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Dilute-’N’-Go sequencing
Prof. Larry Wangh and his lab are interested in detecting changes in mitochondrial genomic sequences that result from aging, disease, or drugs. To do this, they use LATE-PCR, an advanced form of...
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Smiths Detection and Novartis Diagnostics have entered an collaboration and license agreement for marketing the Bio-Seeq instrument. This uses LATE PCR technology developed in the Wangh lab at Brandeis...
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Finding novel antibiotics in dirt using unculturable bacteria
Sean Brady from The Rockefeller University will be visiting campus to lecture on Culture Independent Approaches for the Discovery of New Bacterial Metabolites as part of the Joint Biology/Biochemistry...
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It’s not all transcription! New insights on how biological rhythms are generated
Sleepy during the day? Hungry at night? You should check your biological clock! As in every organism, humans are exposed to daily variations of their environment. There is obviously the day/night...
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NeuroSeq and cell diversity in the nervous system
The central nervous system has the most cellular diversity of any organ in the body, but how does this diversity arise? While the presumption is that genetic programs specify each neuron type, our...
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Hunting Novel Viruses in a Lab Course
Last Fall the Biology department mounted a new course (BIOL 152B), the Virus Hunter Lab. This course combines practical experience in the lab with computer based approaches in bioinformatics. Students...
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