The problem of antibiotic resistance gene (ARG) pollution in the environment has become one of the most severe public health ...

Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is essential for genome evolution across the tree of life and has an important role in archaeal speciation, adaptation, and maintenance of diversity. Many of the ...

Rosie Redfield has an opinion piece out in PLoS Biology on refashioning genetics education for the 21st century, “Why Do We Have to Learn This Stuff?”—A New Genetics for 21st Century Students: ...

Description: An experimental lab course that provides hands-on experience with the genetic systems of three organisms: E.coli (a bacterium), yeast (a simple eukaryotic organism), and the fruit fly, ...

siRNA therapy is a promising approach for treatment of leukocytic disorders and infections; however, delivery reagents that can target these cell types have not been available until now. The ...