213 research outputs found
Update on COVID-19 vaccines and news on face masks: Vish Nene and Dieter Schillinger
No full textVish Nene, co-leader of the ILRI Animal and Human Health Program, and Dieter Schillinger, ILRI deputy director general of research and development–Biosciences, give updates on vaccines for COVID-19 and the use of face masks. This film was recorded on 29 January 2021. Find ILRI expertise and resources on zoonoses: ilri.org/zoonose
Battling an African cattle killer: Second-generation vaccine against East Coast fever
No full textIn this film, Vish Nene director of the Vaccines Biosciences program at ILRI, talks about new research that is seeking to create a second-generation vaccine against East Coast fever
11 June 2021: Update on COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine supply, vaccine performance and in-house tests
No full textVish Nene, co-leader of the Animal and Human Health Program at ILRI, gave an update on COVID-19 vaccines, vaccine supply, vaccine performance and in-house tests on 11 June 2021. Find ILRI expertise and resources on zoonoses: ilri.org/zoonose
8 May 2020 - The race to develop a COVID-19 vaccine
No full textVish Nene, co-leader of the Animal and Human Health Program at ILRI, gives an update on vaccines and treatment options under development for COVID-19. This film was recorded on 8 May 2020. Read more: https://www.ilri.org/news/good-and-no... Find ILRI expertise and resources on zoonoses: ilri.org/zoonose
Reassociation kinetics-based approach for partial genome sequencing of the cattle tick, Rhipicephalus (Boophilus) microplus
No full textBackground: The size and repetitive nature of the Rhipicephalus microplus genome makes obtaining a full genome sequence fiscally and technically problematic. To selectively obtain gene-enriched regions of this tick's genome, Cot filtration was performed, and Cot-filtered DNA was sequenced via 454 FLX pyrosequencing.Results: The sequenced Cot-filtered genomic DNA was assembled with an EST-based gene index of 14,586 unique entries where each EST served as a potential "seed" for scaffold formation. The new sequence assembly extended the lengths of 3,913 of the 14,586 gene index entries. Over half of the extensions corresponded to extensions of over 30 amino acids. To survey the repetitive elements in the tick genome, the complete sequences of five BAC clones were determined. Both Class I and II transposable elements were found. Comparison of the BAC and Cot filtration data indicates that Cot filtration was highly successful in filtering repetitive DNA out of the genomic DNA used in 454 sequencing.Conclusion: Cot filtration is a very useful strategy to incorporate into genome sequencing projects on organisms with large genome sizes and which contain high percentages of repetitive, difficult to assemble, genomic DNA. Combining the Cot selection approach with 454 sequencing and assembly with a pre-existing EST database as seeds resulted in extensions of 27% of the members of the EST database
Agricultural biotechnology and the poor : proceedings of an international conference, Washington, D.C., 21-22 October 1999. Genomics research: prospects for improving livestock productivity.
No full textChapter "Genomics research: prospects for improving livestock productivity" from "Agricultural biotechnology and the poor : proceedings of an international conference, Washington, D.C., 21-22 October 1999"
Potential impacts of COVID-19 research on livestock health research and innovation
No full textPOLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Building back better: How can public food and agricultural research institutions be strengthened and rebuilt after the COVID-19 pandemic? Co-Organized by IFPRI and the International Consortium on Applied Bioeconomic Research (ICABR) FEB 2, 2021 - 09:30 AM TO 11:00 AM ES
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