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Jaiswal lab and Gramene team members Palitha Dharmawardhana and Pankaj Jaiswal contributed to a recent publication in PLoS ONE entitled "Global Profiling of Rice and Poplar Transcriptomes Highlights Key Conserved Circadian-Controlled Pathways and cis-Regulatory Modules". PLoS ONE 6(6): e16907. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016907.

A recently accepted paper in The Plant Journal (Yoo et al, 2010) looks at the floral transcriptome of the basal angiosperm, Nuphar advena (water lily).

Chan et al, doi:10.1038/nbt.1674, published a draft genome of oilseed species Ricinus communis commonly called as castor bean. They found that many of the key genes involved in oil synthesis are single copy genes.

AMD has donated 4 12-core CPUs for a machine that was built by Advanced HPC that has been added to our cluster nodes. This 1U machine has singlehandedly doubled the number of processor cores available for our lab to do research. We have done some benchmarking on these new processors comparing them to the Intel Xeon 6-cores that make up the rest of our computing power. Stay tuned for these results.

Sequencing of the brown algae Ectocarpus siliculosus (Dillwyn) Lyngbye genome by Cock et. al. was published today in the journal Nature. Found in the rocky coastal environments, the brown algae possess a complex physiology and adaptation qualities. Of particular interest is the extended list of genes responsible for light harvesting and a new metabolic pathway on halide metabolism. In chemical terms 'halogen' is referred to ions such as fluorine, chlorine, iodine, or bromine.

From The Terra Magazine, Spring 2010 Titled 'Tools of the Trade'. Gramene database spurs quiet revolution in crop genetics. Read the full story...

A student from my BOT331 Plant Physiology class pointed me to this AP news and video. I am sharing the same with you with additional writeup.

This is a new book edited by Matthew Jenks and Andrew Wood, published by Wiley-Blackwell. It covers a range of topics such as water stress, poor quality soil and temperature extremes, the genetic and biological mechanisms involved in stress tolerance, and discusses future crop improvement.

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