All Articles Tagged As: sequencing

New Electrostatic-based DNA Microarray Technique Could Revolutionize Medical Diagnostics (7/1/2008)

Researchers have invented a technique in which DNA or RNA assays can be read and evaluated without the need of elaborate chemical labeling or sophisticated instrumentation. ...> Full Article

How to build a plant (6/30/2008)

Plant architecture from the genomics toolbox ...> Full Article

Meet the genome's puzzle masters (6/29/2008)

Making sense of genomic data can be a real puzzler, but computational researchers know how to put the pieces together ...> Full Article

Genome communication (6/28/2008)

Alleles of homologous genes can silence one another through paramutations ...> Full Article

Unlocking genome of world's worst insect pest (6/19/2008)

Scientists are on the brink of a discovery which will facilitate the development of new, safe, more sustainable ways of controlling the world's worst agricultural insect pest - the moth, Helicoverpa armigera. ...> Full Article

Joint venture bolsters genomic sequencing capabilities (6/10/2008)

Joint venture acquires two new instruments that provide an enhanced ability to sequence genomes more quickly and broadly. ...> Full Article

Brucella abortus S19 genome sequenced; points toward virulence genes (6/8/2008)

Geneticists have sequenced the genome of Brucella abortus strain S19. Strain S19 is a naturally occurring strain of B. abortus that does not cause disease ...> Full Article

The good news in our DNA: Defects you can fix with vitamins and minerals (6/7/2008)

Personal genomes may lead to personalized vitamin supplements ...> Full Article

Scientists sequence first female DNA (5/28/2008)

Geneticists in the Netherlands are the first to determine the DNA sequence of a woman ...> Full Article

Whole genome activity, letter-by-letter (5/26/2008)

Global sequence and chip study examines eukaryotic transcription ...> Full Article

First Draft of Oil Palm Genome Completed (5/22/2008)

Knowledge of the plant and environment genomes will foster the development of improved plant feedstocks, biofertilizers, plant disease diagnostic and control solutions and renewable fuels ...> Full Article

Superbug genome sequenced (5/8/2008)

The genome of a newly-emerging superbug, commonly known as Steno, has just been sequenced. The results reveal an organism with a remarkable capacity for drug resistance. ...> Full Article

Break it down (5/7/2008)

Genome sequence of Podospora anserina reveals unsuspected ability to use complex carbon sources ...> Full Article

Charting the Epigenome (4/18/2008)

Until recently, the chemical marks littering the DNA inside our cells like trees dotting a landscape could only be studied one gene at a time. But new high-throughput DNA sequencing technology has enabled researchers to map the precise position of these individual DNA modifications throughout the genome of the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, and chart its effect on the activity of any of Arabidopsis' roughly 26,000 genes. ...> Full Article

Scientists develop strategy to rapidly describe outbreak strains with next-generation DNA sequencing (4/15/2008)

Rapid comparative genomic analysis for clinical microbiology ...> Full Article

Software developed by Boston College lab delivers speed and accuracy to genome research (3/30/2008)

Software aids researchers analyzing millions of DNA sequences ...> Full Article

First beetle genome sequenced (3/26/2008)

Sequencing the genome of the red flour beetle, also known as Tribolium castaneum, could prove of double benefit - both in understanding how organisms develop and in fighting the insect pest ...> Full Article

High-School Scientists Decode DNA Sequence, Present Findings (3/14/2008)

New Jersey students publish their findings, present their work at the National Science Foundation ...> Full Article

Handheld DNA detector (3/11/2008)

Researcher describes a mathematical simulation to show how a new type of nanoscale transistor might be coupled to a DNA sensor system to produce a characteristic signal for specific DNA fragments in a sample ...> Full Article

Killers in the kitchen: DNA helps track down foodborne disease (2/15/2008)

A rash of recent headlines hits close to home: Salmonella in peanut butter. E. coli in spinach and ground beef. In the United States alone, foodborne illnesses cause hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and 5,000 deaths a year. ...> Full Article

New DNA sequencing methods put to work (2/10/2008)

Latest efforts to boost value of high-throughput DNA sequencing detailed at genome technology conference ...> Full Article

Bacterium sequenced makes rare form of chlorophyll (2/9/2008)

Researchers have sequenced the genome of a rare bacterium that harvests light energy by making an even rarer form of chlorophyll, chlorophyll d. Chlorophyll d absorbs "red edge," near infrared, long wave length light that is invisible to the naked eye. ...> Full Article

Knome Commences Whole-Genome Sequencing Process for First Clients (1/23/2008)

First individuals in history to have genome sequenced by a personal genomics firm ...> Full Article

International consortium announces the 1000 Genomes Project (1/23/2008)

An international research consortium today announced the 1000 Genomes Project, an ambitious effort to sequence the genomes of at least 1000 people to create the most detailed and medically useful catalogue to date of human genetic variation. ...> Full Article

Soybean Genome Assembly Available To Scientists (1/19/2008)

A preliminary assembly and annotation of the soybean genome, Glycine max, has been made available by the U.S. Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (DOE JGI), to the greater scientific community to enable bioenergy research. ...> Full Article

Probing Question: What is metagenomics? (1/18/2008)

It may sound like a diet plan or a new-age religion, but to microbiologists, metagenomics is something far more important: a new way of looking at the world. ...> Full Article

Eureka Genomics Licenses Genome Analysis Tools From University of Houston (1/7/2008)

Pathogen detection, personalized medicine to benefit from new partnership ...> Full Article