The genome of the medieval Black Death agent (extended abstract)

The genome of a 650 year old Yersinia pestis bacteria, responsible for the medieval Black Death, was recently sequenced and assembled into 2,105 contigs from the main chromosome. According to the point mutation record, the medieval bacteria could be an ancestor of most Yersinia pestis extant species, which opens the way to reconstructing the organization of these contigs using a comparative approach. We show that recent computational paleogenomics methods, aiming at reconstructing the organization of ancestral genomes from the comparison of extant genomes, can be used to correct, order and complete the contig set of the Black Death agent genome, providing a full chromosome sequence, at the nucleotide scale, of this ancient bacteria. This sequence suggests that a burst of mobile elements insertions predated the Black Death, leading to an exceptional genome plasticity and increase in rearrangement rate.Comment: Extended abstract of a talk presented at the conference JOBIM 2013, https://colloque.inra.fr/jobim2013_eng/. Full paper submitte

KSU Chamber Singers, A Litany for Courage and the Seasons

Kennesaw State University Chamber Singers present David Maslanka\u27s A Litany for Courage and the Seasons, six songs for chorus, clarinet and vibraphone on poems of Richard Beale at the 2013 National Collegiate Choral Organization 5th National Conference in Charleston, South Carolina, October 31 - November 2.https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/musicprograms/1268/thumbnail.jp

2016 Student Professional Awareness Conference (SPAC) | Electrical and Computer Engineering

This program exists in many forms across the nation as the scope and goals of the event are at the discretion of the host Branch. In 2013, the USU Student Branch had a vision for a conference never before seen at USU, and since 2014, this branch has hosted the largest S-PACs in the Utah section. The event has been attended by up to 170 people and featured workshops and speakers in an all-day professional conference setting. Today, the IEEE Student branch is building on the success of the past IEEE Councils to make this the best year for the organization yet.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/engineering_news/1155/thumbnail.jp

Scientific Report: International Conference “Medieval Europe in Motion”

Organization The International Conference “Medieval Europe in Motion” took place in Lisbon in April, 18-20 2013. It was organized by Dr. Alicia Miguélez Cavero and Dr. Maria Alessandra Bilotta, being the initiative directly linked to their current postdoctoral research projects. It was also related to other on-going investigations on cultural and artistic circulation during the Middle Ages carried out by the Research Group “Medieval Texts and Images”, coordinated by Prof. Maria Adelaide Miran..

The Update, April/May 2013

Inside this issue: -- Conrad L. Stanitski, Pimental Award Recipient-- Department News-- Art History Professor Receives UBS Outstanding Untenured Teacher Award-- School of Music Events-- Student Spotlight: Biology: Hayley Rinehart-- UNI Printmakers Attend Southern Graphics Council International Printmaking Conference-- Alumni Spotlight: Biology: Daniel Fick-- UNI Department of Art Proudly Presents Portfolio Night 2013-- Vote for UNI School of Music in the Cedar Valley Tourism Awards-- New Course on Sustainability for Fall 2013-- Student Spotlight: Science Education: Taylor Davenport-- Featured Organization: Sigma Alpha Iota-- UNI Speech Team Competes at AFA-NIET National Speech Tournament-- Scott Giese Receives American Foundry Society Scientific Merit Awardhttps://scholarworks.uni.edu/chasnews/1015/thumbnail.jp