Project description:Identification of microbiota associated with Polypedilum sp. (Diptera Chironomidae), a midge adapted to extremely acidic environment
Project description:Limno-terrestrial tardigrades enter a state called anhydrobiosis when exposed to desiccation, and acquire tolerance against various extreme environments. The anhydrobiotic tardigrade Hypsibius dujardini, is a non-pigmented tardigrade easy to culture and RNAi method have been established, therefore making it a model tardigrade for tardigrade molecular research. Previous genome assemblies of this tardigrade had increased size due to heterozygosity. Here, we have sequenced the genome of H. dujardini using single individual Illumina DNA-Seq data and PacBio long read data, and employed a heterozygosity aware assembly method to assemble a near-complete high quality genome. In order to annotate the genome with gene predictions, we conducted RNA-Sequencing of various stages of developmental, juvenile, adult, and anhydrobiotic stage H. dujardini and Ramazzottius varieornatus, a tardigrade capable of rapid anhydrobiosis entry, and used these data for gene prediction with BRAKER v1.9 or differential gene expression analysis of the active and anhydrobiotic stages.
Project description:Whole genome sequencing (WGS) of tongue cancer samples and cell line was performed to identify the fusion gene translocation breakpoint. WGS raw data was aligned to human reference genome (GRCh38.p12) using BWA-MEM (v0.7.17). The BAM files generated were further analysed using SvABA (v1.1.3) tool to identify translocation breakpoints. The translocation breakpoints were annotated using custom scripts, using the reference GENCODE GTF (v30). The fusion breakpoints identified in the SvABA analysis were additionally confirmed using MANTA tool (v1.6.0).
Project description:During an incompatible or compatible interaction between rice (Oryza sativa) and the Asian rice gall midge (Orseolia oryzae), a lot of genetic reprogamming occurs in the plant host We used microarray to know the changes occuring in the resistant host (indica rice variety RP2068-18-3-5) when challenged by avirulent biotype of gall midge (GMB 1). During this incompatible interaction the resistance in the host is manifested by a hypersenstive response. Using microarray data, we identified distinct classes of up- and down-regulated genes during this process. Tissues from the stem region (feeding site of insect larvae) of the plants that were exposed to gall midge, were taken for RNA extraction and hybridization on Affymetric microarrays. For control, tissues were taken from the corresponding region of plants that were not exposed to gall midge.