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CIGENE members attend SMBE 2023 conference in Ferrara, Italy

  • by joecigene
  • Posted on August 28, 2023August 28, 2023
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The annual meeting for the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution (SMBE) took place in Ferrara, Italy from July 23-27 2023. CIGENE was represented by Nicola Barson, Helle Baalsrud and Celian Diblasi, who enjoyed a […]

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Kristina Severine Rudsjær Stenløkk PhD Defence

  • by joecigene
  • Posted on April 28, 2023
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On Friday 21st April, 2023, Kristina Severine Rudsjær Stenløkk successfully defended her PhD, entitled “Genomic structural variations as drivers of adaptation in salmonid fishes”. Kristina has explored the largely overlooked landscape of Structural Variations (SVs) […]

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NMBU nanopore meeting

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on October 24, 2022October 27, 2022
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Faculty of Biosciences (Cigene) and the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine are organizing a meeting on long-read DNA sequencing using Oxford Nanopore Technologies. During the meeting, we will hear what researchers at NMBU and other institutes […]

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World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 3-8th of July 2022 in Netherlands, Rotterdam

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on August 19, 2022
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Marie-Odile Baudement gave a great presentation on Cigene’s current work in the European AQUA-FAANG project (https://www.aqua-faang.eu/) at the WCGALP conference. Chromatin states annotations for salmon tissues, obtained through ChIP and ATAC-seq experiments, with support of […]

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Matilde Mengkrog Holen defended her PhD

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on July 1, 2022July 1, 2022
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On Thursday June 30th 2022, Matilde Mengkrog Holen successfully defended her PhD, entitled “Characterisation of genes and proteins related to chitin metabolism in Atlantic salmon”. Matildes project has focused on chitin, an abundant and easily […]

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New clutch of genome experts graduated

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on July 1, 2022July 1, 2022
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This June, the genome science section has successfully fostered a new clutch of genome expert graduate students. We are so proud of our hard-working students and all they have managed to achieve within the last […]

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Genomic differences between dwarf and normal American lake whitefish

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on June 8, 2022June 8, 2022
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Genome assembly, structural variants, and genetic differentiation between lake whitefish young species pairs (Coregonus sp.) with long and short reads   Understanding the processes underlying the evolution of species and how genomes diverge during speciation […]

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Marie Saitou received Maria Sklodowska Curie Award

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
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Marie Saitou from CIGENE recently received the “Maria Sklodowska Curie Award”. The award was established by the Japan Science and Technology Agency and the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Japan, commending young female […]

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An approach to induced pluripotency in Atlantic Salmon

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on February 4, 2022February 7, 2022
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Induced pluripotency is the conversion of a differentiated cell to an undifferentiated state, such as a pluripotent stem cell, which can give rise to every other cell type in the body. Although the most sought-after […]

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Single-cell sequencing equipment

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022
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We are pleased to announce that in the coming months we will be investing in a platform for generating single-cell sequencing libraries. Traditional bulk-RNA sequencing of heterogeneous tissues does not allow researchers to differentiate gene […]

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About sex determination in Biology

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on January 25, 2022January 25, 2022
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PhD Candidate, Øystein Monsen, recently published  a debate post in Klassekampen, regarding sex determination in biology. Below you can find the full text of this post (Norwegian only).   I den no pågåande transdebatten vert […]

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Award for best master thesis at NMBU

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on November 5, 2021
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Johanna H. Wagnerberger, former master student at CIGENE, recently received the award for the best master thesis at NMBU in 2020.  She has used CRISPR based gene editing to characterise the function of the  abcg2b […]

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A new Center of Excellence proposal from NMBU focusing on Salmon genomics and biology

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on October 29, 2021October 29, 2021
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Three research groups at NMBU last week submitted a unified proposal to the Research Council of Norway (RCN) to establish the world’s leading Centre for Salmon Genome Biology – SalmoGENE. The Centre seeks to generate […]

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Young research talent: Marie Saitou from CIGENE is assigned prestigious project funding

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on August 3, 2021August 3, 2021
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In June this year, the Research Council Norway assigned funding for several projects at NMBU. Dr. Marie Saitou from CIGENE, received very positive feedback on her young research talent application, with the project Unveiling the […]

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CIGENE celebrates three master students for completing their thesis

  • by dagingevage
  • Posted on June 28, 2021
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This semester, three master students at CIGENE have completed their thesis with excellent results. We congratulate Dominiki Manousi, Hanna Magdalena Sahlström and Jostein Arntsen with their great accomplishments and wish you all the best in […]

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Sahlstrom, H. M., Datsomor, A. K., Monsen, O., Hvidsten, T. R. & Sandve, S. R. Functional validation of transposable element derived cis-regulatory elements in Atlantic salmon. BioRxiv (2022).  https://doi:10.1101/2022.11.02.514921

Datsomor, A. K., Wilberg, R., Torgersen, J. S., Sandve, S. R. & Harvey, T. N. Efficient transfection of Atlantic salmon primary hepatocyte cells for functional assays and gene editing. bioRxiv (2022). https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.20.513028

Kwak, J. S., and Kim, K. H. (2022) Effect of CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of either IRF-3 or IRF-5 gene in Epithelioma papulosum cyprini cells on type I interferon response and NF-κB activity. Fish & Shellfish Immunology, 108463. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsi.2022.108463

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