger Keith Robison on the State of Sequencing

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Alex

A new podcast from Mendelspod takes a look at the state of sequencing in 2018. It’s a lively and interesting discussion about the current and future landscape of genomics between host Theral Timpson and Keith Robison, founder of the Omics! … more »

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Assessing a single targeted next generation sequencing for human leukocyte antigen typing protocol for interoperability, as performed by users with variable experience

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Alex

October 2017 Authors: Manish Gandhi, Deborah Ferriola, Curt Lind, Jamie Duke, et al. Info: Scientists from the Mayo Clinic, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and other institutions teamed up to develop a streamlined, NGS-based HLA typing protocol. This method uses the … more »

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Comprehensive Transcriptome Profiling of Balding and Non-Balding Scalps in Trichorhinophalangeal Syndrome Type I Patient

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Alex

October 2017 Authors: Yun-Ji Kim, Byulee Yoon, Kyudong Han, Byung Cheol Park Info: Scientists in Korea compared transcriptomes of RNA extracted from balding and non-balding scalp regions on the same patient to understand the genetics of hair loss. They found … more »

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Genomic and transcriptomic resources for assassin flies including the complete genome sequence of Proctacanthus coquilletti (Insecta: Diptera: Asilidae) and 16 representative transcriptomes

Posted on February 25, 2017 by Alex

January 2017 Authors: Rebecca B. Dikow, Paul B. Frandsen, Mauren Turcatel, and Torsten Dikow Info: Researchers at the Smithsonian Institution published a high-quality draft genome, 16 transcriptomes, and a time-calibrated phylogeny for the assassin fly. They also include bioinformatics tools … more »

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A draft genome of the brown alga, Cladosiphon okamuranus, S-strain: a platform for future studies of ‘mozuku’ biology

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Alex

August 2016 Authors: Koki Nishitsuji, Asuka Arimoto, Kenji Iwai, Yusuke Sudo, Kanako Hisata, Manabu Fujie, Nana Arakaki, Tetsuo Kushiro, Teruko Konishi, Chuya Shinzato, Noriyuki Satoh and Eiichi Shoguchi Info: Scientists from Japan sequenced the genome of Cladosiphon okamuranus, an edible … more »

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