Sloths are the slowest mammals on the planet and now we know why. Scientists have sequenced the two-toed sloth genome and found ‘jumping genes’ linked to their extremely slow metabolism 🦥
Read more here ⤵️
https://www.sanger.ac.uk/news_item/why-are-sloths-so-slow-its-in-their-dna/
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Nanopore sequencing provides not just long reads, but the the raw signal data can also be used to identify RNA and DNA modifications. This repository (and the associated review) lists some of the great tools that have been developed www.cell.com/trends/genet...
📣 POSTDOC position available in the Feschotte Lab at Cornell to work on #TRANSPOSONS! More details below. Pls send informal application or inquiry ASAP by DM or email to cf458_at_cornell.edu.
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www.thefeschottelabatcornell.com
There's also a chance for YOU to share your science. 🔬
Registration closes 5 June 2026.
👉 Details + registration link: replifate.eu/event/meetin...
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Nanopore sequencing provides signal data corresponding to the nucleotide motifs sequenced.
Through machine learning-based methods, these signals are translated into long-read
sequences that overcome t...
06-07 July 2026 | Munich, GermanyDNA Replication and Its Impact on Genome and Chromatin MaintenanceWe are RepliFate, a European Training Doctoral Network dedicated to understanding how DNA replication...
Visionary
Inspirational
These are two of the words that come to mind when i think of Pierre, whom I had the privilege to know and work at the Institute he founded. He led a field and he led the people.
Jonathan Göke
We are thrilled to release Bambu-pipe 🧬
🚀 A Nextflow pipeline built for speed, scalability, and precision — unlocking isoform-level insights from long-read single-cell and spatial RNA-seq data💡
🔗 GitHub: github.com/GoekeLab/bambu-pipe
📄 Preprint: doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.30.630828
