Category: 5. Biology

A research team at McMaster University has discovered a new drug class that could someday lead to breakthrough treatments for dangerous fungal infections.

The new molecules, dubbed coniotins, were isolated from a plant-dwelling…

A deep dive into the brain’s command center for hunger shows how decoding its circuits could transform the future of weight loss treatments.

Brain integration of environmental cues in the regulation of energy balance and…

ScRNA-seq analysis of tumors from HPV + and HPV- CESC patients identified different cell types

We collected scRNA-seq data from 2 HPV + CESC samples and 2 HPV- CESC samples that have been published. First, we acquired the transcriptome…

Cell culture

Human lung adenocarcinoma A549 cells (American Type Culture Collection (ATCC) CCL-185, gift from the lab of P. Hofman, IRCAN, Nice, France), human breast adenocarcinoma MDA-MB-231 cells (gift from the lab of D. Picard, University of…

mESC culture maintenance and spontaneous differentiation

E14 mESCs (gift from the Panning lab, UCSF) were maintained on gelatin coated dishes in 2i+LIF media, composed of a 1:1 mixture of DMEM/F12 (Thermo Fisher, 11320-033) and Neurobasal (Thermo…

The first-time detection of suspected cases of HPAIV H5 influenza in penguins and cormorants in the Antarctic continent could mark a significant expansion of the panzootic into this isolated continent and puts highly vulnerable bird populations…

Sample processing and sequencing

Saudi samples

Fresh blood was collected from the donors and shipped to King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia) in ambient temperature for DNA extraction. The donors were…

Phenotypic characterization of double flower in N. ‘Candy Rain’

N. ‘Candy Rain’ represents a unique tropical viviparous water lily cultivar characterized by its distinctive double-flower morphology. The floral architecture displays three…