Terrestrial exoplanets such as TRAPPIST-1e will be observed in a new capacity with JWST/NIRSpec, which is expected to be able to detect CO2, CH4, and O2 signals, if present, with […]
Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
A New Branch On The Tree Of Life
There’s a new branch on the tree of life and it’s made up of predators that nibble their prey to death.
Posted inAway Teams & Field Reports, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Fossils & Paleontology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Biosignatures: Discovery Of Earth’s Oldest DNA Breaks Record By One Million Years
Two-million-year-old DNA has been identified for the first time – opening a ‘game-changing’ new chapter in the history of evolution.
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Extremeophiles and Extreme Environments, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Icy Worlds, Microbiology & Virology, Press Release
An Update On Eukaryotic Viruses Revived From Ancient Permafrost
One quarter of the Northern hemisphere is underlain by permanently frozen ground, referred to as permafrost.
Posted inBiochemistry & Organic Chemistry, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release
Nature’s Envelope: A Simple Device That Reveals The Scope And Scale Of All Biological Processes
As biology is progressing into a digital age, it is creating new opportunities for discovery.
Posted inBiophysics, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Mimicking Life: A Breakthrough In Non-living Materials
Researchers at the Eelkema Lab have discovered a new process that uses fuel to control non-living materials, similar to what living cells do.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Press Release
Distantly Related Viruses Share Self-assembly Mechanism
How do the hundreds of individual pieces that make up viruses assemble into shapes capable of spreading disease from cell to cell?
Posted inArctic / Antarctic / Alpine, Biosignatures & Paleobiology, Genomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Water/Hycean Worlds & Oceanography
Oldest Marine DNA Discovered In Antarctic Sediments
Scientists have discovered one million year old marine DNA in deep-sea sediments of the Scotia Sea, north of the Antarctic continent.
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Origin & Evolution of Life, Plant Biology, Press Release
Photosynthesis on Earth: Evolution Of Increased Complexity And Specificity At The Dawn Of Form I Rubiscos
The evolution of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenases (Rubiscos) that discriminate strongly between their substrate carbon dioxide and the undesired side substrate dioxygen was an important event for photosynthetic organisms adapting to an […]
Posted inGenomics, Proteomics, Bioinformatics, Press Release, Tricorders & Sensors
Tricorder Tech: A Universal Sequencing Read Interpreter – INTERSTELLAR (interpretation, scalable transformation, and emulation of large-scale sequencing reads)
Massively parallel DNA sequencing has led to the rapid growth of highly multiplexed experiments in biology. Such experiments produce unique sequencing results that require specific analysis pipelines to decode highly […]