Figure. An example of microRNA in Rotylenchulus reniformis, a parasitic nematode of plants, predicted using mirDeep2 and validated with CentroidFold during my summer internship.

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

• Sripathi, V. R., Choi, Y., Gossett, Z. B., Stelly, D. M., Moss, E. M., Town, C. D., … & Chan, A. P. (2018). Identification of microRNAs and their targets in four Gossypium species using RNA sequencing. Current Plant Biology, 14, 30-40.

• Tang, H., Krishnakumar, V., Bidwell, S., Rosen, B., Chan, A., Zhou, S., … & Town, C. D. (2014). An improved genome release (version Mt4. 0) for the model legume Medicago truncatula. BMC genomics, 15, 1-14.