Project description:Through multi-dimensional characterization of longitudinally paired breast cancers during NAC treatment, we have identified dynamic changes in the tumor cellular and molecular states and derived insights into the mechanism of action as well as resistance to an important class of therapy.
Project description:Background: A collection of genetic deficiencies covering over 70% of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome exists, however the application of these valuable biological tools has been limited due to the incomplete correlation between their genetic and physical characterization. Results: We have applied oligonucleotide array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (oaCGH) to the high resolution, molecular characterization of several genetic deficiency and duplication strains in a 5Mb region of Chromosome III. We incorporate this data into a physical deficiency map which is subsequently used to direct the positional cloning of essential genes within the region. From this analysis we are able to quickly determine the molecular identity of several previously unidentified mutations. Conclusion: We have applied accurate, high resolution molecular analysis to the characterization of genetic mapping tools in Caenorhabditis elegans. Consequently we have generated a valuable physical mapping resource, which we have demonstrated can aid in the rapid molecular identification of mutations of interest. Keywords: C.elegans Deficiencies CGH
Project description:Background: A collection of genetic deficiencies covering over 70% of the Caenorhabditis elegans genome exists, however the application of these valuable biological tools has been limited due to the incomplete correlation between their genetic and physical characterization. !Series_summary = Results: We have applied oligonucleotide array Comparative Genomic Hybridization (oaCGH) to the high resolution, molecular characterization of several genetic deficiency and duplication strains in a 5Mb region of Chromosome III. We incorporate this data into a physical deficiency map which is subsequently used to direct the positional cloning of essential genes within the region. From this analysis we are able to quickly determine the molecular identity of several previously unidentified mutations. Conclusion: We have applied accurate, high resolution molecular analysis to the characterization of genetic mapping tools in Caenorhabditis elegans. Consequently we have generated a valuable physical mapping resource, which we have demonstrated can aid in the rapid molecular identification of mutations of interest. Keywords: C.elegans Deficiencies CGH
Project description:In order to dissect the gene regulatory network during the functional transition of cotyledons from non-photosynthetic storage tissue to metabolically active photosynthetic tissue, we constructed ChIP-Seq libraries for NAC and YABBY transcription factors using pooled cotyledons from seedling developmental stage 4 and stage 5. Millions of raw reads obtained from ChIP-Seq libraries were aligned to the reference soybean genome using the ultrafast Bowtie aligner to obtain quantitative data for genome matched reads. MACS software was used to call peaks representing enriched binding sites for NAC and YABBY transcription factors. Based on our ChIP-Seq data, we identified 72 genes are potentially regulated by NAC transcription factor and 96 genes by YABBY transcription factor. The motif analysis using MEME discovered three separate motifs for the NAC and YABBY transcription factors. For the NAC transcription factor, three commonly found motifs were G[AT]G[AG]G[AG]GA, C[AC]C[GA][TC][GA]CC and TGGGCC . The first one matched to a known zinc finger motif and the last two were identified as leucine zippers in the database of plant transcription factor binding motifs, JASPAR CORE plants. Similarly the three most commonly found motifs for YABBY transcription factors are CC [CA][TC]C[TA][CT]C, GA[AG]AGAAA and CCCCAC . The first two motifs matched to a known zinc finger motif and the last one was an AP2 MBD-like motif. Construction of ChIP-Seq libraries for NAC and YABBY transcription factors using germinating cotyledons from seedling developmental stages
Project description:Synchronous bilateral breast cancer (sBBC) occurs after both breasts have been affected by the same germline genetics and environmental exposures. For a genome-scale molecular characterization of sBBC, we performed tumor-normal whole exome sequencing (WES) and tumor RNAseq on a cohort of 6 patients with sBBC who were treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NAC), including pre-NAC samples and post-NAC samples when there was residual disease. We also performed tumor-normal WES on a validation cohort of 7 patients with sBBC treated with front-line surgery.
