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UNC Charlotte researchers analyzed the host origins of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses
UNC Charlotte researchers analyzed the host origins of SARS-CoV-2 and other coronaviruses From the Janies Lab at UNC Charlotte To clarify the origins of coronavirus’ infections in humans, researchers from the Bioinformatics Research Center (BRC) at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (UNC Charlotte) performed the largest and most comprehensive evolutionary analyses to date. […]
Do mosquitoes bite certain people more than others? One Charlotte expert says yes.
The female mosquito is the one that bites – and she’s looking to get some of your blood so she can digest it and convert it into the energy she needs to make her eggs. UNC Charlotte Professor Dr. Daniel Janies says he can explain why mosquitoes are especially bad in the Charlotte area. “We’ve […]
Tube anemone has the largest animal mitochondrial genome ever sequenced
The tube anemone Isarachnanthus nocturnus is only 15 cm long but has the largest mitochondrial genome of any animal sequenced to date, with 80,923 base pairs. The human mitochondrial genome (mitogenome), for example, comprises 16,569 base pairs. Tube anemones (Ceriantharia) are the focus of an article recently published in Scientific Reports describing the findings of […]
Charlotte Ranks in Top 10 for Mosquito Cities
An itchy summer is ahead for the city of Charlotte, according to Orkin. The bug company recently released their 2019 rankings of top mosquito cities, with the Queen City ranking number nine. With an increase of international travel, UNC Charlotte Professor Daniel Janies says the insects can bring risks of other diseases from far and […]
New Research Could Help Address Threats To Reefs
Corals depend on their symbiotic relationships with the algae that they host. But how do they keep algal population growth in check? The answer to this fundamental question could help reefs survive in a changing climate. New work published in Nature Communications by a team including UNC Charlotte researcher and lead author Tingting Xiang and […]
Special Cross Sciences Speaker in Microbial Genomics – Dr. Jason Papin
Special Cross Sciences Speaker in Microbial Genomics Dr. Jason Papin, Ph.D. University of Virginia Talk Title: Systems biology of microbial pathogens Date: Tuesday January 14, 2020 Time: 12:00 to 1:00 pm Location: Atkins Library, Room 271 Bio: Jason Papin is a Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Virginia. After his […]
CCI Hosts Coronavirus Panel
On Friday, January 31, UNC Charlotte’s College of Computing and Informatics (CCI) hosted a multidisciplinary forum to discuss and answer questions about Coronaviruses. In response to concerns, and even misinformation, about the situation playing out in Wuhan, China (and beyond), CCI used its weekly Graduate Student Seminar as the platform for this unique discussion of […]
Biology Seminar: Phages and their impacts on animal host biology – Dr. Brittany A. Leigh
Biology Seminar: Phages and their impacts on animal host biology Friday, February 7⋅12:30 – 1:30pm CHHS 161 Description: Seminar by Dr. Brittany A. Leigh, Vanderbilt University
What do we need to know about the coronavirus (CoV) emergent from Wuhan China in the long and short terms?
We have shown connections between SARS-CoV and bat-hosted CoV in previous peer-reviewed research. The long term questions surround the potential of other animal-hosted viruses that connect bat-hosted and human-hosted viruses? Now that 2019-nCoV emergent from Wuhan seems to be transmitted human-to-human, the short term question is how to contain Wuhan-CoV? Articles: Ohio State University – […]