RNAi delivers knock-out punch
17 July, 2009 by Graeme O'NeillA new functional genomics facility has opened at Melbourne’s Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, offering siRNA and shRNA approaches to gene silencing to Australian researchers.
Making sense of the transcriptome
06 July, 2009 by Kate McDonaldTranscriptomics is a fast moving field, although Sean Grimmond and his lab are helping to lead the way.
Cytogenetics: from the microscope to the microarray
29 June, 2009 by Kate McDonaldClinical and research cytogeneticists are still using technology predominantly developed in the 1970s for their work, so the emergence of microarrays specifically for cytogenetics is coming as a welcome relief.
Junk no more - RNAs get networking
26 June, 2009 by Kate McDonaldNew technology is allowing us to probe the dark matter of the genome, providing further evidence for John Mattick’s no-longer controversial argument that much of the genome, previously thought to be junk DNA, actually codes for a vast network of regulatory RNAs.
Gene plays critical role in heart development
16 June, 2009 by Staff WritersScientists identify gene vital to early embryonic cells forming a normal heart and skull.
Unraveling microRNA and gene expression
16 June, 2009 by Staff WritersMean new microRNA data analysis method gives sharper results.
Cure for floppy baby syndrome is in the heart
12 June, 2009 by Staff WritersMutated mice provide hope for congenital myopathy cure.
Aggression genes make an angry fly
11 June, 2009 by Staff WritersGenes might teach us about aggressive behaviour in humans.
Western Australia Health $1.5m deal with iSOFT
10 June, 2009 by Staff WritersWA Health licenses iSOFT Patient Manager hospital information system.
Junk DNA vital to evolution
02 June, 2009 by Staff WritersSo-called junk DNA may play a key role in aiding rapid adaptation
What mice can tell us about language
29 May, 2009 by Staff WritersExploring the role of the FOXP2 gene in language
A genetic link to premature ejaculation
28 May, 2009 by Staff WritersA new study suggests that premature ejaculation might be a genetic disorder.
Digging up DNA
27 May, 2009 by Graeme O'NeillSequencing the DNA of a woolly mammoth frozen in permafrost and the shortly to be published genome of the Neanderthal is exciting – and very popular – science. And while Australia doesn’t have the right geological history for momentous work like this, we do have the ability to solve some interesting local questions, such as what wiped out our megafauna.
The remarkable sex life of yeast
25 May, 2009 by Staff WritersYeast missing sex genes still undergo sexual reproduction
Redundancy begets complexity
22 April, 2009 by Graeme O'NeillA study into two rare metabolic disorders shows that what may look like simple recessive or semi-dominant patterns of inheritance, may actually involve complex interactions with several other genes.
