Project description:Analysis performed on protein samples submitted by Zhe Hu of the John E. Cronan Laboratory by the Protein Sciences Facility of the Biotechnology Center of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Project description:Comparison between the copy number of differentially methylated sites between lymph node metastasis from melanoma patients with good prognosis and melanoma brain metastasis. All samples are taken from different patients, and were established as cell lines in the John Wayne Cancer Institute.
Project description:Mature green fruits of the tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) cultivar John Baer and Pearson were investigated (fruit developmental category II). John Baer wild type, John Baer LA0063 and Pearson wild type, Pearson 2-303 fruits were used. Tomato mutant plants LA0063 and 2-303 were positional sterile (PS mutants). Samples contained exclusively the fruit peel, which was removed with a scalpel to a depth of approximately 1 mm. After sampling point the plant material was immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen and stored at -80 C until use.
Project description:Cerebral palsy (CP) represents a group of non-progressive clinically heterogeneous disorders that are characterized by motor impairment and early age-of-onset, frequently accompanied by co-morbidities. The cause of CP has historically been attributed to environmental stressors resulting in brain damage. While genetic risk factors are also implicated, guidelines for diagnostic assessment of CP do not recommend for routine genetic testing. Given numerous reports of etiologic copy number variations (CNVs) in other neurodevelopmental disorders, we used microarrays to genotype a population-based prospective cohort of children with CP and their parents. Here we identify de novo CNVs in 8/115 (7.0%) CP patients (~1% rate in controls). In four children, large chromosomal abnormalities deemed pathogenic were found, and they were significantly more likely to have severe neuro-motor impairments than those CP subjects without such alterations. Overall the CNV data would have impacted our diagnosis or classification of CP in 11/115 (9.6%) families. Dr. Maryam Oskoui* , Mr. Matthew Gazzellone* , Ms. Bhooma Thiruvahindrapuram , Dr. Mehdi Zarrei , Dr. John Andersen , Dr. John Wei , Dr. Zhouzhi Wang , Dr. Richard Wintle , Dr. Christian Marshall , Dr. Ronald Cohn , Dr. Rosanna Weksberg , Dr. James Stavropoulos , Dr. Darcy Fehlings , Dr. Michael Shevell, Dr. Stephen Scherer. Clinically Relevant Copy Number Variations Detected in Cerebral Palsy. Nature Communications, 2015.
Project description:Illumina RNA Sequencing (RNA-Seq) of Oryza sativa, Nipponbare for the Conserved Poaceae Specific Genes project. Authors: Robin Buell, Ning Jiang, Haining Lin, Rebecca Davidson, Malali Gowda, John Hamilton, Brieanne Vaillancourt
Project description:Paper title: Awakening ancient polar Actinobacteria: diversity, evolution and specialized metabolite potential
Author List: Natalie Millan-Aguinaga, Sylvia Soldatou, Sarah Brozio, John T. Munnoch, John Howe, Paul A. Hoskisson, Katherine R. Duncan
Citation: Microbiology, 2019,165(11)
DOI:10.1099/mic.0.000845