Summer Undergraduate Researcher

J. Craig Venter Institute, Rockville, MD | June 2013 – August 2013 (3 months)
Screenshot of miRDeep2 output showing a predicted microRNA in Rotylenchulus reniformis, validated by CentroidFold secondary structure analysis.
Predicted microRNA in Rotylenchulus reniformis. miRDeep2 output for a candidate microRNA in this plant-parasitic nematode, validated by secondary structure prediction using CentroidFold.

Summary

  • Investigated novel microRNAs in R. reniformis

  • Assessed AHA and PBJelly as gap closing and scaffold tools for Medicago truncatula, a legume of scientific interest due to its symbiotic relationships with nitrogen-fixing bacteria and fungi, using PacBio sequencing data

Relevant Publications

Identification of microRNAs and their targets in four Gossypium species using RNA sequencing

Sripathi, V. R., Choi, Y., Gossett, Z. B., Stelly, D. M., Moss, E. M., Town, C. D., ... & Chan, A. P.

Current Plant Biology • 2018

An improved genome release (version Mt4.0) for the model legume Medicago truncatula

Tang, H., Krishnakumar, V., Bidwell, S., Rosen, B., Chan, A., Zhou, S., ... & Town, C. D.

BMC Genomics • 2014

References
J. Craig Venter Institute mirDeep2 CentroidFold AHA PBJelly Medicago truncatula genome

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Postbaccalaureate Fellow

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD | Aug 2014 – June 2015 (1 year)
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Summer Undergraduate Researcher

Boyce Thompson Institute, Ithaca, NY | June 2012 – August 2012 (3 months)
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