U.S. Opens Funding for New Public Health Pathogens Genomics Centers of Excellence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the availability of cooperative agreement funds for this fiscal year ...
Tag: Genomics
Capturing Hidden Aspects of Epidemics Using Phylodynamics
Charting changes in a pathogen’s genome yields clues about its past and hints about its future More than 250 million ...
Penn State Researchers Will Map 700 of Anthrax Bacteria’s Closest Relatives
Study to enhance CDC’s capacity to rapidly detect emerging infectious disease agents To enhance the early detection of novel infectious ...
Why Scholars Have Created Global Guidelines for Ancient DNA Research
The field of ancient DNA has grown rapidly in recent years, largely thanks to technological advancements. This work involves sampling ...
US Announces Plans for Public Health Pathogen Genomics Centers of Excellence
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is forecasting plans to fund in 2022 the establishment of multiple Public Health ...
Patients with Alpha and Beta COVID-19 Variants Less Likely to Be Asymptomatic, Despite No Increase in Viral Load
Although two SARS-CoV-2 variants are associated with higher transmission, patients with these variants show no evidence of higher viral loads ...
A Virologist Explains Their Concerns About Coronavirus Variants
Spring has sprung, and there is a sense of relief in the air. After one year of lockdowns and social ...
Pattern of Dominance: B.1.1.7 Variant 40-50 Percent More Transmissible, Spreading Rapidly in U.S.
The faster-spreading B.1.1.7 variant of SARS-CoV-2 first detected in the United Kingdom is quickly on its way to becoming the ...
Genomic Surveillance: Why We Need to Ramp Up Sequencing to End the Pandemic
“You can’t fix what you don’t measure” is a maxim in the business world. And it holds true in the ...
How the South African COVID-19 Variant Was Found
Variants of the coronavirus are appearing in different parts of the world, many of them spreading with alarming speed. One ...
SARS-CoV-2 Stem-Loop II Motif: Potential Target for Anti-viral Drugs
While the world awaits broad distribution of COVID-19 vaccines, researchers at Ohio University just published highly significant and timely results ...
What is the Spike Protein and Why Are Mutations On It Important?
The emergence of a new variant of coronavirus has sparked renewed interest in the part of the virus known as ...
Key Questions on New Variant of SARS-CoV-2 Answered by UK Genomics Researcher
A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19, is thought to be driving increased transmission of the disease ...
Pipeline COVID-19 Vaccines Not Affected by ‘G-Strain’ Mutation
In a new study, researchers from the Dangerous Pathogens Team at CSIRO conclude vaccines currently under development for COVID-19 should ...
Understanding Evolutionary Dynamics of Influenza to Inform and Improve Vaccine Strain Selection
GRANT FUNDING OPPORTUNITY The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) is seeking proposals to support research to improve ...
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s Original Penicillin-Producing Mould Sequenced
Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming's penicillin mould for the first time and compared it to later versions. ...
The Role Nuclear-Related Techniques Play in Fighting Zoonotic Diseases
Nuclear-derived techniques, such as tests using real time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), are important tools in the detection and ...
UK Merger Watchdog Releases Analysis of Past Acquisition Attempt of PacBio by Illumina
The UK Competition & Markets Authority (CMA) this week released an analysis of lessons learned from assessing the proposed acquisition ...
The EU Not Ready for the Release of Gene Drive Organisms into the Environment
Within the last decades, new genetic engineering tools for manipulating genetic material in plants, animals and microorganisms are getting large ...
Rapid Reconstruction Method for Large RNA Virus Genomes During an Outbreak
In a new study published in Nature, research led by scientists at the Institute of Virology and Immunology (IVI) and ...
