The Isle of Man's first genome project
We’re still analysing Bonnag’s genome sequence and should have some results to share soon. In the meantime, we’ve received a blood sample from the owner of a kitten who had to be euthanised because of Manx syndrome. This kitten’s sad…
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Big announcement today: we now have Bonnag’s genome sequence and the hard work can begin! Genomes have to be sequenced in little 150 letter fragments so we’re now in the process of putting them all back together in the right…
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The project is now moving pretty quickly after a couple of months of organisational tasks and we’ll be sending off the blood sample from for our first Manx cat to Edinburgh Genomics in the next few days! Hello Bonnag! So our…
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Yes, it’s true, we’ve now raised enough to sequence the first genome of the Manx cat! Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated or bought a wristband. An additional thank you to all the Manx owners who have…
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We heard a rumour a while back that Illumina, the company who makes the most popular genome sequencers, were considering letting genome scientists use it’s human-only X10 machine for non-human genomes. It was something that we hoped would happen at some point in the…
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We’ve managed to raise a whopping £424 in the first 24 hours of the project! This is fantastic and means we’re well on the way to sequencing the Manx cat genome. We’ve had some lovely people offer their cats for…
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Launch day is finally here and we’re busy making sure that all the press releases have gone out, the Facebook page is up to date and the Twitter account has some followers! If you have any ideas or want to…
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