Project description:We report the transcriptomic dynamics and metabolic adaptation of Nannochloropsis oceanica to blue (410nm) and red (680nm) light by high-throghout Next-generation sequencing (NGS). Preferential excitation of different light spectra induces massive reprogramming of the Nannochloropsis transcriptome.
Project description:Sun-loving plants have the ability to detect and avoid shading through sensing of both blue and red light wavelengths. Higher plant cryptochromes (CRYs) control how plants modulate growth in response to changes in blue light. For growth under a canopy, where blue light is diminished, CRY1 and CRY2 perceive this change and respond by directly contacting two bHLH transcription factors, PIF4 and PIF5. These factors are also known to be controlled by phytochromes, the red/far-red photoreceptors; however, transcriptome analyses indicate that the gene regulatory programs induced by the different light wavelengths are distinct. Our results indicate that CRYs signal by modulating PIF activity genome-wide, and that these factors integrate binding of different plant photoreceptors to facilitate growth changes under different light conditions. We performed whole-genome chromatin immunoprecipitation with sequencing (ChIP-Seq) analysis on 5 day old Flash-CRY2, PIF4-Flash and PIF5-Flash treated in low blue-light for 16h.
Project description:a2e_heterosis - cgh_colvsc24_wg - Arabidopsis thaliana accessions (Col-0, C24 and Cvi) and their hybrid were used to investigate the dynamics of the epigenome after intraspecific hybridization between - Comparative genome hybridization between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Col-0 and C24.
Project description:a2e_heterosis - cgh_colvscvi_wg - Arabidopsis thaliana accessions (Col-0, C24 and Cvi) and their hybrid were used to investigate the dynamics of the epigenome after intraspecific hybridization between - Comparative genome hybridization between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Col-0 and CVi.
Project description:Series of 6 repetitions of hybridization of treatment (blue200micE) and control (blue20micE) each. Comparison of plants grown for 48 hours at 200µE blue light versus plants exposed for 48 hours at 20µE to blue light. E. Lopez, unpublished Keywords: repeat sample
Project description:a2e_heterosis - cgh_colvsc24_chr4 - Arabidopsis thaliana accessions (Col-0, C24 and Cvi) and their hybrid were used to investigate the dynamics of the epigenome after intraspecific hybridization between - Comparative genome hybridization between Arabidopsis thaliana accessions Col-0 and C24 Keywords: cgh,chip-chip
Project description:Primary objectives: The primary objective is to investigate circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Primary endpoints: circulating tumor DNA (ctDNA) via deep sequencing for mutation detection and by whole genome sequencing for copy number analyses before start (baseline) with regorafenib and at defined time points during administration of regorafenib for treatment efficacy in colorectal cancer patients in terms of overall survival (OS).
Project description:The pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, exhibits several environmentally cued polyphenisms, in which discrete, alternative phenotypes are produced. At low density parthenogenetic females produce unwinged female progeny, but at high density females produce progeny that develop with wings. These alternative phenotypes represent a solution to the competing demands of dispersal and reproduction. Males also develop as either winged or unwinged, but these alternatives are determined by a genetic polymorphism. Winged and unwinged males are morphologically less distinct from each other than winged and unwinged females, possibly because males experience fewer trade-offs between dispersal and reproduction. To assess whether shared physiological differences mirror the shared morphological differences that characterize the wing polyphenism and polymorphism, we used a cDNA microarray representing an estimated 10% of the coding genome (1734 genes) to examine differential transcript accumulation between winged and unwinged females and males. We identified several transcripts that differentially accumulate between winged and unwinged morphs in both sexes, the majority of which are involved in energy production. Unexpectedly, the extent of differential transcript accumulation between winged and unwinged morphs was greater for adult males than for adult females. Together, these results suggest not only that similar physiological differences underlie the polyphenism and polymorphism, but that male morphs, like females, are subject to trade-offs between reproduction and dispersal that are reflected in levels of transcript accumulation and possibly genome-wide patterns of gene regulation. These data also provide a baseline for future studies of the molecular and physiological basis of life history trade-offs. Keywords: Transcript levels were compared between winged and unwinged male and female pea aphids, for both nymphs and adults.
Project description:Canine cutaneous histiocytoma (CCH) is a tumor originating from dermal Langerhans cells, especially affecting young dogs. The common spontaneous regression of CCH makes it an interesting model in comparative oncology research. Here, we asked which specific immuno-oncological dynamics underlie spontaneous regression of CCH on mRNA and protein levels. QuantSeq 3' mRNA sequencing with functional overrepresentation analysis and an nCounter RNA hybridization assay were employed on CCH samples representing three different tumor stages. Additionally, samples were subjected to matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry imaging (MALDI-MSI).
