Project description:The present study was conducted to investigate the effect of graded levels of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) (Hermetia illucens) meal and BSFL paste in extruded diets for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). A total of 1260 Atlantic salmon with 34 g of mean initial weight were randomly distributed into 21 fiberglass tanks and fed (n=3) with seven extruded isolipidic and isonitrogenous diets for seven weeks. The experimental diets consisted of a positive control diet based on fishmeal, soy protein concentrate, corn gluten, faba bean and fish oil (Control_1); three diets with increased levels of full lipid BSFL meal, substituting 6.25% (6.25_IM), 12.5% (12.5_IM) and 25% (25_IM) of the protein content of Control_1; two diets with increased levels of full lipid BSFL paste, substituting 3.7% (3.7_IP) and 6.7% (6.7_IP); and of protein from Control_1 and a negative a control with 0.84 % of formic acid (Control_2). We investigate the effect of diets on growth performance, mmune response and health.
Project description:pin1 mutnat doesn't produce any floral organs, which can be rescued by exogenous application of IAA paste. Here we applied exogenous IAA paste and collected meristem tissue after different time points (30 min, 4hr, 12hr, 16hr). As a control we applied mock paste. Around 10 meristems were dissected under dissecting scope for each biological replicate. Some known IAA inducible genes were checked for their upregulation in extracted RNA, and there after the RNA was sequenced.
Project description:Soy-based diets have triggered the interest of the research community due to their beneficial effects on a wide variety of pathologies like breast and prostate cancer, diabetes, and atherosclerosis. However, the molecular details underlying these effects are far from being completely understood and several recent attempts have been made to elucidate the soy-induced liver transcriptome changes in different animal models. Here we used Next Generation Sequencing to identify a set of two microRNAs specifically modulated by short-term soy-enriched diet in young male mice and estimate their impact on the liver transcriptome assessed by microarray. Clustering and topological community detection (CTCD) network analysis of STRING generated interactions of transcriptome data led to the identification of five topological communities of genes characteristically altered and putatively targeted by microRNAs upon soy diet intervention.