Bees, like all other organisms, have a lot of parasites. And it is likely that these are the main contributors to issues like colony collapse disorder (CCD).

UT Austin scientists have targeted one such deadly fungal parasite, Nosema ceranae, and have genetically modified a bacteria commonly found in bee guts to produce an RNA interference system preventing the fungus from making spores.

#Bees #Bacteria #Fungi #Biology #Biotech #Biotechnology #RNAi #Science #Scicomm

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220922120

As part of our 20th anniversary, @Psarkies looks back at a classic #PLOSBiology paper that provided an early glimpse of the complexity of #RNAi pathways in #plants and how it acted as a springboard for further exploration of this extravagant universe https://plos.io/3DZgvps

Mosquitoes and the disease they spread are a concern worldwide, especially in regards to invasive species that bring diseases less common in a region and those species that focus on biting humans.

A consortium of European researchers have come together to target the asian tiger mosquito by using RNA interference and food sources that the larva will take up, preventing their reproduction.

#Mosquito #RNA #RNAi #Europe #Science #Biotech #Biotechnology #Biology #Scicomm

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0734975023000745?via%3Dihub

Repeated cycles of #SexChromosome conflict in #Drosophila simulans, involving X-linked protamine-derived loci & their autosomal #RNAi suppressors, drive #genome evolution, remodel #gametogenesis & may mediate reproductive isolation @lucksmith #PLOSBiology https://plos.io/43NIa7N

Eleven Therapeutics (Cambridge, UK) is looking for a molecular biologist. PhD, with experience in #RNA, #DNA, mammalian, #NGS, high-throughput.
I am not connected to this company, but i've been engaging with Yaniv Erlich, the founder/CEO, on the twitter for several years now and he has awesome ideas.
They already published cool paper on #RNAi therapy for #COVID.
So, if you're interested, i reccomend.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EcnmbrHvFlJvEw8hE0jgskci93MQMHN2Vo1A0_RmwQE/edit?usp=drivesdk

🧬🥔🛡️⚔️🐞🎆
Xu et al. illustrate the powerful potential of PM-RNAi
to control #Coccinellidae pests (like the 28-spotted #potato ladybird) in solanaceous crops.
https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13411
@wileyplantsci
#JIPB #PlantScience #phytopathology #CropScience #agriculture #RNAi

great seminar by @Anti_Sense@twitter.com yesterday for our DB dept talk @MSKCancerCenter@twitter.com, delivering the gospel of #meioticdrive with a new metaphor. you may have seen his faculty application in your pile, snap him up before someone else does! #genomeconflict #speciation #RNAi

Este meme sale en mi próximo artículo/charla sobre microARN. XDDD #xp
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RT @DNA_RNA_Uni
I laughed so hard 😆😅😚

#RNAi #siRNA #miRNA #featuredpaper https://mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/23/14755
https://twitter.com/DNA_RNA_Uni/status/1597927406136086528

Este meme sale en mi próximo artículo/charla sobre microARN. XDDD #xp
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I laughed so hard 😆😅😚

#RNAi #siRNA #miRNA #featuredpaper https://mdpi.com/1422-0067/23/23/14755
https://twitter.com/DNA_RNA_Uni/status/1597927406136086528

#introduction I am a cell biologist and geneticist trying to understand how a cell/organism discriminates self from non-self at the University of Strasbourg #unistra #CNRS. Particularly interested in the recognition of RNA viruses in insects and the activation of innate immunity pathways. #drosophila #RNA #virus #RNAi #Sting

Right, having moved servers: #Drosophila #Virus #Evolution #PopGen #Phylogeny #Genome #Insect #RNAi #Metagenomics #Fly #Preprint

RT @PLOSBiology
Where does RNA interference (RNAi) come from? @SalehLabParis @AleTorr_i @yoginho & @pradeu describe a new evolutionary model of how #RNAi might have originated in early eukaryotes through neutral events from the molecular machinery present in prokaryotes. https://plos.io/3a5ouGi