Tag: qPCR

CNV analysis After the application of quality filter step I (gender mismatch), two patients were excluded. Through step II (call rate <98%), 40 patients were discarded and after step III (exceeded double of standard deviation), 12 more patients were excluded. In the remaining 396 individuals with ARM, a total of…

Objective biomarkers for the fatal neurodegenerative disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or motor neuron disease (ALS/MND) are critical for diagnosis, drug development, clinical trials, and insight into disease pathology. Key candidates for biomarkers present in biofluids include non-coding RNA (ncRNA) transcripts including microRNA, piwi-interacting RNA and transfer RNA. To determine if…

Sustained skeletal muscle mTORC1 activity upregulates the ubiquitin proteasome system To understand the molecular mechanisms causing atrophy in muscles with high mTORC1 activation, we first analyzed the transcriptome of the fast-type extensor digitorum longus (EDL) muscle in 3-month-old TSCmKO mice6. A short-term (3 day) treatment with rapamycin was used to…

Conception of the workflow to demonstrate the microbial associations from co-occurrence networks with microbial cultivation Microbial co-occurrence networks are composed of nodes and edges, which usually represent microbes and statistically significant associations between microbes, respectively. We hypothesized that the microbial associations could be validated if the topological properties of networks…

Cells and reagents HEK293T and U87 cells were maintained in DMEM medium (Gibco) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS, Labtech) and 100 U ml−1 penicillin plus 100 μg ml−1 streptomycin (Pen/Strep; Gibco). THP-1-IFIT1 cells that had been modified to express Gaussia luciferase under the control of the IFIT1 promoter were described previously62. THP-1…

Animals and immunizations The study protocol and all veterinarian procedures were approved by the Bioqual IACUC per a memorandum of understanding with the Duke IACUC, and were performed based on standard operating procedures. Macaques studied were housed and maintained in an Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care-accredited…

SpeciesPrimer: a bioinformatics pipeline dedicated to the design of qPCR primers for the quantification of bacterial species. Journal article Dreier M Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland. Berthoud H Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland. Shani N Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland. Wechsler D Agroscope, Bern, Switzerland. Junier P Laboratory of Microbiology, University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Show…

The Technician I/II will execute most of the Research & Development protocol activity which is vital to the success of the company. This position handles sensitive data and comes with a high degree of trust. NGS library preparation and sequencing PCR and qPCR DNA and/or RNA extraction…

Job description The School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences (MDBS) at Queen’s University Belfast, is currently seeking to appoint an exceptional candidate to the post of Postdoctoral Research Fellow. The Tiwari Lab (www.tiwarilab.com) is looking for a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Molecular Biology. Our team works on employing functional genomics…

The present protocol describes a simple method for isolating preadipocytes from adipose tissue in broiler embryos. This method enables isolation with high yield, primary culture, and adipogenic differentiation of preadipocytes. Oil Red O staining and lipid/DNA stain measured the adipogenic ability of isolated cells induced with differentiation media. Primary preadipocytes…

Porcine circovirus 2 (PCV2) is the main pathogen of porcine circovirus-associated disease (PCVAD), which can cause considerable economic loss to the pig industry. The diagnosis of PCVAD is complicated and requires a series of clinical, pathological, and virological methods. Therefore, a rapid, highly sensitive, on-site, and visual diagnostic approach would…

Animal and ethics A total of 190 dogs, comprising both healthy dogs (n = 76) and dogs with respiratory symptoms (n = 114), were included in this study. The research assessed nasal swab (NS) and oropharyngeal swab (OS) collected between January and November 2020. The samples from the healthy group were collected from clinically…

Introduction Infection due to myelosuppression after chemotherapy for malignancies is a common complication and cause of treatment-related death.1,2 In clinical practice, the traditional identification of pathogens relies heavily on laboratory capacity to detect common pathogenic microorganisms with discrete methods, such as assays for pathogen-specific antibodies, nucleic acids and antigens, and…

NDX is a heterochromatin-associated factor To understand the genome-wide regulatory roles of NDX, we first analyzed its genomic distribution. For this, we performed chromatin immunoprecipitation sequencing (ChIP-seq) in 10-day old Arabidopsis seedlings expressing N-terminally and C-terminally tagged NDX fusion proteins (flag-NDX/ndx1-1(FRI)/flc-2 and NDX-GFP/ndx1-1(FRI)/flc-2, respectively) expressed from their endogenous promoter21,32. The…

NEW YORK – The Wyss Institute and Harvard University said on Tuesday that they have licensed protein detection technology to Spear Bio. Spear Bio, a Wyss spinout, has signed a worldwide exclusive licensing agreement to commercialize successive proximity extension amplification reaction (SPEAR) protein detection technology. Spear Bio plans to develop…

Patients and controls The patient 1 was 38 years old and consulted for infertility after he and his partner had been trying to conceive for 2 years. The patient was the first child of unrelated parents, and he had four brothers and five sisters whose fertility status could not be determined…

Introduction Pancreatic cancer (PC) is one of the most aggressive and lethal cancers (1). Previous studies have shown that aging, environmental and behavioral changes are more closely related to the dramatic increase in the incidence of PC worldwide than genetic factors (2–5). A position paper published by the European Federation…

Reagents, antibodies, viruses and cells LMW-Poly(I:C), LPS, 2′3′-cGAMP and DMXAA (InvivoGen); hydroxyurea, camptothecin and mitomycin C (MCE); GM-CSF, Flt3L (peproTech); lipofectamine 2000 (Invitrogen); polybrene (Millipore); RNAiso Plus (Takara); HT-DNA (Sigma); SYBR (BIO-RAD); dual-specific luciferase assay kit (Promega); ELISA kit for murine Ifn-β (PBL); ELISA kits for murine IP-10 (Biolegend) were…

(a-c) Ectopic expression of SMC6 decreases the levels of H3K27ac on KSHV genome. (a) H3K27ac on viral RTA was measured with ChIP-qPCR assay. ChIP was performed among latently infected control cells and SMC6-overexpressing cells by using antibodies against total H3 or H3K27ac. The recruitment of H3 and H3K27ac on KSHV…

Wilmington, Delaware, United States, Transparency Market Research Inc.: Agrigenomics is defined as the study of the genetic makeup of crops and livestock and how genes influence the produce. Application of genomics in agriculture enables improvement in the sustainability and productivity in livestock and crop production. Read Report Overview – www.transparencymarketresearch.com/agrigenomics-market.html…

Bayes–Central Singapore The ideal candidate will have an established track record in the field of structural biology, molecular dynamics and possess a broad base… National Cancer Centre Singapore–Outram We are recruiting Bioinformatics Specialists and Postdoctoral Fellows at the Cancer Discovery Hub, National Cancer Centre Singapore. You… $1,000 – $1,000 per…

doi: 10.3389/fonc.2022.930220. eCollection 2022. Zhenyu Wang  1 , Xiaoxia Chen  1   2 , Lianer Zhou  1 , Xinge Zhao  1 , Chao Ge  1 , Fangyu Zhao  1 , Haiyang Xie  3 , Taoyang Chen  4 , Hua Tian  1 , Hong Li  1 , Jinjun Li  1 Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 State Key Laboratory of Oncogenes and Related…

HEK293 cells are a dominant platform for cell and gene therapy production because they are highly effective at producing large amounts of recombinant viral vectors. However, it is critical to remove trace host cell contamination from therapeutic products to avoid endangering patients. To meet rigorous regulatory guidelines, biopharmaceutical manufacturers need…

CRISPR-Cas12a Test Strip (CRISPR/CAST) Package: Poverty Family Pasture Health Patron Saint for Livestocks Free from Brucella Infection Abstract Brucellosis is a common zoonotic disease caused by Brucella, which causes enormous economic loss and public burden to the epidemic areas. Earlier and precise diagnosis and timely culling of infected animals are…

  In a latest research posted to the Research Square* preprint server, researchers used isothermal amplification with clustered often interspaced brief palindromic repeats (CRISPR)-Cas12a to detect extreme acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).  Study: Rapid, multiplex detection of SARS-CoV-2 utilizing isothermal amplification coupled with CRISPR-Cas12a. Image Credit: creativeneko/Shutterstock Background To…

Case study To illustrate and evaluate the functionality of rprimer, two assays targeted at norovirus GI were designed. Assay A: RT-qPCR for quantitative detection of norovirus GI The first task was to design a broadly reactive RT-qPCR assay for quantitative detection. For this, we decided to use the ‘ambiguous’ primer…

Mycoplasma pneumoniae can cause severe respiratory tract infections and extrapulmonary diseases, which pose a significant threat to the health of children. Diagnostic methods for M. pneumoniae include isolation and culture, antibody detection, fluorescence quantitative PCR, and so on, but there are various shortcomings in time, cost, convenience, and sensitivity. In…

MicrobioSeq is the microbial genomics division of CD Genomics, committed to delivering comprehensive microbial solutions to human health, agriculture, the environment, and industry by characterizing microbiomes and leveraging microorganisms. The company recently announced the launch of Nanopore-Based Microbial Epigenomics Solutions to detect more types of DNA modifications.   Epigenetic modifications…

journal contribution posted on 19.05.2022, 07:04 by Dalin He, Gang Liu, Jing Yang, Xiaoning Jiang, Hongzhi Wang, Yaru Fan, Shangyu Gong, Feng Wei, Youxiang Diao, Yi Tang In China, drastic losses in the economy have been caused by the Tembusu virus (TMUV), the causative agent of the egg-drop syndrome, to…

The mass vaccination programs against coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) received massive media attention and were widely credited for reducing the threat of the disease. However, many countries struggle to obtain enough doses to immunize their population, and some immunocompromised individuals are less protected by the vaccines. There is still a…

Biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs Kristensen LS et al. The biogenesis, biology and characterization of circular RNAs. Nat Rev Genet. (2019) Summary text Biogenesis and properties of circRNAs Biogenesis of cirRNA Characteristics of circRNAs Discover and analyze circRNAs circRNA genome-wide analysis CircRNA site-specific analysis circRNA visualization Biological functions…

Single sorted bone marrow-derived CD45+ EpCAM+ cells express both the CD45 and EpCAM genes and surface proteins. CD45+ EpCAM+ cells were sorted to high purity and analyzed for CD45 and EpCAM expression using immunofluorescence microscopy, as well as qRT-PCR. CD45+ EpCAM- cells were also sorted as a control. (a) FACS…

Introduction Liver hepatocellular carcinoma (LIHC) is the most common type of primary cancer in the liver and third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide (1). Although substantial improvements have been made in LIHC therapy, particularly in molecular targeted therapy and immunotherapy (2, 3), the 5-year survival rate of LIHC is…

3.3 Principal Scientist – R&D Omics and Bioinformatics Slough, Berkshire, South East England, England £35,587 – £45,000 (Glassdoor Est.) Providing oversight and executing scientific activities with elements of study design and implementation, laboratory work, scientific review, coaching of junior…… 3.6 3.3 Director, High Throughput Biologics R&D Slough, Berkshire, South East…

. 2022 Apr 19;S0361-9230(22)00098-3. doi: 10.1016/j.brainresbull.2022.04.006. Online ahead of print. Chun-Yan Li  1 , Wei Ma  2 , Kuang-Pin Liu  2 , Jin-Wei Yang  3 , Xian-Bin Wang  2 , Zhen Wu  3 , Tong Zhang  3 , Jia-Wei Wang  3 , Wei Liu  2 , Jie Liu  2 , Yu Liang  2 , Xing-Kui Zhang  2 , Jun-Jun Li  2 , Jian-Hui…

Infection with L. donovani amastigotes or promastigotes promotes early changes in the mRNA pool of the host cell To compare the early effects of the two life stages L. donovani in the mature mRNA pool of the host cell, total cytosolic mRNA extracts from bone marrow-derived macrophage (BMDM) cultures infected…

Bartel, D. P. MicroRNAs: Target recognition and regulatory functions. Cell 136, 215–233 (2009). CAS  Article  Google Scholar  Bassett, A. R. et al. Understanding functional miRNA–target interactions in vivo by site-specific genome engineering. Nat. Commun. 5, 4640 (2014). ADS  CAS  Article  Google Scholar  Moore, M. J. et al. miRNA–target chimeras reveal…

Bioinformatics analyses revealed the involvement of m6A modification in cervical cancer progression To better understand whether and how m6A regulators contribute to cervical cancer progression, we first identified 9 m6A writers (WTAP, ZC3H13, METTL3, METTL14, METTL16, VIRMA, RBM15B, RBM15, and CBLL1), 15 m6A readers (FMR1, hnRNPA2B1, hnRNPC, YTHDF1/2/3, YTHDC1/2, LRPPRC,…

1  array comparative genomic hybridization(1473 times) Neoplasms(306 times) FISH (238 times)CNVs (135 times)MLPA (72 times) 2003 1-Mb resolution array-based comparative genomic hybridization using a BAC clone set optimized for cancer gene analysis. 2  array CGH(43 times) Neoplasms(12 times) CNVs (7 times)FISH (3 times)ID (3 times) 2003 Combined array comparative genomic hybridization and…

Experimental workflow and vector designs One way to validate the all-in-one reporter system is through transient or stable transfection of mammalian cells. Within this framework, the schematics in Fig. 1 illustrate the overall workflow of this study and feature the characteristics of promoters. To summarize, the study involves the engineering and…

Key messages What is already known on this topic Targeting immunosuppressive pathways have emerged as promising strategies for cancer treatment. The genetic characteristics of PD-1/PD-L1/L2 (programmed cell death protein 1/programmed cell death ligand 1/ligand 2) and CD73/A2aR (A2a adenosine receptor) and the effect of these two signalings on dysfunctional CD8+…

The Truong lab is hiring for multiple Postdoctoral Fellow positions at NYU. We use large scale human genome engineering to develop off-the-shelf cell therapies using iPSCs.   The lab uses Synthetic Biology to build allogeneic Dendritic Cells from iPSCs as a platform for cell immunotherapies. We are interested in all…

qPCR Data Analysis & BioInformatics qPCR Data Analysis & BioInformatics – Bioinformatics derives knowledge from computer analysis of biological data, herein kinetic PCR. The expression results derived from real-time RT-PCR experiments must be analysed, normalised, compared with other genes and finally statistically processed. The software tools listed below are able…

doi: 10.3389/fnmol.2022.852243. eCollection 2022. Lauren E Fritsch  1 , Jing Ju  2 , Erwin Kristobal Gudenschwager Basso  3 , Eman Soliman  3 , Swagatika Paul  4 , Jiang Chen  2 , Alexandra M Kaloss  3 , Elizabeth A Kowalski  3 , Taylor C Tuhy  5 , Rachana Deven Somaiya  1 , Xia Wang  3 , Irving Coy Allen  3 , Michelle H…

doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.845688. eCollection 2022. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Provincial Key Laboratory for Transfusion-Transmitted Infectious Diseases, Institute of Blood Transfusion, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Chengdu, China. 2 Clinical Laboratory Department, Yan’an Hospital Affiliated to Kunming Medical University, Kunming, China. 3 Department of Emergency, The Traditional…

Sepsis patients and healthy controls A total of 62 sepsis patients (male/female: 32/30; mean age, 52.3±4.9 years) who were admitted to Minhang Hospital, Fudan University between March 2018 and March 2020 were enrolled in the study. In addition, 62 healthy controls (male/female: 32/30; mean age, 52.4±4.8 years) who were at…

Hi, in this video we’ll show you how to explore the m6A and m5C epitranscriptomes upon viral infection. To start the experiment, you’ll need 50 million cells for the noninfected and 50 million for the infected condition. In order to obtain a high quality dataset upon analysis, you’ll need to…

Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8743723 MLA Vromman, Marieke, et al. “CIRCprimerXL: Convenient and High-Throughput PCR Primer Design for Circular RNA Quantification.” Frontiers in Bioinformatics, 2022, doi:10.3389/fbinf.2022.834655. APA Vromman, M., Anckaert, J., Vandesompele, J., & Volders, P.-J. (2022). CIRCprimerXL: Convenient and High-Throughput PCR Primer…

This article was originally published here Front Genet. 2022 Feb 10;12:793182. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2021.793182. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Background: Circular RNAs (circRNAs), which have broad posttranscriptional regulatory potencies, are involved in the pathogenesis of fibrotic diseases and are promising diagnostic biomarkers and therapeutic targets. However, their specific roles in renal fibrosis remain…

We implemented a metagenomic DNA sequencing methodology to unbiasedly detect microbial species in CSF samples from patients with CNS symptoms in which a pathogen or EBV had been detected (Additional 3: Table 1). Samples positively identified with pathogen-specific quantitative PCR (qPCR), 16S rRNA gene sequencing or bacterial/mycotic culture in CSF…

Job Description Chai brings biotechnology into the real world, allowing anyone to perform molecular diagnostics, anywhere. Our solution is accurate as a lab test, costs 10x less, is easy enough for anyone to use, and provides on-site results in as little as 20 minutes. We’re looking for a bioinformatics developer…

Study approval was provided by the Research Ethics Committee of the University of Perugia (report n.2018-21 of 11/12/2018) according to Italian Ministry of Health legislation18. All methods were carried out following relevant guidelines and regulations and the study was carried out in compliance with the ARRIVE guidelines. Informed consent is…

Introduction Hepatic fibrosis (HF) is a pathological phenomenon produced in the process of long-term damage and repair in the liver [1,2]. During the formation of HF, hepatocytes are damaged by various factors, such as chronic liver disease, and excessive intake of alcohol, and secrete a variety of cytokines [3]. Subsequently,…

Quality Assurance Manager- Molecular NGS, PCR, IVD Quality Assurance ManagerHouston TX NuProbe USA Inc. is looking for a Quality Assurance Manager to lead the Quality program to establish and maintain compliance to ISO: 9001, ISO: 13485, and FDA 21 CFR Part 820 Quality System Regulations. NuProbe USA is a rapidly…

The mutation status of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) exon 19 is of great importance for predicting sensitivity to tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) in the treatment of non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). However, the development of simple, sensitive, and no-nonspecific amplification platforms for EGFR 19del detection in NSCLC remains a challenge….

INTRODUCTION Dengue is the most common mosquito-borne viral disease globally (1). This acute disease, which can be life-threatening, is caused by four different dengue viruses (DENVs) (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3, and DENV-4). An estimated 390 million people are infected with these DENVs annually (2), and populations throughout the tropics face frequent…

1. Dunbar, C. E. et al. Gene therapy comes of age. Science 359, eaan4672 (2018). PubMed Google Scholar  2. Wang, D., Tai, P. W. L. & Gao, G. Adeno-associated virus vector as a platform for gene therapy delivery. Nat. Rev. Drug Discov. 18, 358–378 (2019). CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar  3. Eid, A.,…

MANUFACTURING ASSOCIATE (T1 or T2) NuProbe USA is hiring one Manufacturing Associate (T1 or T2) for its Houston (TX) location. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join the NuProbe family in the Manufacturing Department reporting directly to the Manufacturing Manager. PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION The new hire will…

doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiac004. Online ahead of print. Affiliations Expand Affiliations 1 Department of Food, Aroma and Cosmetic Chemistry, Faculty of Bioindustry, Tokyo University of Agriculture, 099-2493 Hokkaido, Japan. 2 Functional Food Forum, University of Turku, 20014 Turku, Finland. 3 Department of Microbiology and Biochemistry of Dairy Products, IPLA-CSIC, 33300 Villaviciosa, Spain….

Details Posted: 20-Jan-22 Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Type: Full Time Required Education: Doctorate Categories: Biomedical Engineering Years of Experience: Less than 2 Post-doctoral Fellow – Analyst Bioinformatics OverviewOMRF is an independent, not-for-profit biomedical research institute adjacent to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC) campus in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma…

Houston, January 18, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) – NuProbe, a genomics and molecular diagnostics company that develops ultra-sensitive tests for precision cancer research, today released research demonstrating new technology to qualitatively and quantitatively detect multiple low-grade variants frequency in a quantitative PCR (qPCR reaction). The new allele-specific BDA technology (As-BDA) uses…

Conflicting results suggest a missing variant In order to narrow down candidates for the causal genetic variant, we performed genome-wide association mapping separately in individual lake populations (previously, association mapping was only performed across the whole species flock5). Interestingly, despite clear association peaks in the crater lakes (Fig. 1a, b), the…

Rapid and sensitive point-of-care detection of Leptospira by RPA-CRISPR/Cas12a targeting lipL32. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases ( IF 4.411 ) Pub Date : 2022-01-06 , DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010112 Sirawit Jirawannaporn,Umaporn…

This article was originally published here Alzheimers Dement. 2021 Dec;17 Suppl 2:e058308. doi: 10.1002/alz.058308. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: Mutations in microtubule-associated protein tau (MAPT) gene are causative of Frontotemporal Dementia (FTD). Many of the features associated with the development of tau pathology, e.g high levels of tau phosphorylation, are also present in…

NuProbe USA is seeking an experienced Sr. Manager, In-Vitro Diagnostics Operations who will be responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, including design transfer of newly developed products from research & development. The successful candidate will control production planning, scheduling and forecasting. The candidate will lead continuous improvements in manufacturing as…

  Basic information Title: ciRS-7 is a prognostic biomarker and potential gene therapy target for renal cell carcinoma   Journal: Molecular Cancer     Impact factor: 27.401   Vazyme products:   HiScript® III 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (+gDNA wiper)（number: Vazyme #R312, for 1st Strand cDNA Synthesis） AceQ® qPCR SYBR Green Master Mix (High ROX Premixed)（number: Vazyme…

Single guide ribonucleic acid (sgRNA) molecules are produced by discontinuous transcription, in which viral RNA-dependant RNA polymerase pauses early negative-sense RNA synthesis and then jumps to the other end of the genome. The specifics of this process are still not fully understood. Since sgRNAs can play an important role in…

We are hiring a bioinformatics specialist interested in developing a clinical decision support for implementation of genetics in clinical settings. The person will be responsible of building analytical pipelines forpatients’ genomic, demographic, and individual data, as well as working with our senior software engineer tointegrate our knowledge base with existing…

Background Primary hyperaldosteronism (PA) is characterized by spontaneous secretion of excessive aldosterone and inhibition of plasma renin activity.1 The pathogenesis of adrenal aldosterone-producing adenoma (APA) involves the abnormal proliferation of adrenal cortex cells and the excessive secretion of aldosterone, accounting for nearly 30% of PA. Excessive secretion of aldosterone can…

NuProbe USA Inc . is looking for a Staff/Senior Scientist to lead the IVD project development program at NuProbe to support both research and in vitro diagnostic (IVD) assays for use in medical research, clinical trials, regulatory submissions, and clinical diagnostic use.  NuProbe USA is a rapidly growing company and…

On the one hand, I really liked the diversity of the bioinformatics program, and, with a degree in bioinformatics, there are many possible career paths. Updated on 2 December 2021. Exact wages will depend on experience and the industry an individual works in. Working experience with structural antigen analyses and…

Genomic data The foundational resource for this study was a dataset of 40,107,925 nuclear SNPs sequenced from a worldwide sample of 532 DBM individuals collected in 114 different sites based on our previous project15. DNA was extracted from each of the 532 individuals using DNeasy Blood and Tissue Kit (Qiagen,…

Early detection of emerging and life-threatening pathogens circulating in complex environments is urgently required to combat infectious diseases. This study proposed a public health risk assessment workflow with three stages, pathogen screening, pathogen genotyping, and risk assessment. In stage one, pathogens were screened with metagenomic sequencing, microfluidic chip, and qPCR….

I’m a data scientist trying to branch out into more bioinformatics/genetics. My tutorial is counting spike-ins, but his explanation was over my head: 1 – AnnData and Preprocessing spike-ins | Kaggle ” Because this is smartseq2 data, we may have spike-ins. An RNA spike-in is an RNA transcript of known…

Job Description The NUS Resilience & Growth Research Fellow (NUS R&G-RF) will be responsible to work closely with the Principal Investigator and study team members to ensure the successful completion of industry-linked non-coding RNA (ncRNA) biomarker discovery research projects and subsequent functional validation of the identified ncRNA biomarkers in a…

IDT is the leading manufacturer of custom oligonucleotides and proprietary technologies for genomics applications. Our work is complex and cutting-edge, and our team members are curious, creative thinkers who understand that good data drives smart decisions. At IDT, we realize that although science may be uniform, people are unique. We…

NuProbe USA is hiring two NGS Bioinformatics Scientists for its Houston (TX) location. NuProbe is the US-based R&D subsidiary of NuProbe Global, a company devoted to the development of novel non-invasive DNA and RNA diagnostic assays. Currently, NuProbe has several products based on NGS, qPCR, and sanger technologies. The Innovation…

dbCAN-PUL PULID Characterization Method(s) Substrate Organism Publication Publish Date Type Num Genes Num CAZymes CazyFamily PUL0046 NMR, sequence homology analysis O-antigen Escherichia coli 29738687 O-Antigens of Escherichia coli Strains O81 and HS3-104 Are Structurally and Genetically Related, Except O-Antigen Glucosylation in E. coli HS3-104. Biochemistry (Mosc). 2018 May;83(5):534-541. doi: 10.1134/S0006297918050061….

Automated analysis of qPCR data Bioconductor version: 2.5 Analysis of Ct values from quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) assays. Data can be analyzed in high throughput across multiple conditions or replicates, and in spatially-defined formats such ABI TaqMan Low Density Arrays and conventional 96- or 384-well plates. HTqPCR handles data loading,…

Single guide ribonucleic acid (sgRNA) molecules are produced by discontinuous transcription, in which viral RNA-dependant RNA polymerase pauses early negative-sense RNA synthesis and then jumps to the other end of the genome. The specifics of this process are still not fully understood. Since sgRNAs can play an important role in…

Through intensive research and development, quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) has emerged as a dominant tool for precision clinical detection of many pathogenic microbial species in difficult-to-analyse sample matrixes. The method requires precise and specific targeting of unique species-identifying regions of particular gene in a microbe. To do this, species-specific…

This article was originally published here Arthritis Res Ther. 2021 Nov 30;23(1):290. doi: 10.1186/s13075-021-02660-2. ABSTRACT BACKGROUND: We performed expression quantitative trait locus (eQTL) analysis in single classical (CL) and non-classical (NCL) monocytes from patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) to quantify the impact of well-established genetic risk alleles on transcription…

NEW YORK – DNA Script said on Tuesday that it has received CE marking for its Syntax enzymatic DNA synthesis platform, clearing the way for the benchtop DNA printer’s commercial sales in Europe. The CE marking covers the benchtop instrument, reagents, and consumables, the firm said. The Syntax platform can…

Patients and samples Whole blood samples from 15 Female SLE patients fulfilling the American College of Rheumatology criteria for the diagnosis of SLE [11, 12] and five age-sex matched healthy controls were procured from the Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. Exclusion criteria included pregnancy, active acute infection, chronic infection (e.g., hepatitis…

Introduction Anthrax, a serious zoonotic disease, is caused by Bacillus anthracis. Because B. anthracis spores can be used as biological warfare and terrorism agents, the development of sensitive, efficient detection methods for this pathogen is important and urgently needed. Currently, B. anthracis is detected by identifying its vegetative cells and…

Will Kallisto show a decrease in the TPM value if I have knocked out 2 of the 8 exons from a gene? 0 Hello, I was wondering if Kallisto will show a decrease in the TPM value if I have knocked out 2 of the 8 exons from a gene?…

1 Introduction Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with adenocarcinoma as the most common histological subtype.1 In recent years, epidermal growth factor receptor-tyrosine kinase inhibitors (EGFR-TKIs), such as gefitinib (first generation) and osimertinib (third generation), have been widely used for lung adenocarcinoma patients harboring activated EGFR…

1Department of Biomedical Engineering, College of Life Science and Bioengineering, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Clinical Laboratory, Beijing Capitalbio Medlab, Beijing, People’s Republic of China Background: Treatment of pulmonary infections in the intensive care unit (ICU) represents a great challenge, especially infections caused by…

Abstract Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is one of the serious complications associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, an autoimmune disease whose pathogenesis involves type I IFNs and cytokines. Here, we show that TANK, a negative regulator of the NF-κB signaling via suppression of TRAF6 ubiquitination, is critical for the amelioration of…

Dear community, Let me put in context my question: I am working with qPCR to detect the absence/presence of a certain mutation in a given gene. However, the laboratorians that give me the data do not make serial dilutions on the input DNA samples, nor on the internal control. So…

Data Scientist (Bioinformatics) Our client is an emerging Biotech company that specialises in oncology diagnostics products. Responsibilities: In-depth data analysis with machine learning and statistical methods Identify novel DNA/RNA/ncRNA biomarkers Develop models for multi-marker diagnostic test Facilitate the design and execution of the experiment, the process set up and quality…

On November 9, 2021, the Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Center of the Department of Basic Medicine, Zhejiang University School of Medicine/The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine/Zhejiang Liangzhu Laboratory Zhang Jin’s research group published a titled ” rRNA Biogenesis ” in Nature Communications . Regulates Mouse…

Background: FGFR2 (fibroblast growth factor receptor 2) mutations are implicated in the etiopathogenesis of syndromic craniosynostosis, and C278F- or C342Y-FGFR2 mutations can lead to Crouzon syndrome. The dura mater exerts crucial effects in the regulation of cranial suture development. However, the underlying mechanisms of these biological processes are rarely studied….

Significance Extrachromosomal circular DNA (eccDNA) plays a role in human diseases such as cancer, but little is known about the impact of eccDNA in healthy human biology. Since eccDNA is a tiny fraction of nuclear DNA, artificial amplification has been employed to increase eccDNA amounts, resulting in the loss of…

Introduction With the continuous improvement of cancer treatment technology, the 3-year and 5-year survival rates of cancer patients have been greatly improved. However, cancer still cause pain to the patients, which seriously affects their quality of life. This is because in many common cancers, tumors can easily metastase to the…

Job Description: Position Summary: The qualified candidate will join the Analytical Research and Development Microbiology and Strategy Testing organization in Andover, MA, a QC (GMP) laboratory that supports biotherapeutic clinical manufacturing. Candidate will report directly to Microbiology Group Leader (Principal Scientist, Ph.D.). We are recruiting an expert…

RNA-Seq and qPCR 0 Greetings! For a rice gene LOC_Os06g51060 Relative (to control group) Log2FC values obtained by qPCR and RNA-Seq are as follows: See here: There is a difference in values as well a TREND. I have quite a few other such genes and this problem has effected them…

SAN FRANCISCO (PRWEB) November 16, 2021 Blackhawk Genomics LLC, a molecular diagnostics technology company, today announced the launch of the HerediSeq and PanSeq genomic analysis kits designed to detect structural variants and elucidate difficult-to-characterize genomic regions using long-read sequencing. HerediSeq chemistry resolves deletions and duplications, repetitive regions and pseudogenes,…

Numerous efforts have been made to establish bona fide iPSCs from companion animals such dogs and cats. Generation of iPSCs from companion animals would provide useful unrestricted cell resources with a vast scientific potential. To name a few applications, they can be exploited as new models for regenerative medicine and as therapeutic…

Position Title: Research Associate, Cell Engineering Position Level: Research Associate/Sr. Research Associate Reports to: Shelby Keating, Scientific Associate Company Background: Century Therapeutics is developing novel allogeneic living cell products for oncology that overcome the limitations of current cell therapies. Century’s genetically-engineered, universal iPSC-derived immune effector cell products are designed to…