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A single-cell atlas of pig gastrulation as a resource for comparative embryology (2024)
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Cell-fate decisions during mammalian gastrulation are poorly understood outside of rodent embryos. The embryonic disc of pig embryos mirrors humans, making them a useful proxy for studying gastrulation. Here we present a single-cell transcriptomic at... Read More about A single-cell atlas of pig gastrulation as a resource for comparative embryology.

Multiple novel caliciviruses identified from stoats (Mustela erminea) in the United Kingdom (2024)
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The Caliciviridae family, comprising positive-sense RNA viruses, is characterised by its non-enveloped, small virions, broad host range, and notable tendency for host switching. These viruses are primarily associated with gastroenteric disease, thoug... Read More about Multiple novel caliciviruses identified from stoats (Mustela erminea) in the United Kingdom.

NANOG is required to establish the competence for germ-layer differentiation in the basal tetrapod axolotl (2023)
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Pluripotency defines the unlimited potential of individual cells of vertebrate embryos, from which all adult somatic cells and germ cells are derived. Understanding how the programming of pluripotency evolved has been obscured in part by a lack of da... Read More about NANOG is required to establish the competence for germ-layer differentiation in the basal tetrapod axolotl.

Sarbecoviruses of British Horseshoe Bats; Sequence Variation and Epidemiology (2023)
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Horseshoe bats are the natural hosts of the Sarbecovirus subgenus that includes SARS-CoV and SARS-CoV- 2. Despite the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there is still little known about the underlying epidemiology and virology of sarbecovi... Read More about Sarbecoviruses of British Horseshoe Bats; Sequence Variation and Epidemiology.

Dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing using Bayesian experimental design (2023)
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Nanopore sequencers can select which DNA molecules to sequence, rejecting a molecule after analysis of a small initial part. Currently, selection is based on predetermined regions of interest that remain constant throughout an experiment. Sequencing... Read More about Dynamic, adaptive sampling during nanopore sequencing using Bayesian experimental design.

Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas (2022)
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Koala populations show marked differences in inbreeding levels and in the presence or absence of the endogenous Koala retrovirus (KoRV). These genetic differences among populations may lead to severe disease impacts threatening koala population viabi... Read More about Genome Reference Assembly for Bottlenecked Southern Australian Koalas.

Factors affecting turnaround time of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing for inpatient infection prevention and control decision making: analysis of data from the COG-UK HOCI study (2022)
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Background Barriers to rapid return of sequencing results can affect the utility of sequence data for infection prevention and control decisions. Aim To undertake a mixed-methods analysis to identify challenges that sites faced in achieving a ra... Read More about Factors affecting turnaround time of SARS-CoV-2 sequencing for inpatient infection prevention and control decision making: analysis of data from the COG-UK HOCI study.

Dissecting microbial communities and resistomes for interconnected humans, soil, and livestock (2022)
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A debate is currently ongoing as to whether intensive livestock farms may constitute reservoirs of clinically relevant antimicrobial resistance (AMR), thus posing a threat to surrounding communities. Here, combining shotgun metagenome sequencing, mac... Read More about Dissecting microbial communities and resistomes for interconnected humans, soil, and livestock.

Differential and defective transcription of koala retrovirus indicates the complexity of host and virus evolution (2022)
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Koala retrovirus (KoRV) is unique amongst endogenous (inherited) retroviruses in that its incorporation to the host genome is still active, providing an opportunity to study what drives this fundamental process in vertebrate genome evolution. Animals... Read More about Differential and defective transcription of koala retrovirus indicates the complexity of host and virus evolution.

Genome Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia, ASEAN and the Neighbouring East Asian Countries: Features, Challenges and Achievements (2022)
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Whole-genome sequencing (WGS) has played a significant role in understanding the epidemiology and biology of SARS-CoV-2 virus. Here, we investigate the use of SARS-CoV-2 WGS in Southeast and East Asian countries as a genomic surveillance during the C... Read More about Genome Profiling of SARS-CoV-2 in Indonesia, ASEAN and the Neighbouring East Asian Countries: Features, Challenges and Achievements.

minoTour, real-time monitoring and analysis for nanopore sequencers (2021)
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Summary: MinoTour offers a LIMS system for Oxford Nanopore Technology sequencers, with real-time metrics and analysis available permanently for review. Integration of unique real-time automated analysis can reduce the time required to answer biologic... Read More about minoTour, real-time monitoring and analysis for nanopore sequencers.

The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks (2021)
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Nosocomial severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infections have severely affected bed capacity and patient flow. We utilized whole-genome sequencing (WGS) to identify outbreaks and focus infection control resources and interve... Read More about The Impact of Real-Time Whole-Genome Sequencing in Controlling Healthcare-Associated SARS-CoV-2 Outbreaks.

Specification and epigenomic resetting of the pig germline exhibit conservation with the human lineage (2021)
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Investigations of the human germline and programming are challenging because of limited access to embryonic material. However, the pig as a model may provide insights into transcriptional network and epigenetic reprogramming applicable to both specie... Read More about Specification and epigenomic resetting of the pig germline exhibit conservation with the human lineage.

Readfish enables targeted nanopore sequencing of gigabase-sized genomes (2020)
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© 2020, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc. Nanopore sequencers can be used to selectively sequence certain DNA molecules in a pool by reversing the voltage across individual nanopores to reject specific sequences,... Read More about Readfish enables targeted nanopore sequencing of gigabase-sized genomes.

Nanopore native RNA sequencing of a human poly(A) transcriptome (2019)
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High-throughput complementary DNA sequencing technologies have advanced our understanding of transcriptome complexity and regulation. However, these methods lose information contained in biological RNA because the copied reads are often short and mod... Read More about Nanopore native RNA sequencing of a human poly(A) transcriptome.

Pluripotency and X chromosome dynamics revealed in pig pre-gastrulating embryos by single cell analysis (2019)
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High-resolution molecular programmes delineating the cellular foundations of mammalian embryogenesis have emerged recently. Similar analysis of human embryos is limited to pre-implantation stages, since early post-implantation embryos are largely ina... Read More about Pluripotency and X chromosome dynamics revealed in pig pre-gastrulating embryos by single cell analysis.

Examining diabetic heel ulcers through an ecological lens: microbial community dynamics associated with healing and infection (2019)
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Purpose: While some micro-organisms, such as Staphylococcus aureus, are clearly implicated in causing tissue damage in diabetic foot ulcers (DFUs), our knowledge of the contribution of the entire microbiome to clinical outcomes is limited. We profile... Read More about Examining diabetic heel ulcers through an ecological lens: microbial community dynamics associated with healing and infection.

BulkVis: a graphical viewer for Oxford nanopore bulk FAST5 files (2018)
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Motivation: The Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) MinION is used for sequencing a wide variety of sample types with diverse methods of sample extraction. Nanopore sequencers output FAST5 files containing signal data subsequently base called to FASTQ... Read More about BulkVis: a graphical viewer for Oxford nanopore bulk FAST5 files.

Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long reads (2018)
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© 2018 Nature Publishing Group. All rights reserved. We report the sequencing and assembly of a reference genome for the human GM12878 Utah/Ceph cell line using the MinION (Oxford Nanopore Technologies) nanopore sequencer. 91.2 Gb of sequence data, r... Read More about Nanopore sequencing and assembly of a human genome with ultra-long reads.

Virtual genome walking across the 32 Gb Ambystoma mexicanum genome; assembling gene models and intronic sequence (2018)
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Large repeat rich genomes present challenges for assembly using short read technologies. The 32 Gb axolotl genome is estimated to contain ~19 Gb of repetitive DNA making an assembly from short reads alone effectively impossible. Indeed, this model sp... Read More about Virtual genome walking across the 32 Gb Ambystoma mexicanum genome; assembling gene models and intronic sequence.