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Comparative Genomics
Comparative Genomics: is a field of biological research in which the genomic features of different organisms are compared. The genomic features may include the DNA sequence, genes, gene order, regulatory sequences, and other genomic structural landmarks.
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APR 26, 2019Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are developing multiple ways to turn genes off and on with light.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 22, 2019Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to engineer novel organelles to give cells new functions.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 15, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 13, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A genome database works like a police finger print log. If the finger print has been taken before, then when it is ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 10, 2019Health & Medicine
Scientists now have a method for growing an active brain from skin cells. Previously, scientists were able to gen ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 10, 2019Health & Medicine
In a study published in February in the journal, Nature researchers report more evidence that microbial diversity ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAPR 10, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
An unusual amino acid called selenocysteine is not encoded directly in the genome, but is needed for the function of som ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2019Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Yeast carry a mutation hotspots, and can adapt within a host to spread to adapt to new environments.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2019Genetics & Genomics
The same genetic sequence or genotype doesn't always result in the same biological consequence, or phenotype, in differe ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 21, 2019Genetics & Genomics
A man's best friend is one of the most genetically engineered animals ever. Historically,...Written By: Amanda MikyskaMAR 20, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a way to cut down on the computational power it requires to analyze genetic data. Now portable mini-se ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 09, 2019Videos
Researchers in Australia are building a database that will contain genetic information about older people that are healt ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 07, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 04, 2019Microbiology
The foundations of our microbiome are laid very early, and can have a lifelong impact on our health.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Estimates vary but there are around 20,000 proteins that encode for protein in the human genome. So what's the rest for?Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 23, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Different mechanisms helped genes conferring antibiotic resistance spread through a population of fish gut bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
It's inevitable in life, but aging isn't really something people look forward to.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 18, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found a small change in a gene called MRGPRX4 that is linked to a significant increase in the preferenc ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2019Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 16, 2019Genetics & Genomics
From a genetic perspective, humans are only 1.2% different from chimpanzees and a cousin of theirs, the bonobo.Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 12, 2019Cancer
Cancer is on everybody's mind these days. Many pharmaceutical companies are devoted solely to finding new cancer tre ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
APR 26, 2019
Microbiology
After a global survey of the world's oceans, an international team of researchers has found almost 200,000 new species o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers are developing multiple ways to turn genes off and on with light.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 22, 2019
Microbiology
Bacteria are all around us. They live on and inside of our bodies, and those microbes are able to easily share genes wit
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers want to engineer novel organelles to give cells new functions.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 15, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A team of scientists in China is creating controversy with a new publication reported in the National Science Review, a
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 13, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A genome database works like a police finger print log. If the finger print has been taken before, then when it is
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
Scientists now have a method for growing an active brain from skin cells. Previously, scientists were able to gen
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Health & Medicine
In a study published in February in the journal, Nature researchers report more evidence that microbial diversity
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
APR 10, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
An unusual amino acid called selenocysteine is not encoded directly in the genome, but is needed for the function of som
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2019
Microbiology
The Hawaiian bobtail squid plays host to bioluminescent bacteria, and researchers learned more about how these creatures
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Yeast carry a mutation hotspots, and can adapt within a host to spread to adapt to new environments.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
The same genetic sequence or genotype doesn't always result in the same biological consequence, or phenotype, in differe
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 21, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
A man's best friend is one of the most genetically engineered animals ever. Historically,...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
MAR 20, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers found a way to cut down on the computational power it requires to analyze genetic data. Now portable mini-se
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 09, 2019
Videos
Researchers in Australia are building a database that will contain genetic information about older people that are healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 07, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Once thought to be passed down from an ancient ancestor, it actually seems that some animals gained regenerative skills
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 04, 2019
Microbiology
The foundations of our microbiome are laid very early, and can have a lifelong impact on our health.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Estimates vary but there are around 20,000 proteins that encode for protein in the human genome. So what's the rest for?
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 23, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Different mechanisms helped genes conferring antibiotic resistance spread through a population of fish gut bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
It's inevitable in life, but aging isn't really something people look forward to.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 18, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers have found a small change in a gene called MRGPRX4 that is linked to a significant increase in the preferenc
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2019
Microbiology
Some populations of frogs have been able to withstand a widespread epidemic of a deadly disease that is comparable to th
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 16, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
From a genetic perspective, humans are only 1.2% different from chimpanzees and a cousin of theirs, the bonobo.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 12, 2019
Cancer
Cancer is on everybody's mind these days. Many pharmaceutical companies are devoted solely to finding new cancer tre
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux