Fogler Library: Writing a Research Abstract Workshop

The abstract of your research paper is very important. Its purpose is not only to concisely summarize your work, but also to grab the reader’s attention and convince them that your research is valuable and relevant. An unclear abstract can set the stage for confusion, whereas a polished abstract prepares the reader by telling them what to expect from your paper. This workshop will show you how to perfect your abstract (with an emphasis on the UMaine Student Symposium’s guidelines). We will begin with an overview of abstract-writing tips, followed by group activities for practice. About the Speaker: Ally Hammond is a graduate student in the Master of Social Work program, where she is currently conducting research on the opioid epidemic. She also works at the Graduate School and has previously worked at the Office of Research Development.https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/umaine_video/1016/thumbnail.jp

CGIAR Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion (SAPLING): IPSR Innovation Portfolio Management Report

CGIAR Research Initiative on Sustainable Animal Productivity for Livelihoods, Nutrition and Gender Inclusion aims to transform the livestock sector in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mali, Nepal, Uganda, Tanzania, and Vietnam, with the objective of enhancing productivity, resilience, equity, and sustainability. This goal will be accomplished by developing new technologies and practices and adapting existing ones to bolster sustainable livestock production. Additionally, the initiative will encourage innovative practices for the safe consumption of livestock-derived foods as part of diverse diets. Gender equity and social inclusion will be prioritised, and efforts will be made to promote competitive and inclusive livestock value chains. The initiative will also generate and consolidate evidence, as well as scalable models and tools. This report offers an overview of the portfolio of innovations of the initiative and its partners

The Genome of the Northern Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris kenyoni)

The northern sea otter inhabits coastal waters of the northern Pacific Ocean and is the largest member of the Mustelidae family. DNA sequencing methods that utilize microfluidic partitioned and non-partitioned library construction were used to establish the sea otter genome. The final assembly provided 2.426 Gbp of highly contiguous assembled genomic sequences with a scaffold N50 length of over 38 Mbp. We generated transcriptome data derived from a lymphoma to aid in the determination of functional elements. The assembled genome sequence and underlying sequence data are available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the BioProject accession number PRJNA388419

The Genome of the Beluga Whale (Delphinapterus leucas)

The beluga whale is a cetacean that inhabits arctic and subarctic regions, and is the only living member of the genus Delphinapterus. The genome of the beluga whale was determined using DNA sequencing approaches that employed both microfluidic partitioning library and non-partitioned library construction. The former allowed for the construction of a highly contiguous assembly with a scaffold N50 length of over 19 Mbp and total reconstruction of 2.32 Gbp. To aid our understanding of the functional elements, transcriptome data was also derived from brain, duodenum, heart, lung, spleen, and liver tissue. Assembled sequence and all of the underlying sequence data are available at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) under the Bioproject accession number PRJNA360851A.Medicine, Faculty ofScience, Faculty ofNon UBCBotany, Department ofEarth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department ofMedical Genetics, Department ofMicrobiology and Immunology, Department ofOceans and Fisheries, Institute for theReviewedFacult

Linking molecular motors to membrane cargo

Three types of motors, myosins, kinesins, and cytoplasmic dynein, cooperate to transport intracellular membrane organelles. Transport of each cargo is determined by recruitment of specific sets of motors and their regulation. Targeting of motors to membranes often depends on the formation of large multiprotein assemblies and can be influenced by membrane lipid composition. Motor activity can be regulated by cargo-induced conformational changes such as unfolding or dimerization. The architecture and function of motor: cargo complexes can also be controlled by phosphorylation, calcium signaling, and proteolysis. The complexity of transport systems is further increased by mechanical and functional cross-talk between different types of motors on the same cargo and by participation of the same motor in the movement of different organelles