Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of whole blood in schizophrenia patients and healthy subjects of different ages. The Illumina Infinium 450k Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across approximately 480,000 CpGs. Dataset included 62 schizophrenia patients and 33 healthy subjects from Dutch descent.
Project description:In order to knockdown bantam in the γ5β′2a/β′2mp/β′2mp_bilateral Mushroom Body Output Neurons (MBONs), we expressed the bantam microRNA-sponge (or the control scrambled-sponge) under the MB011B-split-Gal4 driver. Additionally, we expressed a membrane localized GFP transgene. At ZT12-13.5, MB011B>ban-spg, GFP and MB011B>scramble-spg, GFP female fly brains were diseccted, homogenized and FACS sorted using GFP flourescence to isolate the MBONs of interest. mRNA was extracted and used to construct Illumina RNAseq libraries
Project description:RNA-Seq technology was used to investigate differences in the gene expression of pectoralis muscle tissue between two chicken breeds (Ross as commercial (rapidly growing) and Isfahani as Iranian local breed (slow-growing)).
Project description:Differentially expressed proteins in the liver and ovary of two different breeds of chickens were characterized to investigate the reasons for the differences in laying performance between local breeds and commercial laying hens in the later laying period.
Project description:Genome wide DNA methylation profiling of whole blood in schizophrenia patients and healthy subjects of different ages. The Illumina Infinium 450k Human DNA methylation Beadchip v1.2 was used to obtain DNA methylation profiles across approximately 480,000 CpGs. Dataset included 62 schizophrenia patients and 33 healthy subjects from Dutch descent. Bisulphite converted DNA from the 96 samples were hybridised to the Illumina Infinium 450k Human Methylation Beadchip. Publication: Steve Horvath, Yafeng Zhang, Peter Langfelder, René S. Kahn, Marco P.M. Boks, Kristel van Eijk, Leonard H. van den Berg, Roel A. Ophoff. Aging effects on DNA methylation modules in human brain and blood tissue. Genome Biology. Special Edition. The raw data (non-normalized Unmethylated and Methylated signal intensities) are not available.
Project description:We report on genome-wide DNA methylation differences associated with early gestational famine exposure. We find that open chromatin regions and enhancers are especially sensitive to prenatal famine exposure. We compared 24 individuals conceived during the Dutch Famine, a brief 6 month famine at the end of WWII, with a same sex sibling.