SR: T. grandiflorum is low in palmitic acid, arachnidic acid higher than cacao. Photos of artificial pollinations #PAGXXIII
6:02pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SR: Goal is for hybrids - Theobroma grandiflorum native to Amazon; seeds used i cosmetics, pulp used for food #PAGXXIII
6:00pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
Stefan Royaert (MARS Ctr for Cocoa Science) "Interspecific Hybridization Between Theobroma cacao and Theobroma grandiflorum" #PAGXXIII
5:59pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SA: Detailed phylogeny comparison across gene types; hydrolases, necrosis, RxLR effectors (increased retroelements) #PAGXXIII
5:57pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SA: Cp P. megakarya from Cameroon vs P. palmivora from Ivory Coast - 156Mb vs 180Mb genome size, about 25K genes in both #PAGXXIII
5:48pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SA: Nigeria caused 4-5% losses; showed map of Ghana and progression; 80-90% losses. Showed diversity of 119 spp, very similar #PAGXXIII
5:45pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SA: Black pod - WW distribution, P. megakarya in Africa. Nigeria '79, in '81 predominant. Moving west to Ghana and Ivory Coast #PAGXXIII
5:43pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
SA: Phytophthera means 'plant destroyer'; epicillium similar to other fungi, but phylogentically closer to diatoms #PAGXXIII
5:41pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
Shahin Ali (USDA-ARS Beltsville MD) "Biology and Genomics of Phytophthora spp.: Fight Against a Potential Global Chocolate Famine" #PAGXXIII
5:39pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @PlantEvolution: I Henderson @hendersi Recombination frequency downstream of TSS 150 bp nucleosome periodicity #PAGXXIII
5:36pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @KristaTernus: Orlando: Interested in studying ancient epigenomes http://t.co/mWurcYqdjS #PAGXXIII
5:34pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: Runs of homozygosity - effective population size est's. Imputation shown to work for that work too #PAGXXIII
5:04pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: Took 22x Neolithic genome and downsampled to 1x, imputed and compared. Of 600k SNPs, 99.2% matched #PAGXXIII
5:02pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: PCA plot of groups: shift occurs to metal ages (Bronze, then Iron). Further extended data w/ imputation #PAGXXIII
5:01pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: Showing data from C Gamba and R Pinhasi Nature Comm http://t.co/8BccnnSZeV What happens to genomes across 5K years? #PAGXXIII
4:59pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB:Showed plot of percent endogenous reads against time years before present. Petrous 30-70%; non-petrous <10% #PAGXXIII
4:57pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: Anatomically informed: best part is the bone in the skull housing the inner ear - petrous bone #PAGXXIII
4:56pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
DB: Methods - capture, 'privileged substrates' (parchment, permafrost), anatomically informed sampling, whole-genome imputation #PAGXXIII
4:53pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
Dan Bradley (Trinity Coll Dublin) "The best bones, imputation and ancient Genomics" #PAGXXIII
4:52pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: a 'stamp-collecting phase' w/ poor understanding of DNA recovery; below 40-45N latitude, Pleistocene DNA recovery poor #PAGXXIII
4:45pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Screened using MALDI-TOF MS, then protein seq using Orbitrap and maXis, able to resolve collagen phylogeny #PAGXXIII
4:43pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Using proteomics for collagen type I - 27% of bone, possible via mass-spec, perhaps 10x life-span of DNA PAGXXIII
4:42pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Mapped S Am thermal model predicts non-preservation; only southernmost Patagonia. Their samples: too far north. Not easy. #PAGXXIII
4:41pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Funny pie chart: 'soil biota' (all orange on chart); 'anything useful' (red not present) #PAGXXIII
4:37pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: NGS for ancient DNA: problems incl. lg amts of non-endogenous soil bacteria seq; need a fairly close genome, also cost #PAGXXIII
4:36pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Second, Macrauchenia, 'camel-tapir?'; Darwin of Toxodon, 'perh one of the strangest animals ever discovered'. Cp collagen #PAGXXIII
4:34pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
IB: Incl recent work on history of S Amer native ungulates. Showed 12KYA Toxodon platensis 'hippo-rhino' - disc by Darwin #PAGXXIII
4:32pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
First up: Ion Barnes (Natural Hist Museum London UK) "How do you know when you don't have any ancient DNA?" #PAGXXIII
4:30pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @mclafave: #PAGXXIII Statistical Genomics notes are now up at http://t.co/lVOflDsNgm
4:23pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
.@mclafave Thank you for sharing your #PAGXXIII notes on statistical genetics!
4:22pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to
RT @KristaTernus: .@arboyko says it seems we're selecting a lot more for canine morphology than behavior. #PAGXXIII
4:21pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @Schmitz_Lab: Releasing an update to Plant Methylome DB - add'l 20 unpublished DNA methylomes. http://t.co/SKWl3voH1O #PAGXXIII
4:20pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
Note: I'll be live-tweeting from #PAGXXIII - first a few talks on paleogenomics http://t.co/o2tNmwGhEL Preview: http://t.co/pL1FZA6J8u
4:16pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @DrKhouryCDC: Influenza, Genomics & Public Health: Get your flu shot despite genetic drift http://t.co/Am2cMsZ3sd http://t.co/bopVhr4
4:10pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @idtdna: Extraordinary gene transfer between cells observed http://t.co/JIPN70xVGo @Malaghan_Inst http://t.co/xz7L5HlkL4
3:50pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @wellcometrust: Teachers! Download FREE poster on immune response for your classrooms! http://t.co/xbFMVmbHwp http://t.co/6oRjCMa8be
1:45pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @KeLuKeLuGames: Job hunting as a software developer. http://t.co/nCgPI2Uwrh
12:20pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @AnjaHoffmann: How Lego Became the Apple of Toys http://t.co/HaShFgjZPd by @JonathanRingen via @FastCompany
12:05pm January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @_youhadonejob: Nailed it. http://t.co/oOsN2YRWkX
11:20am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @SahaSurya: All tweets from #PAGXXIII Day 1 have been storified here http://t.co/wTnPsFt293
10:35am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite in reply to
RT @BioMath: Genotyping by sequence (GBS) featured in 94 talks/posters/workshops #PAGXXIII
10:30am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
:) RT @lderevnina: 92% of scientists at conferences desperate for a dinner invitation http://t.co/aXDhTqGn5I #PAGXXIII
10:25am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
Neuroscience Virtual Event Mar 18-19 | BioConference Live http://t.co/72avA7E51Q
9:05am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @NatGeoScience: Teaching kids the scientific method—with cookies: http://t.co/eL8ARz7Pee
8:40am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @washingtonpost: Old people are invading the Internet - especially Facebook http://t.co/qHcNKHalB3 http://t.co/dzcBjY2Qwc
7:40am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @pknoepfler: What will Allen Cell Institute do? Interview w/ Dir Rick Horwitz, http://t.co/1ZuttvQdBT #stemcells http://t.co/u7cKQyYlgV
6:35am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @virginiahughes: How is pharma dealing with social media? not that well. my new feature for @NatureBiotech http://t.co/dpx9hrM1Kx
5:35am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @TheEconomist: When the newspaper industry began to fail, the internet saved cartoons http://t.co/yAAG4739Sm http://t.co/5XHMaxKrpY
4:35am January 11th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @wjsullivan: "Largest U.S. biomedical research society weighs in on NIH’s budget woes" http://t.co/tUgS9CacEz
10:35pm January 10th 2015 via Hootsuite
RT @moorejh: #datascience RT @dna_nerd: IBM Watson signs up #genomics partners http://t.co/MRdUdfnPcB http://t.co/FmsoQpr1r1
9:25pm January 10th 2015 via Hootsuite
