LSI Bioinformatics Facility
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The UBC/LSI Bioinformatics Facility provides consultation, training, and analysis services for the life science research community.
Vancouver, Canada
Joined November 2020
RT @CTropini: Very excited to share our latest publication, led by Adel Yavarinasab! We show real time detection of microbiota-produced SCF….
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Join us in beautiful Vancouver!.
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We are hiring!. Looking for a bioinformatician to lead workshops, do some analysis and guide trainees. Note that all staff positions at the university are on renewable yearly contracts but this is expected to be a permanent position. Please RT
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Another very nice publication by @AngieWildDr from the @ShernazBamji lab about #palmitoylation. This time the group investigated several hundred cell lines using publicly available RNA-seq data and created a user friendly database
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RT @ubclifesciences: LSI Paper of the Day☀️. A collaboration between @EricJan lab & @LSIbioinfo describes a novel approach to identify viru….
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RT @ScienceMagazine: Scientists discover that a biochemical process called #palmitoylation supports the neuronal plasticity that underlies….
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Very nice to reconnect with my old collaborator Maja Tarailo-Graovac who graciously invited us to participate to this study of balancer strains in #Celegans led by her post-doc Tatiana Maroilley.
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Congratulations Reid and good luck with the new job!.
Excited to share my final paper from the @EricJanLab is now out in Virology! This was a great collaboration with @nsalcedop and @LSIbioinfo. It gives some insights into repeated proteins in +ssRNA viruses. Enjoy!
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RT @CTropini: Ever wondered how to detect bacterial short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in real time and without extraction? Check out our late….
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RT @ubclifesciences: LSI Paper of the Day☀️. Dr. Robin Vuilleumier uncovers key molecular mechanisms downstream of #BMPsignaling that regul….
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Doug had a good month, Robin's latest paper is now out in @NAR_Open. Super careful work as usual 👍.
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Abstract. Retrograde bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) signaling at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction (NMJ) has served as a paradigm to study TGF-β-depe
Huge congratulations to Dr. Douglas Allan (@vinegarflies) on his appointment as a Full Professor!.
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RT @AngieWildDr: Bit late on the tweeting, but our latest resource and manuscript are live and published! We utilized open data to curate….
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RT @EricJanLab: Congrats @ReidWarsaba @lenjf @LSIbioinfo on this study. Great work and collaboration examining VPg copies in a viral genom….
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Genetic duplication is exceedingly rare in small RNA viral genomes, as there is selective pressure to prevent RNA genomes from expanding. However, some small RNA viruses encode multiple copies of a...
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RT @ReidWarsaba: Thrilled to announce my first first author paper from my PhD is online. Check out our work on multiple VPg proteins in dic….
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Viral protein genome-linked (VPg) protein plays an essential role in protein-primed replication of plus stranded RNA viruses. VPg is covalently linked to the 5’ end of the viral RNA genome via a...
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RT @ZoologyUBC: The Moerman Symposium is this Friday, May 20, from 8:50am to 5:30pm at LSC1: This symposium celebr….
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RT @wormbase: Announcing the one-day symposium celebrating Don Moerman's career and retirement! A hybrid virtual/IRL event: May 20, 2022 ht….
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To the International Worm Community – We are pleased to announce that we will hold a one-day symposium on May 20th, 2022, 8:50 am-5:40 pm (PDT), celebrating Dr. Don Moerman’s retirement. Don…
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Congratulations to @annizubc from the @JimJohnsonSci and @JanelKopp groups for another excellent first author paper 👏.
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It's not the main point of the paper but it's interesting that a single nucleotide variant in the middle of an intron was enough to produce the observed phenotype and allow us to identify the gene of interest 🧐.
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