Genome Biology special issue on epigenomics
To showcase the exciting developments currently being made in the study of epigenomes, Genome Biology will publish a special issue on epigenomics in the late… Read more »
Latest posts by Naomi Attar (see all)
- tRFs and the Argonautes: gene silencing from antiquity - 2nd October 2014
- Keeping up with the Jobses: the role of technology in reproducible research - 26th September 2014
- ‘You might as well patent oxygen’ – an unashamedly unbalanced take on Australia’s support for gene patents - 5th September 2014
Genome Biology publishes MiSeq data
The pioneering genomicist Sydney Brenner has a sound bite that the most important -omics discipline of all is econ-omics. The holy grail of biomedical research… Read more »
Putting the high into high-throughput sequencing: the cannabis genome
The cannabis plant has been exploited by humanity primarily for textiles and for intoxication, with hemp strains used for fabrics and marijuana strains for… Read more »
Sequencing from Starbucks and the not-so-patently obvious: Genome Biology attends ICHG 2011
Who owns your DNA sequence? "You do" might seem like the obvious answer, but it wasn't one that everyone attending the 12th International… Read more »
Tying the kangaroo genome down
If the date is January 22nd and you happen to be a tammar wallaby, the chances are high that it will be your birthday – as well as the anniversary of your… Read more »
Genome Biology’s Viennese waltz at the ISMB
The organizers of the 19th Annual International Conference on Intelligent Systems for Molecular Biology (ISMB) could not have predicted that the funeral of an… Read more »
The first Chinese Rhesus macaque genome
The Rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is an Asian monkey that shares 93% of its DNA sequence with humans and, due to this similarity, is an important species for… Read more »
Uncovering the secrets of the human microbiome
A diverse range of so-called "friendly" bacteria live within each human body and can be considered an ecosystem in their own right. A new article… Read more »
Assembling vertebrate genomes from short reads
Next generation sequencing (NGS) has heralded a new era in genomics, as the output of sequence data is now readily available for a cost that is five orders of… Read more »
Principles of gene clustering differ between model organisms
In a new article in Genome Biology, Laurence Hurst finds that asking the same question in different organisms can arrive at strikingly different answers. Hurst,… Read more »