A single-cell RNA sequencing study by researchers at Iowa State University that details mosquito immune cells could shed light on the insect immune system and how mosquitoes transmit parasites that cause...
Read More »A new workflow for single cell sequencing reduces the cost of sample prep by 90%
TTP Labtech Ltd, a global leader in the design and development of automated instrumentation and consumables for life science applications, and the University of California San Diego (UC San Diego), have announced that their collaboration has resulted in a new ...
Read More »RNA-Seq reveals why mosquitoes don’t suffer from the infections they pass on
Researchers from CSIRO Health and Biosecurity have published findings that start to explain how mosquitoes respond to viral infections. Using an RNA-sequencing approach, they identified a number of genes from multiple cellular pathways that play integral roles in protecting mosquitoes from ...
Read More »Depletion of Ribosomal RNA for Mosquito Gut Metagenomic RNA-seq
A ribosomal RNA (rRNA) depletion protocol was developed to enrich messenger RNA (mRNA) for RNA-seq of the mosquito gut metatranscriptome. Sample specific rRNA probes, which were used to remove rRNA via subtraction, were created from the mosquito and its gut ...
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