The algal blooms increasingly seen in Canadian lakes have been linked to both nutrient pollution from agricultural runoff and climate change. However, a new Concordia-led study using DNA sequencing of ...

A new DNA sequencing technique that delivers faster and more accurate bacterial infection diagnoses could be implemented nationwide. The method, developed by the Medicines and Healthcare products ...

In this webinar, we will hear from medical microbiologists and molecular scientists about their experiences detecting and tracking bacterial outbreaks using real-time nanopore sequencing and BugSeq ...

From insignificant individual cells to a rich community full of cooperation. That is how our understanding of the world of ...

Roche has put forward a new approach to genetic analysis, which it describes as sequencing-by-expansion—a proprietary method that pulls apart the DNA molecule and amplifies the signal of each ...

Sequencing mammoth DNA has already helped scientists map out how these Ice Age giants evolved, migrated, and survived. But there's a hidden layer of history still waiting to be decoded – the microbes ...

Colorectal cancer is unique in having its own microbial ‘fingerprint’ – according to new research from the University of East Anglia. Colorectal cancer is the fourth most common cancer in the UK and ...

Some of the world’s oldest microbial DNA has been found preserved in the mammoth remains dating back over one million years. An international team, led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics ...