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Chickpea mediated effects of Bacillus thuringiensis cry toxins on survival of...ICRISAT
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Demonstration of viral culture by embryonated egg culture Vamsi kumar
This document describes an experiment demonstrating virus cultivation using embryonated egg techniques. The aim is to demonstrate the use of embryonated eggs for viral cultivation. Materials needed include wild chicken eggs, an incubator, disinfectants, egg holders, cotton, a syringe, discard tray, wax seal, markers, and personal protective equipment. The procedure involves inoculating various viruses into specific sites on embryonated eggs and observing any pocks or growth that develops.
This document provides an overview of an experiment involving RT-PCR techniques for a 5th semester virology and mycology practical course. The experiment focuses on Unit 3 which covers the introduction and classification of viruses, collection and storage of viral samples, staining techniques used in virology, and processing samples for viral diagnosis through egg inoculation and tissue culture. References for skin scrapes, hair, and nail samples for mycology testing and laboratory tests for fungal infections are also provided.
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Keratinases role against keratin waste.Hassan Yousaf
Hassan Yousaf submitted a bio entrepreneurship idea to Dr. Muhammad Javed about producing the enzyme keratinase using Actinomycetes, Bacillus licheniformis, and Bacillus subtilis microorganisms found in environments containing keratin. These microorganisms can degrade insoluble proteins like feathers, wool, and hair. The produced keratinase enzyme could be useful for the leather, poultry, feed, and medicine industries by helping process the large amounts of keratin waste generated by slaughterhouses each year.
Chickpea mediated effects of Bacillus thuringiensis cry toxins on survival of...ICRISAT
The document studies the effects of Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt) toxins on the survival of Helicoverpa armigera larvae and its larval parasitoid Campoletis chlorideae through Bt-intoxicated H. armigera larvae feeding on chickpea plants. The study found that Bt sprays reduced survival of H. armigera and cocoon formation of C. chlorideae. However, effects were largely host-mediated as no Bt proteins were detected in C. chlorideae. While Bt toxins had adverse effects on the parasitoid through the intoxicated host, deployment of Bt-transgenic chickpeas may result in lower density-dependent effects
Reticulate evolution in yeasts and its industrial applicationsDavid Peris Navarro
This document summarizes research on reticulate evolution in yeasts and its industrial applications. Reticulate evolution refers to evolution occurring through hybridization and introgression rather than strictly vertical descent. The document discusses how hybridization has contributed to the diversification and domestication of yeasts like Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It also explores how mining genomic diversity through hybridization could enable new industrial applications, such as developing yeast strains capable of growth at lower temperatures or utilizing additional carbon sources.
The rise of the yeast genus Saccharomyces: biodiversity and evolutionDavid Peris Navarro
The document discusses the rise of the yeast genus Saccharomyces, focusing on its biodiversity and evolution. It summarizes research showing that Saccharomyces yeasts are geographically structured and phenotypically diverse. While nuclear gene flow between species is limited, mitochondrial and 2μm plasmid gene flow is more common. Gene flow can impact phenotypes, and mitochondrial inheritance influences temperature tolerance. The origin of the parental S. eubayanus donor for lager yeast strains remains unknown.
The document provides an introduction to bacterial biomass. It defines bacterial biomass as the total organic cell substance of a living organism. The history of bacterial biomass consumption is discussed dating back to ancient Egyptians and Greeks. Bacterial biomass production is needed to meet the world's rising food demand. Bacteria are well-suited for biomass production due to their high growth rate, protein content, and ability to be produced in fermenters without land. The document outlines factors that affect bacterial biomass production and describes applications such as use in protein supplements, the food industry, and probiotics. It also discusses the economical aspects and future research opportunities around bacterial biomass.
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To study nutritional classification of bacteria
To study constituents of nutrient media
To understand types of nutrient media.
To understand uses of different nutrient media
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He provides his academic credentials including an M.Sc. in Microbiology and B.Sc. in Biotechnology, Chemistry, and Zoology. He also lists his previous work experience of over 17 years at various organizations working in roles such as Executive, Research Scientist, and Manager focusing on fermentation technology.
He has handled over 19 projects from R&D to production scale involving fermentation of organisms such as E.coli, yeast, and bacteria. He provides details of his expertise in
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2. Some serotypes were able to persist through the pork production process better than others.
3. A genome-wide association study was performed to identify genes associated with high and low biofilm formation, which could help survival from farm to fork. Additional laboratory work is needed to verify these genes.
4. Increased biofilm production may correlate with acquisition of antimicrobial resistance genes, allowing certain strains to spread more easily. Further research aims to link biofilm formation and other survival traits to transmission of MDR Salmonella among food sources.
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3. Applications of microbiology include food production, industrial product production, genetic engineering, environmental roles, and medical uses. Microbes are important in areas like dairy, agriculture, and biotechnology.
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This document summarizes recent research on the reticulate evolution of yeast species in the Saccharomyces genus. It discusses several new genome sequences that have helped uncover the evolutionary history. Wild Saccharomyces species from bioprospecting projects are revealing new genetic diversity. There is evidence of introgressions between species in mitochondrial DNA and the 2μm plasmid. Phylogenetic trees show four main mitochondrial haplogroups and reticulation at the nuclear level. Gene flow appears to be more frequent between species for mitochondrial and plasmid genes than for nuclear genes, although incomplete lineage sorting also impacts nuclear phylogenies.
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Ciencia desarrollada por miembros de ECUSA@Midwest. Los miembros de ECUSA participaron durante el 21 y el 22 de octubre en el Festival de Ciencia de Wisconsin, Madison.
Mining Saccharomyces diversity and experimental evolution for cellulosic biof...David Peris Navarro
The document summarizes research on using experimental evolution and hybridization of Saccharomyces yeasts to develop strains for improved cellulosic biofuel production. Key points include:
- The diversity of Saccharomyces yeasts was mapped and certain lineages were selected for hybridization based on traits like tolerance.
- Hybrids were generated between S. cerevisiae (the chassis strain) and other species and then experimentally evolved over 50 generations.
- The evolved hybrid strains showed improved utilization of xylose compared to ancestor strains, producing similar ethanol levels without accumulating byproducts.
- Genome analysis found the evolved hybrids were mostly triploid and had chromosomal rearrangements replacing parent genes.
- Further work aims to
In the last decade, the application of new molecular techniques has helped to identify Saccharomyces species and suggested many types of reticulated evolutionary events, such as hybridization, interspecies recombination, introgression, horizontal gene transfer, and admixture. Many strains isolated from fermentative environments, such as S. bayanus, which was isolated from beer or fermented beverages, and S. pastorianus, used in making lager beer, have been misidentified as distinct species when they have chromosome contributions from two or more natural Saccharomyces species. These hybridization events likely occurred in the stressful conditions found in industrial environments where hybrids were better suited. These hybrids do not have unique origins, suggesting that hybridization has a clear selective advantage. We have recently described two well-differentiated Patagonian populations of S. eubayanus, the wild contributor to S. pastorianus (S. cerevisiae x S. eubayanus) lager-brewing strains. The application of the state-of-the-art phylogenetic methods (Supernetworks and Bayesian concordance factor analysis) illuminated many reticulation events in S. eubayanus outside of Patagonia and uncovered the relationship between one population of S. eubayanus from Patagonia and its counterpart in S. bayanus and S. pastorianus. We also recently isolated S. eubayanus strains from Sheboygan, WI that originated by intraspecific hybridization (admixture) of the two Patagonian populations, and we used supernetworks to graphically represent the hybridization and recombination in S. bayanus and S. pastorianus from the brewing industry. With the knowledge gained by understanding the process of hybrid evolution that occurred in winemaking and brewing environments, we are developing new methods to generate artificial hybrids to repeat the hybridization process for the bioethanol industry.
Saccharomyces has become a model genus for evolution and genomics. Improvements in genome sequencing and isolation protocols will allow us to produce high-quality genome sequences for all the major populations and lineages. In the mean time, multilocus phylogenetic and population genetic approaches are helping classify our strain collection for population genomic studies. In this talk, I will introduce some of the advances we have made in the description of populations of the newly discovered species S. eubayanus, the wild stock of lager-brewing hybrids. Using a combined pipeline of population and phylogenetic studies, we have described two well-differentiated populations in Patagonia (Argentina), indicating that S. eubayanus is native. Although S. eubayanus may not be endemic to South America, it is likely native. Lager-brewing hybrids isolated in Europe showed shared alleles with the S. eubayanus population P-B (L) and had low genetic diversity, suggesting the S. eubayanus alleles involved in hybridization were drawn from a small subpopulation derived from P-B (L). From our Wild YEAST Program, a yeast isolation project conducted by undergraduate students and citizen scientists from across the world, we identified three new S. eubayanus strains from Sheboygan, WI (USA). In contrast to the clear population differentiation in Patagonia, the North American strains represent a recent and possibly transient admixture of the two Patagonian populations. To capture reticulation and summarize it in a phylogenetic framework, we combine state-of-the-art Bayesian methods with phylogenetic network analysis. Our findings support the hypothesis that genetically divergent microbes can produce rare but economically important hybrids when they migrate from their natural ecological context.
Authoring a personal GPT for your research and practice: How we created the Q...Leonel Morgado
Thematic analysis in qualitative research is a time-consuming and systematic task, typically done using teams. Team members must ground their activities on common understandings of the major concepts underlying the thematic analysis, and define criteria for its development. However, conceptual misunderstandings, equivocations, and lack of adherence to criteria are challenges to the quality and speed of this process. Given the distributed and uncertain nature of this process, we wondered if the tasks in thematic analysis could be supported by readily available artificial intelligence chatbots. Our early efforts point to potential benefits: not just saving time in the coding process but better adherence to criteria and grounding, by increasing triangulation between humans and artificial intelligence. This tutorial will provide a description and demonstration of the process we followed, as two academic researchers, to develop a custom ChatGPT to assist with qualitative coding in the thematic data analysis process of immersive learning accounts in a survey of the academic literature: QUAL-E Immersive Learning Thematic Analysis Helper. In the hands-on time, participants will try out QUAL-E and develop their ideas for their own qualitative coding ChatGPT. Participants that have the paid ChatGPT Plus subscription can create a draft of their assistants. The organizers will provide course materials and slide deck that participants will be able to utilize to continue development of their custom GPT. The paid subscription to ChatGPT Plus is not required to participate in this workshop, just for trying out personal GPTs during it.
hematic appreciation test is a psychological assessment tool used to measure an individual's appreciation and understanding of specific themes or topics. This test helps to evaluate an individual's ability to connect different ideas and concepts within a given theme, as well as their overall comprehension and interpretation skills. The results of the test can provide valuable insights into an individual's cognitive abilities, creativity, and critical thinking skills
The binding of cosmological structures by massless topological defectsSérgio Sacani
Assuming spherical symmetry and weak field, it is shown that if one solves the Poisson equation or the Einstein field
equations sourced by a topological defect, i.e. a singularity of a very specific form, the result is a localized gravitational
field capable of driving flat rotation (i.e. Keplerian circular orbits at a constant speed for all radii) of test masses on a thin
spherical shell without any underlying mass. Moreover, a large-scale structure which exploits this solution by assembling
concentrically a number of such topological defects can establish a flat stellar or galactic rotation curve, and can also deflect
light in the same manner as an equipotential (isothermal) sphere. Thus, the need for dark matter or modified gravity theory is
mitigated, at least in part.
When I was asked to give a companion lecture in support of ‘The Philosophy of Science’ (https://shorturl.at/4pUXz) I decided not to walk through the detail of the many methodologies in order of use. Instead, I chose to employ a long standing, and ongoing, scientific development as an exemplar. And so, I chose the ever evolving story of Thermodynamics as a scientific investigation at its best.
Conducted over a period of >200 years, Thermodynamics R&D, and application, benefitted from the highest levels of professionalism, collaboration, and technical thoroughness. New layers of application, methodology, and practice were made possible by the progressive advance of technology. In turn, this has seen measurement and modelling accuracy continually improved at a micro and macro level.
Perhaps most importantly, Thermodynamics rapidly became a primary tool in the advance of applied science/engineering/technology, spanning micro-tech, to aerospace and cosmology. I can think of no better a story to illustrate the breadth of scientific methodologies and applications at their best.
ESR spectroscopy in liquid food and beverages.pptxPRIYANKA PATEL
With increasing population, people need to rely on packaged food stuffs. Packaging of food materials requires the preservation of food. There are various methods for the treatment of food to preserve them and irradiation treatment of food is one of them. It is the most common and the most harmless method for the food preservation as it does not alter the necessary micronutrients of food materials. Although irradiated food doesn’t cause any harm to the human health but still the quality assessment of food is required to provide consumers with necessary information about the food. ESR spectroscopy is the most sophisticated way to investigate the quality of the food and the free radicals induced during the processing of the food. ESR spin trapping technique is useful for the detection of highly unstable radicals in the food. The antioxidant capability of liquid food and beverages in mainly performed by spin trapping technique.
(June 12, 2024) Webinar: Development of PET theranostics targeting the molecu...Scintica Instrumentation
Targeting Hsp90 and its pathogen Orthologs with Tethered Inhibitors as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Strategy for cancer and infectious diseases with Dr. Timothy Haystead.
PPT on Direct Seeded Rice presented at the three-day 'Training and Validation Workshop on Modules of Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA) Technologies in South Asia' workshop on April 22, 2024.
Mending Clothing to Support Sustainable Fashion_CIMaR 2024.pdfSelcen Ozturkcan
Ozturkcan, S., Berndt, A., & Angelakis, A. (2024). Mending clothing to support sustainable fashion. Presented at the 31st Annual Conference by the Consortium for International Marketing Research (CIMaR), 10-13 Jun 2024, University of Gävle, Sweden.
The cost of acquiring information by natural selectionCarl Bergstrom
This is a short talk that I gave at the Banff International Research Station workshop on Modeling and Theory in Population Biology. The idea is to try to understand how the burden of natural selection relates to the amount of information that selection puts into the genome.
It's based on the first part of this research paper:
The cost of information acquisition by natural selection
Ryan Seamus McGee, Olivia Kosterlitz, Artem Kaznatcheev, Benjamin Kerr, Carl T. Bergstrom
bioRxiv 2022.07.02.498577; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.07.02.498577
Combining and improving phenotypic traits through the generation of synthetic two- and six-species yeast hybrids
1. Mechanisms of speciation and adaptation in
Trichaptum abietinum
David Peris Navarro
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Biosciences, UiO
20th February 2020
@DPerisN
2. David Peris, Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow
Biotechnology Department, SBYBI Group
20th February 2020
@DPerisN
Combining and improving phenotypic traits through the
generation of synthetic two- and six-species yeast
hybrids
3. Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast model
Image provided by: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit4/fungi/u1fig35.html
Well characterize eukaryotic cell
4. Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast model
Image provided by: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit4/fungi/u1fig35.html
Small genome
Well characterize eukaryotic cell
5. Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast model
Image provided by: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit4/fungi/u1fig35.html
Easy to manipulate
Small genome
Well characterize eukaryotic cell
6. Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast model
Image provided by: http://faculty.ccbcmd.edu/courses/bio141/lecguide/unit4/fungi/u1fig35.html
Easy to manipulate
Small genome
Similarities to other
eukaryotes
Well characterize eukaryotic cell
7. Ability of S. cerevisiae strains to consume different carbon sources
Carbon sources
Glucose
Fructose
Glu Glu
Maltose
Glu Glu Glu
Maltotriose
8. Domesticated S. cerevisiae strains
Carbon sources
Glucose
Fructose
Glu Glu
Maltose
Glu Glu Glu
Maltotriose
Ales
Traditional
beverages
Wine
Cider
Sake
Bakery
12. Re-domestication of S. cerevisiae
The most tolerant of wild S. cerevisiae
Engineered with xylose utilization genes
Aaerobically evolved
Y732n
CHASSIS
Xylose Hydrolysate toxins
Wohlbach et al. 2009 PNAS
Sato et al. 2013 AEM
McIlwain, Peris, et al. 2016 G3
13. Genomic diversity across the genus Saccharomyces
Peris et al in preparation
Libkind, Peris et al 2020 FEMSYR
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. jurei
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
Species
14. Phenotypic diversity across the genus Saccharomyces
Wimalasena et al 2014 Microb Cell Factories
Peris et al 2017 Biotech Biofuels
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. jurei
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
Species
AFEX Corn Stover Hydrolysate
15. Hybridization as a mechanism to improve chassis strains
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. jurei
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
Species
Langdon, Peris et al 2019 Nat Ecol & Evol
Pontes et al 2019 Front Gen
Peris et al 2018 Yeast
Almeida et al 2014
Erny et al 2012 AEM
Peris et al 2012 Yeast
Peris et al 2012 BMC Genomics
Peris et al 2012 PloS One
Saaz/Group I
Frohberg/Group II
Olive
Alpechin
Champagne
Cider
Wine
Belgium beers
Some ales
Txakoli
Tokaj
Amarone
19. iHyPr for generation of allotetraploids
MAT/MATa MAT/MATa
MAT/MAT MATa/MATa
X
Alexander, Peris et al 2014 Fung Gen and Biol
20. Peris et al 2019 BioRxiv
Langdon, Peris et al 2019 MBE
iHyPr to generate six species hybrids
21. Aims
Generate higher order species hybrids
Select hybrids with different combinations of mitochondrial genomes
22. iHyPr to cross rho+ and rho0 strains
MAT/MAT MATa/MATa
X
23. iHyPr to select the mitochondrial inheritance
X
MAT/MAT MATa/MATa
Baker, Peris et al 2019 Sci Advances
Li, Peris et al 2019 Sci Advances
24. Aims
Generate higher order species hybrids
Select hybrids with different combinations of mitochondrial genomes
Improve and retain parent phenotypic traits of interest through
adaptive laboratory evolution
25. Please, come to visit my poster C3-05
How iHyPr works
How genome size/ploidy correlates with fitness and cell volume
The genome characterization of six-species hybrids
The impact of mitochondrial inheritance in the genome and
phenotypes
The genome reduction and phenotypes improvement
The retention of industrial interesting traits
Future applications of iHyPr
26. Lainy Ramírez Aroca
Amparo Querol
David Lázaro
Laura Pérez-Través
Eladio Barrio
José Guillamón
Sergi Puig
William G Alexander
Mira G Basuino
Emily J Ubbelohde
Diego Libkind
Jose Paulo Sampaio
Paula Gonçalves
Christian Landry
Jean-Baptiste Leducq
Guillaume Charron
Justin Fay
Katie Hyma
Li Xueying
Fengyan Bai
Qi Ming Wang
Chris T. Hittinger’s lab
Quinn Langdon
EmilyClaire Baker
Rusell Wrobel
Ryan Moriarty
Kaitlin Fisher
UW & GLBRC CollaborationSBYBI@IATA-CSIC
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