Project description:This experiment was designed to monitor the gene expression changes of young bees raised with and without queen mandibular pheromone (QMP). This experiment was a timecourse, comparing QMP- to QMP+ bees over 4 days of exposure. Bees that had eclosed over 16 hours were collected from a brood frame and placed in cages, 35 bees/cage. 8 hours later, queen mandibular pheromone (QMP, 0.1 queen equivalents) treatment was initiated, and fresh QMP was placed in the cage every day. One hour after QMP treatment had been refreshed, QMP- and QMP+ cages were collected into liquid nitrogen. 8 cages of each were collected on each day of the timecourse (1 day of treatment = Day 1, as well as Day 2, Day 3, and Day4).
Project description:This experiment was designed to identify gene expression differences in young bees raised in colonies with a queen, with queen mandibular pheromone (QMP), or without a queen. The source colony was split into three colonies, allocating roughly equal quantities of adult bees, brood, and pollen and nectar stores. One colony retained the original queen (QR), one was left queenless (QL), and the third was given a strip that contained 10 Qeq (QMP+), a dose shown to mimic a live queen (20). The three colonies were transferred to a different apiary > 2 mi away so they would not return to the site of their natal hive. Prior to the colony split, bees (N ~1500) were collected 0-36 h after eclosion, marked on the dorsal thorax with a paint dot (Testors Paint), and ~500 were placed in each of the three colonies. Two days later, the marked bees were collected (N = 100). Bees were collected into liquid nitrogen, and heads were stored as above.
Project description:This experiment examines gene expression profiles in the brains of adult honey bee workers (Apis mellifera) performing different behavioral tasks in the hive. The different behavioral groups examined were nurse, comb builder, guard, undertaker, and forager. The comb builder, guard, and undertaker behavioral groups perform their respective tasks over a relatively short time scale (typically 1 day), while nursing and foraging are longer duration (lasting > 1 week). The purpose of this study was to examine whether behaviors that persist over different time scales are associated with differences in the extent of gene expression changes in the brain.
Project description:Expression profiling of brains of free-flying forager bees and hive-restricted bees that rushed toward the hive entrance when the screen was removed, apparently to attempt to forage.
Project description:Wilms tumour karyotypes frequently exhibit recurrent, large-scale chromosomal imbalances, among the most common of which are concurrent loss of 1p and gain of 1q. We have previously identified a novel breakpoint at 1p13 by 1Mb-spaced array CGH, and undertook a fine-tiling oligonucleotide array approach to accurately map the region in four tumours exhibiting rearrangements at this locus. The use of a 10 bpspaced platform revealed that all four tumours in fact harboured different breakpoints, which were mapped to target four distinct genes PHTF1, DCLRE1B, TRIM33 and NRAS. The precise breakpoint interval was confirmed for one case to lie within intron 3 of DCLRE1B by quantitative copy number PCR and RT-PCR. In addition, expression profiling revealed a pattern of down- and up-regulation of genes either side of the breakpoint in all cases. Although it appears that no single gene is the driver of this rearrangement, this study highlights the power of fine-tiling oligonucleotide arrays to delineate breakpoint regions identified by other genome-wide screens. RElated experimement E-TABM-155
Project description:This experiment examines gene expression profiles in individual honey bee brains (adult worker Apis mellifera). The purpose is to test whether behavioral phenotype can be predicted by expression profiles in individual brains in a naturalistic context (i.e., colonies in the field). The two behavioral phenotypes examined are 'nurse' and 'forager'. Other factors examined are age, genotype (full-sister group), and colony environment.<br><br> An additional processed data file is available on the FTP site for this experiment.
Project description:CGH was used to compare the genomes of a non-invading P. gingivalis strain to the database W83 strain (invader). For hybridization and scanning, TIGR microarrays and protocols were used. The results were independently processed using two different software packages. We used P. gingivalis microarrays in comparative genomics to specifically address the P. gingivalis invasive genotype using invasive and non-invasive phenotypes.
Project description:Microarrays were used to identify Y. pestis genes that are differentially regulated under conditions of phoP overexpression. RNA samples were isolated from cultures of two isogenic Y. pestis strains, one overexpressing phoP (KIM10+phoP(delta)/PhoP) and the other not (KIM10+phoP(delta)/MMB67EH), and their gene expression profiles were compared.