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Genome sequencing is for ecologists, too

...Foundation funded the Daphnia project. Most of the sequencing work was done at DOE's Joint Genome Institute Prod...enomics Facility in Walnut Creek, Calif. Shotgun sequencing involves breaking a whole genome into smaller, more digestible DNA segments, then sequencing each on...

Environmental metagenomics diagnosing extreme environments, tapping opportunities for clean energy

...itute (DOE JGI) is directing the technology of DNA sequencing to scan the environment for processes that will le...r and easier to produce biofuels. "Through DNA sequencing and the tools of molecular biology we can generate diagnostic fingerprints, Environmental Genomic Ta...

Detection of DNA on nanotubes offers new sensing, sequencing technologies

...lities for new types of nanotube-based sensing and sequencing technologies." In its natural state, DNA is in the double stranded form, consisting of two complementary strands, each resembling the side of a ladder and having a specific sequence of nucleotide bases as rungs. Hybridization refers to the spontaneo...

Climate change: The rice genome to the rescue

...tional efforts to cut poverty. However, the recent sequencing of the rice genome is already providing researcher...f the problem. The new knowledge generated by the sequencing effort is allowing scientists to both develop new rice varieties faster and with the specific charac...

UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton

...logy, the research team used gene cloning and gene sequencing analysis to demonstrate two type II collagen genes are expressed during the development of the lamprey's cartilaginous skeleton. In addition, they isolated a gene called Sox9, a regulator of collagen gene activity in vertebrates. The results indicat...

Genes involved in cell growth and cell division identified

... Center of the University of Helsinki. The genome sequencing projects have revealed a large number of genes with unknown functions. The current study lead by professor Taipale identified a number of such functionally unannotated genes in addition to the identification of the majority of known growth regulators...

UF scientists reveal ancient origin of vertebrate skeleton

...logy, the research team used gene cloning and gene sequencing analysis to demonstrate two type II collagen genes are expressed during the development of the lamprey's cartilaginous skeleton. In addition, they isolated a gene called Sox9, a regulator of collagen gene activity in vertebrates. The results indicat...

Vaccine provides 100 percent protection against avian flu virus in animal study

...NSF's microbial observatories and microbial genome sequencing programs, which also supported the work. "By approaching ecology through genomics, we are starting to get a truly paradigm-shifting view of all life on the planet." A better understanding of these microbial communities and how their genes allow them...

Wyoming cloud seeding experiment begins this month

...NSF's microbial observatories and microbial genome sequencing programs, which also supported the work. "By approaching ecology through genomics, we are starting to get a truly paradigm-shifting view of all life on the planet." A better understanding of these microbial communities and how their genes allow them...

Sequencing our seas

...NSF's microbial observatories and microbial genome sequencing programs, which also supported the work. "By approaching ecology through genomics, we are starting to get a truly paradigm-shifting view of all life on the planet." A better understanding of these microbial communities and how their genes allow them...

Poison + water = hydrogen. New microbial genome shows how

...s microbe makes an excellent starting point." In sequencing the microbe's genome, Eisen and his collaborators ...dings show the continued value of microbial genome sequencing for exploring the useful capabilities of the vast realm of microbial life on Earth," says Ari Patrin...

Mutations in the BRAF gene predict sensitivity to a novel class of cancer drugs

... contain mutations identified by the Cancer Genome sequencing effort," said Dr. Solit. "The hope is that these new targeted therapies will be more effective and less toxic than traditional chemotherapies." The study's other researchers were Christine A. Pratilas, Ayana Sawai, Andrea Basso, Qing Ye, Jose M. Lob...

NIH launches comprehensive effort to explore cancer genomics

...e. The Human Genome Project also helped to advance sequencing technologies and paved the way for other genome-based research tools, including a comprehensive map of human genetic variation, or haplotypes, recently produced by the International HapMap Consortium. Genetic mutations linked to breast cancer, colo...

ORNL leading effort to help harness power of Shewanella

...ation. "Biological knowledge emerging from genome sequencing efforts and new programs such as Genomics: Genomes to Life have the potential to put microbial cells and communities or cell components to work to meet the challenges of this critical DOE mission," Uberbacher said. This three-year project, officiall...

Scientists sequence DNA of woolly mammoth

...beria, in combination with a novel high-throughput sequencing technique that could cope with the heavily fragmented DNA retrieved from the organism's mandible, its jaws. The bone material used in this study is approximately 28,000 years old, as was shown by beta-carbon dating analysis. This was a surprising f...

Membrane research opens window to benefits for plants, humans

...vity is universal in all plant aquaporins, because sequencing has shown the gating loop to be conserved in them. "Plant cells close their water channels in response to drought stress in order to preserve their water content," said Tajkhorshid, who also is assistant director of research of the Theoretical and C...

University of Arizona plant scientists to unravel maize genome

...ing regions will then be sequenced in detail. This sequencing strategy enables the consortium to sequence the corn genome at a fraction of the cost that was necessary to decipher the human genome, which is only slightly larger than the corn genome. "This grant reinforces the position of the UA as a world lead...

Scientists pinpoint inflammation gene

... individuals from 92 families in the TOPS program, sequencing their entire SEPS1 gene and identifying all the genetic variations among individuals. These molecular genetic analyses were performed at the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, Australia, and directed by Curran and Dr Jeremy Jowett. Back ...

First big influenza genome study reveals flu evolution

... Moreover, TIGR's high-throughput influenza genome sequencing pipeline offers a pivotal strategy for crafting emerging vaccines that work. "Right in the middle of flu season, we could determine which influenza strains are present in the population, which ones are dominant, and how well a given vaccine works," G...

Science's Breakthrough of the Year: Watching evolution in action

...ure of personalized genetic medicine. This year's sequencing of the 1918 pandemic flu virus could have a more immediate impact on medicine. The amazing story of flu genes preserved in permafrost and painstakingly reconstructed has a chilling coda: the deadly flu seems to have started out as purely a bird virus...

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