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The Department of Bacteriology Bioinformatics Research Support Service is now live https://www.bioinformatics.bact.wisc.edu!
On the website, you will find examples of topics you can receive research support on, information on how to schedule (free!) appointments, a guide to computational resources available on campus, links to learning options, and a calendar of events.
Google Drive link (campus login required) to the agenda for our next Bacteriology Faculty meeting.
- Chen J, Nilsen ED, Chitboonthavisuk C, Mo CY, Raman S, Systematic, high-throughput characterization of bacteriophage gene essentiality on diverse hosts., bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology DOI, PubMed
- Anantharaman K, Martin C, Gitter A, Protein Set Transformer: A protein-based genome language model to power high diversity viromics., Research square DOI, PubMed
- Kosmopoulos JC, Klier KM, Langwig MV, Tran PQ, Anantharaman K, Viromes vs. mixed community metagenomes: choice of method dictates interpretation of viral community ecology., Microbiome DOI, PubMed
- Metz F, Myers KS, Lu F, Noguera DR, Donohue TJ, Transcriptomic data sets for Novosphingobium aromaticivorans grown with the β-5-linked aromatic dimer dehydrodiconiferyl alcohol and the related G-aromatic monomers vanillin and ferulic acid., Microbiology resource announcements DOI, PubMed
- Skarlupka JH, Cox MS, Steinberger AJ, Sbardellati DL, McClure JC, Bickhart DM, Scheftgen AJ, Zuniga-Chaves I, Wolfe LA, Paget E, Skadron C, Attipetty N, Suen G, Oral swabs as a proxy for direct ruminal microbiome sampling in Holstein dairy cows is correlated with sample color., Frontiers in microbiology DOI, PubMed
- Hall AN, Hall BW, Kinney KJ, Olsen GG, Banta AB, Noguera DR, Donohue TJ, Peters JM, Tools for genetic engineering and gene expression control in Novosphingobium aromaticivorans and Rhodobacter sphaeroides ., Applied and environmental microbiology DOI, PubMed
- Crowther TW, Rappuoli R, Corinaldesi C, Danovaro R, Donohue TJ, Huisman J, Stein LY, Timmis JK, Timmis K, Anderson MZ, Bakken LR, Baylis M, Behrenfeld MJ, Boyd PW, Brettell I, Cavicchioli R, Delavaux CS, Foreman CM, Jansson JK, Koskella B, Milligan-McClellan K, North JA, Peterson D, Pizza M, Ramos JL, Reay D, Remais JV, Rich VI, Ripple WJ, Singh BK, Smith GR, Stewart FJ, Sullivan MB, van den Hoogen J, van Oppen MJH, Webster NS, Zohner CM, van Galen LG, Scientists' call to action: Microbes, planetary health, and the Sustainable Development Goals., Cell DOI, PubMed
- Olivos-Caicedo KY, Fernandez F, Daniel SL, Anantharaman K, Ridlon JM, Alves JMP, Pangenome analysis of Clostridium scindens : a collection of diverse bile acid and steroid metabolizing commensal gut bacterial strains., bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology DOI, PubMed
