As a biologist, i react strongly to killing off birds... 🕊🐤🐦🦆🦅! How could you Elon!

Nevertheless, this is me staying strong on all things that are #PlantGenomes, #chromosomes, and #transposons🧬🔍💚, from now on cross-posting on mastodon and twitter.

'Jumping #genes' help #plants adapt to extreme #temperature and #pathogens.

#transposons #genomics

https://phys.org/news/2023-06-genes-extreme-temperature-pathogens.html

@PhysaliaCourses @clementgoubert It's been enlightening so far... Great dive into transposable element biology!

Going to improve our #diagnostics tests with a sensitive mobile element integration detection for #transposons 👌🏻

Prevalence of #transposable_elements may provide clues to worldwide #mammal #biodiversity.

#genomics #transposons

https://phys.org/news/2023-05-prevalence-transposable-elements-clues-worldwide.html

Some further research on transposons and their connection to cancer, with these "jumping genes" having been found in the past to cause the permanent on switch of growth genes, resulting in out of control cells.

With a comprehensive screening, Washington University scientists have identified ~1000 candidate transposons for possible cancer development that can be targeted with antigen therapy.

#Transposons #Cancer #Genetics #Medicine #Science #Biotechnology #SciComm

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-023-01349-3

Unexplored diversity and ecological functions of transposable phages

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-023-01414-z

#phages #viruses #transposons

Hey #TE #transposons 🧬 people! I am trying to get a few examples on "What you should not present as TE analysis in your genome paper". I remember the repetitive elements table from the Asian bee (A. cerana). Any other that comes to your mind? Help me @TransposableMan , you're my "only" help.

RT @CedricFeschotte
On this #InternationalWomensDay I salute all the women studying #transposons, carrying the torch lit by Barbara McClintock, who remains the only woman awarded an unshared Nobel prize in physiology or medicine, for her discovery of mobile genetic elements. #IWD23 #WomenInSTEM

RT @tvavouri
Passionate about transposable elements and haematopoiesis? Hold a PhD and have experience in genomic data analysis?

Reach out to discuss opportunities to join my lab via the CarrerasLeaders Postdoctoral Training Program at @CarrerasIJC.

Get in touch!

#transposons #postdoc

RT @tvavouri
Passionate about transposable elements and haematopoiesis? Hold a PhD and have experience in genomic data analysis?

Reach out to discuss opportunities to join my lab via the CarrerasLeaders Postdoctoral Training Program at @CarrerasIJC.

Get in touch!

#transposons #postdoc

Mice with overactive LINE-1 #retrotransposons in their brains exhibit movement difficulties, suggesting the genetic elements may play a role in #ataxia in humans. #transposons #TransposableElement #biology #medicine

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/jumping-genes-can-cause-movement-disorder-study-70485

RT @GonzalezLab_BCN
The @PslQlife Winter school on The Genomics of Transposable Elements was great! We contributed sharing our work on the adaptive role of #transposons and how to annotate them. Thanks to Vincent Colot, Patrick Charnay, and team for organizing and hosting!

Alu methylation is accurate with just 3 Mb! LINE1 with 30 Mb. #transposons #methylation

First toot! I'm a bit late as you only have a month left to register! Come learn everything you always wanted to know on the non-coding genome. See you à Paris mon ami. #transposons

A reminder that if you're looking for conferences and workshops involving #transposons @hub_te is a good place to start https://tehub.org/en/Conferences And if you're running one, please feel free to add yours!

RT @todd_macfarlan
I am looking for a staff scientist to join my group at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. Competitive salary and benefits, good funding, and terrific colleagues! https://www.training.nih.gov/postdoc_jobs_nih/view/_31/10347/SSPMDB_1192023 #transposons #evolution #meiosis #recombination #retroviruses #development

Re-reading a excellent paper by @ariskatzourakis on Maverick/Polinton mobile elements:

Phylogenomics of the Maverick Virus-Like Mobile Genetic Elements of Vertebrates

Nicely underscores the emerging importance of large DNA transposons/EVEs in eukaryotic evolution

"We conclude that vertebrate Mavericks form an ancient lineage of aquatic dsDNA viruses which are probably still functional in some vertebrate lineages."

https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/38/5/1731/6108104

#transposons #genetics #evolution

Nice review on the increasing importance of large #transposons :

Giant Transposons in Eukaryotes: Is Bigger Better? 

https://academic.oup.com/gbe/article/11/3/906/5364020

"...the size limitations previously placed on mobilizable DNA units in eukaryotes may have been due in part to our inability to assemble large contiguous stretches of repetitive DNA in complex genomes."

#genetics #genomics

RT @hquesneville
TEfinder 2.31 was released ! Check the new blaster, grouper, matcher, and duster. Speed improvment and bug fixes. Soon used by the #REPET package https://github.com/urgi-anagen/TE_finder #transposons #TEhub

RT @JohannConfais
📢 Hey REPET users ! To improve the classification of your #Transposons reference library there are new banks formatted for #REPET available on @INRAE_URGI website : https://urgi.versailles.inra.fr/Tools/REPET. #TEHub🧵⬇️