Viral Bioinformatics Research Centre
Chris Upton, University of Victoria, Canada
The National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) provides one of the most extensive sets of web-based tools for biological research. The tools are indispensable when planning genomics experiments, including for qPCR, NGS, and CRISPR....
Metagenomics was used to characterize viral genomes in clinical specimens of horses with various organ-specific diseases of unknown aetiology. A novel parvovirus as well as a previously described hepacivirus closely related to human hepatitis...
CRISPR/Cas9 has been a rockstar gene-editing tool for just four years and it’s already being tweaked to do more things better.Kathleen McLeod’s insight:Share your insightSee it on Scoop.it, via Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca...
See it on Scoop.it, via Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Giant Chloroviruses: Five Easy Questions Source: Viral Bioinformatics
Viruses possessing a non-segmented genome require a specific recognition of their nucleic acid to ensure its protection in a capsid. A similar feature exists for viruses having a segmented genome, usually consisting of viral...
See it on Scoop.it, via Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Source: New feed
The History of Vaccines explores the role of immunization in the human experience and examines its continuing contributions to public health. Ed Rybicki’s insight:REALLY useful resource See it on Scoop.it, via Virology News History...
US doctor Donald Henderson, who led a successful campaign to wipe out #smallpox worldwide, has died at the age of 87.See it on Scoop.it, via Virology and Bioinformatics from Virology.ca Source: New feed
Mark Twain once remarked that the reports of his death were greatly exaggerated. So too, the death of virology. In certain quarters, it is now fashionable to declare the passing of virology. “Viruses are...
Starting in 1966, Dr. Henderson, known as D.A., led the World Health Organization’s war on the smallpox virus, and achieved success astonishingly quickly. Ed Rybicki’s insight:Great article on Henderson. See it on Scoop.it, via...
It's my #Twitterversary! I have been on Twitter for 12 years, since 26 Jun 2008 (via @twi_age).
Top #tweeted story in #bioinformatics: Liftoff: an accurate gene annotation mapping tool | bioRxiv https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.06.24.169680v1, see more http://tweetedtimes.com/v/1343?s=tnp
Reminder: Do you use the Pathway Tools software? We urgently need your letters of support for our grant application by today! See http://www.ai.sri.com/pkarp/misc/ptletter.txt. Your letter doesn't need to be long; please help us out any way you can! #Bioinformatics
Our ProFit software is now available as a docker image! Zero install, just download a little wrapper script and run it. #zeroinstall #docker #structuralbiology #bioinformatics http://www.bioinf.org.uk/software/profit/
