Monthly Archives: June 2017

The broiler chicken intestine – an apt target for proteomic studies

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Emily O’Reilly

With chickens soon to become the most widely consumed meat in the world, efficiency in growth and feed utilization are essential to the industry. The chickens’ intestines play a crucial role in this and their health and well being, making the intestine a prominent area of poultry research. Here to discuss this field is Emily O’Reilly, author of a research paper recently published in Proteome Science.

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Fungal Genetics Conference Q&A – transcriptome analysis of fungal β-lactam producers

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Dominik Terfehr

Fungal Biology and Biotechnology recently attended the 29th Fungal Genetics Conference in California. Whilst there, we invited three young scientists who presented excellent posters to take part in a Q&A. In this blog we talk to Dominik Terfehr, a PhD candidate at Ruhr University Bochum whose research published in BMC Genomics aimed to identify factors that impact biosynthesis of β-lactam antibiotics in Acremonium chrysogenum and Penicillium.

Biology Medicine

Fungal Genetics Conference Q&A – identifying new L maculans effectors, a fungal pathogen of oilseed rape

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Julie Gervais

Fungal Biology and Biotechnology recently attended the 29th Fungal Genetics Conference in California. Whilst there, we invited three young scientists who presented excellent posters to take part in a Q&A. In this blog we talk to Julie Gervais, a third year PhD student in INRA BIOGER (France) who’s currently working on a fungal pathogen of oilseed rape, Leptosphaeria maculans.

Biology

Ancient water bottle use and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure among California Indians

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Sabrina Sholts

By replicating a traditional method of making water bottles used by Native Californian Indians, a new study published in Environmental Health finds that the manufacturing process may have been detrimental to the health of these people. Here to tell us more is author of the study and curator in the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian NMNH, Sabrina Sholts.

Biology Health

World Oceans Day 2017 – State of the Seven Seas

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Alexander Mulhern

For a body that covers 71% of the Earth’s surface, the oceans of our planet still remain enigmatic to most. With the NOAA estimating the amount of the ocean seen by human eyes to be around 5%, we present a brief glance at three of the biggest topics in our oceans right now: fisheries, the great barrier reef and marine protected areas.

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