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Enhancing Photosynthesis Modulating Chlorophyll for Improved Crop Efficiency

Plants have evolved to have high chlorophyll levels in their leaves because chlorophyll is essential to photosynthesis.

4 Jan 2024

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

Supraglacial environments mainly consist of four main types of habitats for microbes and viruses, including snow, ice, meltwater, and cryoconites (the granular sediment on glacier surfaces).

2 Jan 2024

New Technique Revolutionizes the Construction of Synthetic Chromosomes

A groundbreaking new technique invented by researchers at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Science may revolutionize the field of synthetic biology.

26 Dec 2023

Simultaneous Production of Bioplastics and High-Value Carotenoids by Multifunctional Bacteria

We often look to the smallest lifeforms for help solving the biggest problems: Microbes help make foods and beverages, cure diseases, treat waste and even clean up pollution.

26 Dec 2023

New Tool Brings Order to Single-Cell Data Chaos

A new methodology that allows for the categorization and organisation of single-cell data has been launched. It can be used to create a harmonized dataset for the study of human health and disease.

26 Dec 2023

Unmasking the Energy Secrets of a Marine Bacterial Giant

Not all bacteria are created equal. Most are single-celled and tiny, a few ten-thousandths of a centimeter long. But bacteria of the Epulopiscium family are large enough to be seen with the naked eye and 1 million times the volume of their better-known cousins, E. coli.

19 Dec 2023

Pesticide Sprays and Olfactory Disruption in Honey Bee Communication

For a considerable period, the detrimental impact of pesticide sprays on honey bees has been recognized. In a recent study, researchers have unraveled the consequences of such sprays on the sense of smell in bees, potentially disrupting their social signals.

18 Dec 2023

Innovative Machine Learning Tool Predicts Functional Consequences of Genetic Variants

In a recent research, scientists from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai unveiled LoGoFunc, an innovative computational tool designed to forecast both pathogenic gain- and loss-of-function variants throughout the genome.

15 Dec 2023

Gladstone Scientists Create Intricate Map of Human T Cell Function With Base Editing

In a study of historic scale, scientists at Gladstone Institutes have created an intricate map of how the immune system functions, examining the detailed molecular structures governing human T cells using the next-generation CRISPR tool known as base editing.

14 Dec 2023

Cryo-EM Analysis Uncovers Unexpected Enzymatic Switch in Bacterial Anti-Phage System

Scientists have revealed a never-before-seen phenomenon in a protein: Alone, the enzyme processes DNA and RNA but, when bound to another protein as part of a defense system, interacts with a completely different type of compound to help bacteria commit suicide.

14 Dec 2023

NSF Funds IWGSC Project to Sequence Ancient Bread Wheat Genomes for Improved Traits

The International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium (IWGSC) is starting a two-year project, with funding from the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), to mine an untapped genetic resource for wheat improvement by sequencing the genomes of ancient varieties representing the worldwide diversity of bread wheat.

14 Dec 2023

Understudied Brain Cell Holds Key to Glioblastoma's Immunotherapy Resistance

Glioblastoma is one of the most treatment-resistant cancers, with those diagnosed surviving for less than two years.

13 Dec 2023

SFU-UBC Collaboration Pushes Frontiers of Cellular Biology With AI-Enhanced Super-Resolution Microscopy

In 2014, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry celebrated the breakthroughs in super-resolution microscopy, a technology that allows us to capture highly detailed images of small parts of cells using fluorescent microscopy.

11 Dec 2023

Study Reconstructs Genomic History of the Balkan Peninsula

A multidisciplinary study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology in Spain (a joint center of the Spanish National Research Council and Pompeu Fabra University), the University of Belgrade in Serbia, the University of Western Ontario in Canada, and Harvard University in the USA, reconstructs the genomic history of the Balkan Peninsula during the first millennium of the common era, a time and place of profound demographic, cultural and linguistic change.

8 Dec 2023

New State-of-the-Art Genomic Services Facility Opening in the UK

Azenta Life Sciences has selected Oxford, UK, a key European life sciences hub, as the location for its next GENEWIZ Multiomics and Synthesis Solutions site.

From Azenta Life Sciences 8 Dec 2023

Colored 96-Well Skirted PCR Plates

Azenta Life Sciences popular FrameStar® 96-well Skirted PCR plate is now available in a wide range of colors (purple, blue, clear, green, red, black, and white) to enable easy visual identification in multi-user labs.

From Azenta Life Sciences 7 Dec 2023

Unraveling the Genomic Secrets of Magic Mushrooms

Researchers have compiled genome data for numerous strains and varieties of “magic mushrooms,” aiming to understand the impact of domestication and cultivation on their genetic makeup.

5 Dec 2023

Genetic Insights into Otter Population Decline and Recovery

Recent genetic studies have unveiled the mechanism through which British otters successfully rebounded from population decline in the 1950s, aided by their Asian counterparts.

4 Dec 2023

FLSHclust Unveils 188 Novel CRISPR-Associated Gene Modules

Employing a groundbreaking algorithm named FLSHclust (“flash clust”), scientists have unearthed 188 uncommon and previously undiscovered CRISPR-associated gene modules, among billions of protein sequences. This includes the identification of a novel type VII CRISPR-Cas system.

24 Nov 2023

Insights Into the Genetic Landscape of Human Head Shape

A collaborative research team from the University of Pittsburgh and KU Leuven has identified a set of genes that influence the shape of the human head.

20 Nov 2023

Genomic News and Research

Enhancing Photosynthesis Modulating Chlorophyll for Improved Crop Efficiency

Study Provides a Systematic View of the Diversity and Function of Supraglacial DNA Viruses

New Technique Revolutionizes the Construction of Synthetic Chromosomes

Simultaneous Production of Bioplastics and High-Value Carotenoids by Multifunctional Bacteria

New Tool Brings Order to Single-Cell Data Chaos

Unmasking the Energy Secrets of a Marine Bacterial Giant

Pesticide Sprays and Olfactory Disruption in Honey Bee Communication

Innovative Machine Learning Tool Predicts Functional Consequences of Genetic Variants

Gladstone Scientists Create Intricate Map of Human T Cell Function With Base Editing

Cryo-EM Analysis Uncovers Unexpected Enzymatic Switch in Bacterial Anti-Phage System

NSF Funds IWGSC Project to Sequence Ancient Bread Wheat Genomes for Improved Traits

Understudied Brain Cell Holds Key to Glioblastoma's Immunotherapy Resistance

SFU-UBC Collaboration Pushes Frontiers of Cellular Biology With AI-Enhanced Super-Resolution Microscopy

Study Reconstructs Genomic History of the Balkan Peninsula

New State-of-the-Art Genomic Services Facility Opening in the UK

Colored 96-Well Skirted PCR Plates

Unraveling the Genomic Secrets of Magic Mushrooms

Genetic Insights into Otter Population Decline and Recovery

FLSHclust Unveils 188 Novel CRISPR-Associated Gene Modules

Insights Into the Genetic Landscape of Human Head Shape

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