Bioinformatic Analysis of Immune-Cell-Derived, Regeneration-Specific Transcripts in Zebrafish

Bioinformatic Analysis of Immune-Cell-Derived, Regeneration-Specific Transcripts in Zebrafish

Project Team: Diana Mitchell (PI), Ousseini Isaaka Start Date: August 1, 2018 For the 19 genes without significant similarity to genes in humans, the following analyses will be performed in order to identify their putative functions: identify conserved proteins or protein domains predict protein localization search for functional domains predict cellular and functional pathways synteny…

IRIC building in winter

Research Highlighted in the President’s Friday Letter

The Friday Letter is the university’s weekly update directly from the president. Today several CMCI faculty were mentioned: U of I researchers are trying to answer questions that could help slow the spread of antibiotic drug resistance, develop techniques to produce vaccines more quickly and help with treatment of malaria thanks to three federal grants from…

Team Meets for the First Time

Team Meets for the First Time

Nearly 35 researchers and scientists from the University of Idaho (Moscow, Idaho), Brown University (Providence, Rhode Island) and the University of Vermont (Burlington, Vermont) recently gathered for their first in-person “All-Hands Meeting” for the GenoPheno EPSCoR Track-2 award of $6M. The 3-day session hosted by CMCI was full of brainstorming, collaboration and team-building activities.

IRIC building in winter

Understanding Persistence and Dispersal of Canine Rabies Using Genome Sequencing and Epidemiological Modeling

Project Team: Craig Miller (PI), Aniruddha Belsare, JT Van Leuven Start Date: June 2018 Context Rabies kills an estimated 59,000 people every year. Most of these deaths are from the poorest sectors of society in low-­ and middle-­income countries, where dogs are the principal reservoir of rabies [1]. There are two ways to limit human…