Oksana Polesskaya The rat and RGD are invited to join the GRC! The name mRatBN7 was selected for this reference, to maintain similarity to the other genomes being sequenced by the VGP and Tree of Life Program, while adding our request for incorporating the strain name. mRatBN7 will be picked up by Ensembl for an initial rapid … Read more…
Dr. Oksana Polesskaya has been promoted to Assistant Research Scientist. The appointment will begin on July 1st, 2020. The new title will allow Dr. Polesskaya to receive independent research funding from NIH and other agencies.
You can find the mRatNor1.1 assembly at ftp://ftp.sanger.ac.uk/pub/users/kj2/Darwin. The files are: mRatNor1_1.curated_primary.20200424.facontaining the primary assembly. The scaffold names need to be translated using mRatNor1_1.chromosome.list.csvwhere the entries refer to <scaffold_name>,<chr_name>,<yes if it’s the main part of the chromosome/no if it’s an unlocalised part of the chromosome> mRatNor1_1.all_haplotigs.20200424.faContains the alternative assembly. CAVEAT: This is the current assembly not … Read more…
Congratulations to the 2020 Pilot Grants recipients: Francesca Telese, PhD (University of California – San Diego).Project: “Creating the dataset for TWAS in HS rats”. Paul Meyer, PhD (University at Buffalo).Project: “Genetic substrates of heroin’s motivational effects”. Giordano DeGuglielmo, PhD (University of California – San Diego).Project: “Characterization of addiction-like behaviors in alcohol-dependent rats”. Olivia Osborn, PhD (University of California – … Read more…
COVID-19 pandemic affected projects and programs performed by this Center as follows: 1) The Research Projects 1-3 have been temporarily shut down, because phenotyping work is not conducive to social distancing.2) The Research Project 4 is ongoing; bioinformaticians are working from homes. 3) The HS rats colony (Breeding Core) is being maintained/preserved, and expected to … Read more…