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Genome Assembly
The computational process of deciphering the sequence composition of the genetic material (DNA) within the cell of an organism, using numerous short sequences called reads derived from different portions of the target DNA as input.
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JAN 14, 2024Genetics & Genomics
A new, massive study has investigated the genetic basis of depression by analyzing data from 21 groups of human study pa ...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 LeitchAUG 16, 2023Genetics & Genomics
When our bodies are exposed to a pathogen, the immune system mounts a response. Antibodies that are directed against the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 26, 2023Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Cornell University have found a way to increase carbon sequestration and the yield from tobacco plants, u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 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 LeitchSEP 25, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, active genes are transcribed into mRNA molecules, which can be edited and processed in a variety of ways, to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been able to create stem cells that can mimic the early stages of mouse development. The researchers use ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 20, 2022Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 13, 2022Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 07, 2022Clinical & Molecular DX
Enjoy the benefits of working with a single supplier for DNA isolation, protein purification, research, and diagnostics ...JUL 04, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Globally, temperatures are on the rise. Between the years of 2009 and 2019, glaciers around the world lost an average of ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 01, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Since the dawn of human history, we have always wondered how we got here. What processes took place that brought us from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUN 27, 2022Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that about 30% of people in Western countries develop varicose veins, which are caused by chronic venous di ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 24, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes, ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 03, 2022Genetics & Genomics
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2002. But it wasn't exactly finished. Mysterious, repetitive sequences ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 03, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
In this image by Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman, a red parent is seen with its green 'offspring'Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
There are many bacterial organisms, and they can live cooperatively, or they can battle one another. They are also capab ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2021Health & Medicine
First, there was the Human Genome Project, a monumental, international effort to map the entire human genome down to its ...Written By: Hannah DanielNOV 09, 2021Immunology
Scientists have established the first searchable database of complex immune data, providing the foundations for a new er ...Written By: Tara FernandesOCT 28, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein production is essential for life; cells use DNA to transcribe active genes into RNA sequences, and ribosomes tra ...Written By: Carmen LeitchOCT 08, 2021Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is about 6 billion base pairs, and there are plants with genomes that are much, much longer.Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 14, 2024
Genetics & Genomics
A new, massive study has investigated the genetic basis of depression by analyzing data from 21 groups of human study pa
...
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
AUG 16, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
When our bodies are exposed to a pathogen, the immune system mounts a response. Antibodies that are directed against the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 26, 2023
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers at Cornell University have found a way to increase carbon sequestration and the yield from tobacco plants, u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
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
SEP 25, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
In cells, active genes are transcribed into mRNA molecules, which can be edited and processed in a variety of ways, to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been able to create stem cells that can mimic the early stages of mouse development. The researchers use
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 20, 2022
Microbiology
The paramyxovirus includes serious pathogens that can cause pandemics, including ones that lead primarily to mild. Illne
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 13, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
There are billions of nucleotides in the human genome, and researchers once thought that there were as many as 100,000 p
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 07, 2022
Clinical & Molecular DX
Enjoy the benefits of working with a single supplier for DNA isolation, protein purification, research, and diagnostics
...
JUL 04, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Globally, temperatures are on the rise. Between the years of 2009 and 2019, glaciers around the world lost an average of
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 01, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Since the dawn of human history, we have always wondered how we got here. What processes took place that brought us from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUN 27, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
It's thought that about 30% of people in Western countries develop varicose veins, which are caused by chronic venous di
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have heard of haploid and diploid species, which carry one set of unpaired chromosomes, or two sets chromosomes,
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 03, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2002. But it wasn't exactly finished. Mysterious, repetitive sequences
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 03, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
In this image by Douglas Blackiston and Sam Kriegman, a red parent is seen with its green 'offspring'
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
There are many bacterial organisms, and they can live cooperatively, or they can battle one another. They are also capab
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2021
Health & Medicine
First, there was the Human Genome Project, a monumental, international effort to map the entire human genome down to its
...
Written By:
Hannah Daniel
NOV 09, 2021
Immunology
Scientists have established the first searchable database of complex immune data, providing the foundations for a new er
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
OCT 28, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Protein production is essential for life; cells use DNA to transcribe active genes into RNA sequences, and ribosomes tra
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
OCT 08, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
The human genome is about 6 billion base pairs, and there are plants with genomes that are much, much longer.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch