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Conservation genomics
In conservation genomics, researchers apply genomic analytical techniques to study key metrics to measure the degree of preservation in vulnerable living organisms. These include species identity characterization, measuring the degree of genetic diversity, and defining effective population sizes.
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AUG 01, 2025Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 27, 2024Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2024Cell & Molecular Biology
While it's normal to be a little anxious about stressful life events or problems, anxiety can also start to interfer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 17, 2024Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a huge influence on human health, and impacts us in many different ways. While the composit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 19, 2023Technology
The landscape of breast cancer treatment is undergoing a shift, with the emergence of more individualized decision-makin ...Written By: Greta AnneNOV 21, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Insulin regulates blood sugar, and it is made by cells in the pancreas called beta cells. Type 1 diabetes arises when so ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 20, 2023Microbiology
Researchers have now had several years to study thethat causes COVID-19 virus, and now we know a lot more about how it c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 06, 2023Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 13, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 10, 2023Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2023Genetics & Genomics
There are about 20,000 genes that encode for protein in the human genome, and we don't know much about many of them. ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 31, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there has been another massive outbreak of a viral pathogen called H5N1 influe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 29, 2023Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2023Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 12, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team of researchers led by the Universit ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 05, 2022Plants & Animals
Equipped with a mohawk, a long sharp beak, and a quick stride the roadrunner has the tools and cunning to adapt to a rug ...Written By: Timothy JamesOCT 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 11, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 07, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Science, an international team of researchers led by Stanford University examine how habi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 16, 2022Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 13, 2022Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
AUG 01, 2025
Genetics & Genomics
Animals that hibernate are hardy and resilient; they can hunker down and go months without eating or drinking, yet their
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 27, 2024
Microbiology
Archaea are microorganisms that were only discovered in the 1970s, and about which scientists still have a lot to learn.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2024
Cell & Molecular Biology
While it's normal to be a little anxious about stressful life events or problems, anxiety can also start to interfer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 17, 2024
Microbiology
The human gut microbiome has a huge influence on human health, and impacts us in many different ways. While the composit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 19, 2023
Technology
The landscape of breast cancer treatment is undergoing a shift, with the emergence of more individualized decision-makin
...
Written By:
Greta Anne
NOV 21, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Insulin regulates blood sugar, and it is made by cells in the pancreas called beta cells. Type 1 diabetes arises when so
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 20, 2023
Microbiology
Researchers have now had several years to study thethat causes COVID-19 virus, and now we know a lot more about how it c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 06, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
How did cats evolve into so many different species, like tigers, panthers, and domestic cats? A new study has explored c
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 13, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
Sometimes, a cell just has to die; this might be because it becomes dysfunctional, worn out, or malignant. Other times,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 10, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
In the past few years, the H5N1 bird flu has led to the deaths of millions of wild and farmed birds around the world. It
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
There are about 20,000 genes that encode for protein in the human genome, and we don't know much about many of them.
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 31, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Even as the world grapples with COVID-19, there has been another massive outbreak of a viral pathogen called H5N1 influe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 29, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
The Zoonomia project is an international effort to understand how a huge array of diverse creatures can arise from mamma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2023
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, a signaling pathway that links two species has been revealed - molecules generated when bacteria inf
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
For the first time, scientists have recovered sediment containing 2-million-year-old DNA, shattering the previous 'oldes
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 12, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution, an international team of researchers led by the Universit
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 05, 2022
Plants & Animals
Equipped with a mohawk, a long sharp beak, and a quick stride the roadrunner has the tools and cunning to adapt to a rug
...
Written By:
Timothy James
OCT 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Gene sequences are made up of nucleotide bases, which are 'read' by the cell's machinery in triplets; three
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 11, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Every mammal that is found on our planet is descended from one common ancestor, thought to have lived around 180 million
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The earliest studies of genetic inheritance were very straightforward - Gregor Mendel documented the passage of certain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 07, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Science, an international team of researchers led by Stanford University examine how habi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 16, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
This interview series is focused on the graduate student experience across all STEM fields that allows them to get their
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 13, 2022
Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch