Edyong209 : Oh i SEE RT @cggbamford:... Edyong209 : RT @cggbamford: @edyong209... Edyong209 : GM cows make low-allergy milk. Dr_Bik : De Long: but most small RNAs... Dr_Bik : De Long: Mapping mystery RNAs... NESCent: Epigenetic changes accrued... JordiPaps : RT @genetics_blog: The bench... Systbiol : RT @BioStarQuestion: Biology... Phylogenomics: RT @volatilebug: Embree: 6... Dr_Bik : RT @phylogenomics: Stajich... Phylogenomics: Stajich referencing this press... Fungus expert celebrates rare 10,000th citation. This week, a scientific publication by a team of UC Berkeley researchers from the laboratory of John Taylor, professor of plant and microbial biology, hit a rare benchmark when it was cited for the 10,000th time, according to Google Scholar.
The publication, a chapter called “Amplification and direct sequencing of fungal ribosomal RNA genes for phylogenetics,” appeared in the 1990 book “PCR Protocols: A Guide to Methods and Applications.” Most scientific papers are cited just a few times, but seldom 100 times, and rarely a few thousand. The papers that earned Nobel prizes for UC Berkeley physicists Saul Perlmutter and George Smoot, for example, have been cited 8,882 and 2,260 times, respectively, according to Google Scholar.
Taylor provided the NewsCenter with some perspective on this impressive milestone. The four co-authors of the 1990 paper, left to right, Thomas D. Bruns, Thomas J. Q: What did you report in the 1990 article? Q: Did the number of citations surprise you? Dr_Bik: Another core message from #LAMG12... Dr_Bik: Jansson: For all samples, RNA... Phylogenomics: Wylie - using comparison of... Rdmpage: RT @gilbertjacka: <10% of... Dr_Bik : What's new in rRNA phylotyping...
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Pedrobeltrao : Insights into RNA Biology... David_Dobbs : Meanwhile, overheard in ba... Phylogenomics: Kudos to @noahfierer at #m... Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom Surfaces. We spend the majority of our lives indoors where we are constantly exposed to bacteria residing on surfaces. However, the diversity of these surface-associated communities is largely unknown. We explored the biogeographical patterns exhibited by bacteria across ten surfaces within each of twelve public restrooms. Using high-throughput barcoded pyrosequencing of the 16 S rRNA gene, we identified 19 bacterial phyla across all surfaces. Most sequences belonged to four phyla: Actinobacteria, Bacteriodetes, Firmicutes and Proteobacteria. The communities clustered into three general categories: those found on surfaces associated with toilets, those on the restroom floor, and those found on surfaces routinely touched with hands.
On toilet surfaces, gut-associated taxa were more prevalent, suggesting fecal contamination of these surfaces. Figures Citation: Flores GE, Bates ST, Knights D, Lauber CL, Stombaugh J, et al. (2011) Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom Surfaces. Editor: Mark R. Phylogenomics: Siefert did a brilliant th... JackLScanlan : RT @orchidhunter: I'm pres... JackLScanlan : RT @scimomof2: Iron May Ha... Phylogenomics: Knight discusses their coo... Dr_Bik : RT @JoshDNeufeld: 16S rRNA... Jonathan Eisen: Discussing rRNA analysis u... Fabrice Jossinet: Systematic discovery of st... Phylogenomics: Workshop: Tools &amp;... Jack Scanlan: Totally crushing on RNA in... Tom Reinard: Strange cousins: Molecular... Phylogenomics: Curated rRNA database incl... Jack Scanlan: In the lab. Doing things. Jack Scanlan: The Discovery Institute pr... David Dobbs: More must-read genetics re... Erika Check Hayden: MT @dgmacarthur: Another p...
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The work shows that DNA and its chemical cousin RNA are not unique in their ability to encode information and to pass it on through heredity. The work, reported in Science, is promising for future "synthetic biology" and biotechnology efforts. It also hints at the idea that if life exists elsewhere, it could be bound by evolution but not by similar chemistry. In fact, one reason to mimic the functions of DNA and RNA - which helps cells to manufacture proteins - is to determine how they came about at the dawn of life on Earth; many scientists believe that RNA arose first but was preceded by a simpler molecule that performed the same function. 'No Goldilocks' Continue reading the main story “Start Quote. Ed Yong : ALL life uses just 2 molec... Ed Yong : Awesome! Scientists create...