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Botrycoccus genome project on ScienceDaily

“Our results support the original Berkeley DNA sequence used for phylogenetic placement was from a contaminating algae,” Devarenne said. “And our study places the B race of B. braunii in the correct location on the ‘algal family tree’.” The actual genome sequencing and mapping will be performed by DOE’s Joint Genome Institute. Read more on… [Read More]

Hydra genome projcet on redOrbit

The Hydra genome was sequenced at the JCVI, and assembled independently by the JCVI and JGI. The genome is approximately one billion base pairs in size and contains approximately 20,000 protein coding genes. The team found clear evidence for conserved genome structure between the Hydra and other animals, like humans. This contrasts with organisms like… [Read More]

Hydra genome project in PRNewswire

Researchers from the J. Craig Venter Institute, along with more than 70 other researchers from around the world, have sequenced and analyzed the genome of Hydra magnipapillata, a fresh water member of the cnidaria —  stinging animals that include jellyfish, sea anemones and corals. The research, published in the March 14 edition of Nature, was… [Read More]

Gene prediction algorithm PRODIGAL

With our years of experience in manually curating genomes for the Joint Genome Institute, we developed a new gene prediction algorithm called Prodigal (PROkaryotic DYnamic programming Gene-finding ALgorithm). With Prodigal, we focused specifically on the three goals of improved gene structure prediction, improved translation initiation site recognition, and reduced false positives. We compared the results… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on Medical News Today

Scientists have now sequenced the genome of a weird, single-celled organism called Naegleria gruberi that is telling biologists about that transition from prokaryotes, which function just fine with all their proteins floating around in a soup, to eukaryotes, which neatly compartmentalize those proteins? The sequence, produced by the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI),… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on Daily Cal

This aspect of the organism could be particularly interesting to the medical field, according to Prochnik. Because the organism’s and human cells’ flagellate tails are exactly the same, the two can be related.  “When flagellates go wrong it causes problems like blindness, kidney diseases, obesity and developmental defects,” he said. “So the more we learn… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on UC Newsroom

Scientists have now sequenced the genome of a weird, single-celled organism called Naegleria gruberi that is telling biologists about that transition from prokaryotes, which function just fine with all their proteins floating around in a soup, to eukaryotes, which neatly compartmentalize those proteins?  The sequence, produced by the Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute (JGI),… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on KPCC Pasadena

“Naegleria‘s pretty amazing because it can make one of these structures entirely from scratch. And it does it really fast,” Fritz-Laylin says. “It can do it in an hour to an hour and a half.”  She wanted to understand how that happens. And sure enough, there are clues in the organism’s genes. She and her… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on Boston’s WBUR

These days, when you want to see what makes an organism tick, you order up a scan of its genes. And as it happens, scientists at the Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, Calif., were sequencing a bunch of organisms, and they had a little extra room in their DNA-reading machines. So… [Read More]

Naegleria genome project on Bay Area PBS (KQED)

Step aside, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Here’s a story about an organism that dramatically transforms itself when it’s under stress. It turns from a lethargic amoeba into a sprightly, two-armed swimmer. This unlikely single-celled creature is named Naegleria gruberi. It lives in the dirt, under the eucalyptus trees, on the University of California, Berkeley… [Read More]