Claudio Slamovits
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Jan 03
First article published in the open access journal Protist Genomics
Protist Genomics (PG) has just published its first research article: Gene discovery from a pilot study of the transcriptomes from three diverse microbial eukaryotes: Corallomyxa tenera, Chilodonella uncinata, and Subulatomonas tetraspora. By Jessica Grant, Daniel Lahr, Federico Rey, Gordon Burleigh, Jeffrey Gordon, Rob Knight, Robert Molestina and Laura Katz. Grant and collaborators present and describe new sequence data from …
Dec 09
The Tree of Life, a poem by David Maddison
The Tree of Life David R. Maddison I think that I shall never see A thing so awesome as the Tree That links us all in paths of genes Down into depths of time unseen; Whose many branches spreading wide House wondrous creatures of the tide, Ocean deep and mountain tall, Darkened cave and waterfall. …
Dec 04
Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs
Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread secondary endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae. Unlike most secondary plastid-bearing algae, miniaturized versions of the endosymbiont nuclei (nucleomorphs) persist in cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes. To determine why, and to address other fundamental questions about eukaryote-eukaryote endosymbiosis, we sequenced the nuclear genomes of the cryptophyte Guillardia theta…
Dec 04
Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs
Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread secondary endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae. Unlike most secondary plastid-bearing algae, miniaturized versions of the endosymbiont nuclei (nucleomorphs) persist in cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes. To determine why, and to address other fundamental questions about eukaryote-eukaryote endosymbiosis, we sequenced the nuclear genomes of the cryptophyte Guillardia theta…
Dec 04
Algal genomes reveal evolutionary mosaicism and the fate of nucleomorphs
Cryptophyte and chlorarachniophyte algae are transitional forms in the widespread secondary endosymbiotic acquisition of photosynthesis by engulfment of eukaryotic algae. Unlike most secondary plastid-bearing algae, miniaturized versions of the endosymbiont nuclei (nucleomorphs) persist in cryptophytes and chlorarachniophytes. To determine why, and to address other fundamental questions about eukaryote-eukaryote endosymbiosis, we sequenced the nuclear genomes of the cryptophyte Guillardia theta…
Oct 26
PhD and postdoctoral opportunities for Brazilian students
Students from Brazil who wish to enrol in a PhD program or conduct postdoctoral training in Dalhousie University and other Canadian institutions can apply for scholarships administered by CNPq and CAPES. This program offers the following options: A complete doctoral degree program (up to 4 years) A 12-month stay in the Canadian institution as part of …
Oct 24
Postdoctoral Research Assistant – bioinformatics / computational biology
Institution/Company: CHUQ Research Center / Université Laval Location: Québec, Qc Job Description: We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow with strong background and interest in Bioinformatics to work under the supervision of Dr Chantal Guillemette, professor at the faculty of pharmacy and Canada research chair in pharmacogenomics and co-supervision of Dr Arnaud Droit, assistant professor at …
Oct 08
Faculty job openings in evolution
There are three new call for applications to tenure-track faculty positions in USA Valdosta State University, Georgia: Host-microbe interactions and Phylogenetics and macroevolution University of North Carolina at Charlotte, NC: Microbial molecular ecology
Sep 19
Evolution of Fe/S cluster biogenesis in the anaerobic parasite Blastocystis.
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Aug 18
Analysis of Plasmodium falciparum diversity in natural infections by deep sequencing.
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