A Viral Investigation of Bathroom Biomes
A Viral Investigation of Bathroom Biomes
Hidden on toothbrushes and showerheads, bacteriophages reveal a viral ecosystem and its potential to create healthier living spaces.
Hidden on toothbrushes and showerheads, bacteriophages reveal a viral ecosystem and its potential to create healthier living spaces.
Shotgun Sequencing
Harnessing Metagenomics for Health and Disease Research
The Scientist Staff | May 28, 2024 | 1 min read
Discover how metagenomics approaches provide insights into human diseases.
How an Early Warning Radar Could Prevent Future Pandemics
Amos Zeeberg, Undark | Feb 27, 2023 | 8 min read
Metagenomic sequencing can help detect unknown pathogens, but its widespread use faces challenges.
Gut Microbiomes Offer Insights into Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Shafaq Zia | Feb 21, 2023 | 2 min read
Levels of health-promoting gut bacteria are linked with severity of fatigue symptoms, a study finds.
Finding The Cause of Mammoth Extinction
Sejal Davla, PhD | Sep 7, 2022 | 3 min read
Environmental DNA and climate change data suggest that vegetation scarcity led to the mass extinction of herbivore species, including Arctic mammoths.
Joachim Messing, Developer of Shotgun Sequencing, Dies
Shawna Williams | Oct 1, 2019 | 2 min read
In addition to his work on widely-used techniques, the researcher was known for engineering crop plants.
Shotgun Sequencing Outdone by Amplicon
Catherine Offord | Aug 8, 2017 | 3 min read
The shotgun approach, typically thought to be the superior method, may substantially underestimate diversity in environments that have not already been classified, researchers find.
Science Leaders: Researchers To Watch In The Next Decade
David Pendlebury | May 27, 1990 | 8 min read
Who will be the science leaders of the decade?