2023-09-22

RNA for the first time recovered from an extinct species

A new study shows the isolation and sequencing of more than a century-old RNA molecules from a Tasmanian tiger specimen preserved at room temperature in a museum collection. This resulted in the reconstruction of skin and skeletal muscle transcriptomes from an extinct species for the first time. The researchers note that their findings have relevant implications for international efforts to resurrect extinct species, including both the Tasmanian tiger and the woolly mammoth, as well as for studying pandemic RNA viruses.

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2023-09-22

Researchers develop first method to study microRNA activity in single cells

Researchers at Stockholm University and SciLifeLab have developed the first method to uncover the tasks that microRNAs perform in single cells. This is a huge improvement over existing state-of-the-art methods that require millions of cells and will for the first time allow researchers to study microRNAs in complex tissues such as brains. The study was published in the journal Nature Biotechnology.

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2023-06-19

Department of Molecular Biosciences, The Wenner-Gren Institute

Noushin Emami is awarded Flormanska belöningen 2023 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded Noushin Emami Flormanska belöningen 2023 for her research on the chemical substances which affect mosquitos’ behavior and ability to spread vector-borne parasites to humans.