New Mosquito Assembly to Accelerate Science and Insect Control
There’s a lot to love about the new preprint announcing the first-ever truly high-quality reference genome assembly for the Aedes aegypti mosquito. The large consortium of scientists — the paper...
View ArticleCharacterization of plasmids harboring blaCTX-M and blaCMY genes in E. coli...
January 2018 Authors: Fabrice Touzain, Laetitia Le Devendec, Claire de Boisséson, Sandrine Baron, et al. Info: In this study of avian E. coli collected from slaughterhouses or diseased broilers,...
View ArticleFinding Nemo: Hybrid assembly with Oxford Nanopore and Illumina reads greatly...
January 2018 Authors: Mun Hua Tan, Christopher Austin, Michael Hammer, Yin Peng Lee, Laurence Croft, Han Ming Gan Info: This paper presents the first hybrid genome assembly of Amphiprion ocellaris, the...
View ArticleIsoform Sequencing and State-of-Art Applications for Unravelling Complexity...
January 2018 Authors: Dong An, Hieu X. Cao, Changsheng Li, Klaus Humbeck and Wenqin Wang Info: In this paper, researchers offer best practices for using the Iso-Seq method with PacBio sequencing to...
View ArticleGenomics of Corynebacterium striatum, an emerging multidrug-resistant...
January 2018 Authors: K. Nudel, X. Zhao, S. Basu, X. Dong, et al. Info: Scientists from Harvard Medical School and other institutions used whole genome sequencing and MALDI/TOF to analyze seven C....
View ArticleDraft genome assembly of the Bengalese finch, Lonchura striata domestica, a...
February 2018 Authors: Bradley Colquitt, David Mets, and Michael Brainard Info: Scientists generated a high-quality draft genome and gene annotation for Bengalese finch, which has a more variable song...
View ArticleThe DNA Methylome of the Hyperthermoacidophilic Crenarchaeon Sulfolobus...
February 2018 Authors: Mohea Couturier and Ann-Christin Lindås Info: Scientists from Stockholm University investigated the impact of DNA methylation in archaeal genomes by analyzing the complete DNA...
View ArticleSmall RNA populations revealed by blocking rRNA fragments in Drosophila...
February 2018 Authors: Emily Fowler, Irina Mohorianu, Damian Smith, Tamas Dalmay, Tracey Chapman Info: Scientists present a method for removing highly abundant rRNAs for improved analysis of small RNAs...
View ArticleCost-Effective Microbiome Sequencing with 10x Genomics and Athena Assembler
If you missed Ami Bhatt’s talk at AGBT last month, a bioRxiv preprint is a great way to catch up on her team’s impressive work characterizing microbial communities — from the human gut to the sea...
View ArticleApp Note: BluePippin Sizing Yields Longer MinION Reads
BluePippin users are generating longer reads from their Oxford Nanopore MinION sequencers, as demonstrated in a new app note from our colleagues at Nippon Genetics. The app note showcases a workflow...
View ArticleA Validation Approach of an End-to-End Whole Genome Sequencing Workflow for...
March 2018 Authors: Anne-Catherine Portmann, Coralie Fournier, Johan Gimonet, Catherine Ngom-Bru, et al. Info: Scientists from Nestle Research Center and Nestle Institute of Health Sciences aimed to...
View ArticleIntact DNA purified from flow-sorted nuclei unlocks the potential of...
April 2018 Authors: Paola Gaiero, Hana Šimková, JanVrána, Federico Santiñaque, et al. Info: Scientists from Wageningen University & Research and other institutions embarked on a project to improve...
View ArticleA Whole Genome Assembly of the Horn Fly, Haematobia irritans, and Prediction...
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...
View ArticleHighly sensitive detection of mutations in CHO cell recombinant DNA using...
June 2018 Authors: Joseph Cartwright, Karin Anderson, Joseph Longworth, Philip Lobb, and David James Info: To improve the quantitative assessment of recombinant DNA in cell lines, University of...
View ArticleIso-Seq Allows Genome-Independent Transcriptome Profiling of Grape Berry...
March 2019 Authors: Andrea Minio, Mélanie Massonnet, Rosa Figueroa-Balderas, Amanda M. Vondras, Barbara Blanco-Ulate, and Dario Cantu Info: Researchers used PacBio’s Iso-Seq method to sequence...
View ArticleSequencing 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...
View ArticleEffects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) on the differentiation...
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...
View ArticleStructural variants identified by Oxford Nanopore PromethION sequencing of...
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...
View ArticleComparison of mitochondrial DNA variants detection using short- and long-read...
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...
View ArticleCapture of complete ciliate chromosomes in single sequencing reads reveals...
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...
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