Researchers from the Mayo Clinic used single cell RNA-Seq to examine molecular heterogeneity in multiple myeloma (MM) in 597 CD138 positive cells from bone marrow aspirates of 15 patients at different stages of disease progression. 790 genes were...
Read More »UClncR – Ultrafast and comprehensive long non-coding RNA detection from RNA-seq
Long non-coding RNA (lncRNA) is a large class of gene transcripts with regulatory functions discovered in recent years. Many more are expected to be...
Read More »Post-doc Position Available – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Location: Rochester, MN, US Department: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Specialty: Research A Life-Changing Career Position Summary: A postdoctoral research fellow position is available at the Mayo Medical School – Mayo Clinic (Rochester, Minnesota) to study the functions and mechanisms of ...
Read More »Exercise encourages the cell to make more RNA copies of mitochondrial genes
Researchers have long suspected that the benefits of exercise extend down to the cellular level, but know relatively little about which exercises help cells rebuild key organelles that deteriorate with aging. A study published March 7 in Cell Metabolism found that exercise ...
Read More »The impact of RNA degradation on fusion detection by RNA-seq
RNA-seq is a well-established method for studying the transcriptome. Popular methods for library preparation in RNA-seq such as Illumina TruSeq® RNA v2 kit use a poly-A pulldown strategy. Such methods can cause loss of coverage at the 5′ end of ...
Read More »Integrated mate-pair and RNA sequencing identifies novel, targetable gene fusions
Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) represent a heterogeneous group of T-cell malignancies that generally demonstrate aggressive clinical behavior, often are refractory to standard therapy, and remain significantly understudied. The most common World Health Organization subtype is PTCL, not otherwise specified (NOS), ...
Read More »Novel and potentially clinically relevant gene fusions discovered by integrated mate-pair and RNA sequencing
Peripheral T-cell lymphomas (PTCLs) represent a heterogeneous group of T-cell malignancies that generally demonstrate aggressive clinical behavior, often are refractory to standard therapy, and remain significantly understudied. The most common World Health Organization subtype is PTCL, not otherwise specified (NOS), ...
Read More »eSNV-detect – a computational system to identify expressed single nucleotide variants from transcriptome sequencing data
Rapid development of next generation sequencing technology has enabled the identification of genomic alterations from short sequencing reads. There are a number of software pipelines available for calling single nucleotide variants from genomic DNA but, no comprehensive pipelines to identify, ...
Read More »Featured RNA-Seq Job – Research Fellow – The Mayo Clinic
Job Posting Number: 40171BR Job Posting Title: Research Fellow Specialty: Research Work Site: MN – Rochester Department: Health Sciences Research Job Description: The Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics(BSI) within the Department of Health Sciences Research (HSR) has an immediate ...
Read More »Worldwide Study Demonstrates Accuracy of RNA Sequencing Techniques
E. Aubrey Thompson, Ph.D., Mayo Clinic in Florida JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Physicians envision a future in which genomic data from patients is heavily used to manage care — but experts have questioned the accuracy and reliability of these analyses. Now, ...
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