Bioinformatics Core

Undergraduate student in front of a computer screen with a comparative genomics display.

Meet Logan Shreve, a Union University senior undergraduate and RUE intern in our Bioinformatics Core. He is helping with comparative genomics to uncover gene regions in P. protegens strains that provide resistance against Bacterial Panicle Blight in rice. A collaboration with Dr. Rojas lab.

28.07.2025 16:33 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Three professors are in front of research posters.

Presenting the Nebraska Centers for Integrated Biomolecular Communication and Biotechnology Microscopy/CryoEM and the Systems Biology Cores at the Great Plains IDeA-CTR (lnkd.in/gi4T74rE) regional conference in Rapid City, SD. #bioinformatics #biotechnology #research @biotechunl.bsky.social

09.06.2025 17:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

Bioinformatician explains genome assembly, gene prediction, and annotation to students.

Chia Sin Liew from our Core is guiding the students today through assembling a genome, identifying genes, assigning functions, and visualizing the results. This is part of the Nebraska Biotech Center Core Facilities course.

#BiotechSpringClass #Bioinformatics #LifeSciences

25.02.2025 16:31 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

A cashew on top of its juice, red and yellow, heart-shaped apple.

With all the politics going on, let’s turn to something more interesting. Have you ever seen the actual fruit (technically: drupe) of a cashew? The cashew is in the hard shell atop the ‘Apple’, which is super sweet and fibrous. #plants #science #agriculture #facts

27.01.2025 17:49 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0