Project description:C.elegans small RNAs from HA::ALG-1, HA::ALG-2 and HA::RDE-1 IP and rde-1 mutants Small RNAs were cloned from transgenic or mutant C. elegans adults. Sequencing was performed using 454 and Illumina platforms.
Project description:Attempt to identify small non-coding RNAs that change in levels as a result of viral infection of C.elegans Small non-coding RNA (18-30nt) was extracted from animals either infected with Orsay virus or uninfected as indicated.
Project description:This experiment investigates the gene expression differences upon Orsay virus infection in the Caenorhabdits elegans strains N2 and CB4856. Assays measuring viral load found that the N2 strain displays higher viral loads upon infection than the CB4856 strain. The goal of the experiment was to identify gene-expression differences that could explain the differences in viral load. We (mock-)infected 26h-old C. elegans populations with Orsay virus and took samples after 30h of infection. For each treatment-strain combination 8 samples were collected. Thereafter RNA was isolated, labelled, and hybridized on microarray.
