Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) can sequence DNA and RNA directly without amplification. They use nanopores with sequencing sensors to measure the electrical currents of nucleotides passing through the pores. ThisRead More →
Sandra, Sarah, Kevin, Muriel, Noriko, and Manja are going to Ulm for the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Society for Virology. Meet them at their posters:Read More →
We are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated PostDoc to join the RNA Bioinformatics group as team leader for our molecular biology laboratory. You are a molecular biology PostDoc experiencedRead More →
Manja, Daniel, Kevin, Lisa, Sebastian and Franzi are going to Bern for the International Virus Bioinformatics Meeting 2020, organized by the European Virus Bioinformatics Center, the University of Bern andRead More →
Again, we have visited the “Most Romantic Lake in the World” not for Valentine’s Day, but for the TBI Winterseminar. Almost the whole group went to Bled, sLOVEnia, to enjoyRead More →
The advent of next-generation sequencing has brought the possibility of sequencing not only a single genome but the genomes of a whole community of microorganisms of a biome. We currentlyRead More →
In case you were wondering how we made it onto the cover of Genome Research. Here’s an infallible step-by-step guide: Step 1: Write an exceptionally good paper. Step 2: KnowRead More →
Bats are impressive. As the second most species-rich group of mammals (after rodents), they developed a lot of unique characteristics. They can fly, orient themselves with the help of anRead More →
CRISPR-Cas has been quite popular nowadays, unfortunately, due to controversies about experiments on human babies. However, we applied the CRISPR technology to determine genes that have an important function duringRead More →
One feature of almost every scientist is the fact that even after work, you still live in the world of science. For example by sitting together with friends talking aboutRead More →